Reading Across MyPyramid, Kindergarten to Third Grade

Reading across MyPyramid-Elementary School

Reading Across MyPyramid is a nutiriton and literacy program developed for kindergarten through 3rd grade. Children learn about food and nutrition by having children's storybooks with food-related themes read to them and then participating in hands-on nutiriton activities.

Each lesson includes a lesson preview, nutrition objectives, life skills, background information for the instructor, guidelines for discussion before and after reading the story, nutrition lesson and activities based on the MyPyramid, list of supplies needed, supplemental activities, other books children might enjoy, recipes, quiz, and letters to parents (to be signed by the instructor). This curriculum correlates to the State Department of Education Standards http://fsnep.ucdavis.edu/education/materials.html.

Goals:

•To encourage children to make healthy food choices.
•To help children develop good health and nutrition habits.
•To promote reading and listening skills for 5-9 year olds.

Objectives:

•Expand the variety of foods from all food groups that children include in their diet.
•Add more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains to their diet.
•Construct a diet lower in fat and sugar.

Books/Lessons:

Lesson 1. Discovering MyPyramid

Grades K-1 I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child
Grades 2-3 The Hungry Thing by Jan Slepian and Ann Seidler

Lesson 2. Great Grains and Bountiful Breads

Grades K-1 Bread, Bread, Bread by Ann Morris
Grades 2-3 Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley

Lesson 3. Versatile Vegetables

Grades K-1 Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
Grades 2-3 The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin

Lesson 4. Fabulous Fruits

Grades K-1 Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne
Grades 2-3 How Do You Raise a Raisin? by Pam Munoz Ryan

Lesson 5. Marvelous Milk!

Grade K-1 Milk: From Cow to Carton by Aliki
Grade 2-3 COW by Jules Older

Lesson 6. Meat and Beans Power

Grade K-1 Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Grade 2-3 Mice and Beans by Pam Munoz Ryan

Lesson 7. Sensational Snacks

Grades K-1 The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Grades 2-3 The Seven Silly Eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman

Lesson 8. Count Five for Variety!

Grades K-1 Pete's a Pizza by William Steig
Grades 2-3 Nothing Beats a Pizza by Loris Lesynski

Lesson 9. Kid's Physical Activity Pyramid

Grades K-1 Can You Move Like an Elephant? by Judy Hindley
Grades 2-3 Let's Exercise by Alice McGinty

Lesson 10. Don't Give Germs a Hand

Grades K-1 Those mean Nasty Dirty Downright Disgustingbut...Invisible Germs by Judith Anne Rice
Grades 2-3 Germs Make Me Sick! by Melvin Berger

Lesson 11. Let's Make A Meal

Grades K-1 Feast for Ten by Cathryn Falwell
Grades 2-3 Spaghetti and Meatballs for All by Marilyn Burns