The Nutrition Plate

Dragon Gets By is a story about a character named Dragon who makes really bad nutrition choices. It is a fun, silly, circle story. Then we learned about the importance of The Nutrition Plate and how much it matters to keeping our bodies healthy.  First, we separated food into the five different categories: fruits, vegetables, dairy, proteins and grains.  Next, we cut up newspaper ads and divided the food into the correct sections of the plate.  We worked in small groups to correctly fill up the plates.  Last, we checked our lunches to see how many food groups were represented and how healthy they were.