Grains Kindergarten 1 st Grade Lessn Gal: Students will learn what fds are in the grains grup and why they are imprtant t ur bdies. Objectives: 1. Students will state that energy is the majr nutrient prvided by the grain grup. 2. Students will identify at least tw fds in the grain grup. Materials Needed MyPlate Stalk f Wheat Pictures f Grains grup fds Grains are Seeds pster Grain Anatmy pster Wheat berries, plain r spruted The Little Red Hen bk The Little Red Hen felt set, Wheat t bread pster r Hw bread is made pictures Battery ty r flashlight Student/parent handuts Taste test Incentives whle grain pencils Lessn Talking Pints Materials/Activities/Ntes Review Review f Previus Lessn and Challenge Wh remembers what we talked abut last time I was here? I gave yu a challenge last time I was here. Des anyne remember what it was? Des anyne want t share hw they did with the challenge Mind Grabber During ur first nutritin lessn, we talked abut MyPlate. Tday we re ging t talk abut ne f the fd grups fund MyPlate and let s see if yu guess which ne we are ging t talk abut. Take a lk at this plant that I brught it. Des anyne knw what it is? It is a wheat stalk! What fd grup is wheat in? That s right, the grains grup! The grains grup is the range grup n MyPlate.It is the grup that gives us the best energy f all the fd grups. Tday we are ging t talk all abut the grains grup Give students a brief chance t respnd t questins. Review tpics briefly. Shw students MyPlate. Shw a stalk f wheat. Pint ut where the Grains grup is lcated n MyPlate. Discussin Fds In the Grains Grup Shw pictures f fds frm the grains
2 Let s start by talking abut all the fds fund in the grains grup. Raise yur hand if yu can name a fd fund in the grains grup. What clr are the fds in the grains grup? They are brwn, white, tan, yellwish, etc And fds in the grains grup are made frm different grains. Take a lk at this pster I brught in with me and see hw many different grains there are that we can eat. There are even mre grains than this that we can eat, but these are sme f the mst cmmn. What d these grains lk like? Seeds! All grains are seeds. We make different fd frm these grains, such as bread, cereal, and ndles. Sme f them we can als eat n their wn, like rice and ats. Many fds are made frm grains and as yu saw in the pster, mst f the grains lk a lt alike. We are ging t talk mainly abut wheat tday, but remember that there are many different grains t chse frm! Wheat is ne kind f grain that we make a lt f fds frm, such as bread, cereal, and pasta. Remember the wheat stalk that I shwed yu at the beginning f class? This is hw wheat grws. I m ging t walk arund with the wheat stalk and I need yu t be very quiet s that yu can hear it when I tap it. What d yu think is n the inside, making that nise? Seeds, wheat seeds! Each wheat stalk has 30-50 seeds n the inside! What d we d with seeds? That s right, we plant them and then they grw. That tells us that there is a baby plant inside each seed. The baby plant is called the germ (nt like the germs that are n yur hands!). What are tw things that babies need t live? Fd and smething t prtect them these are the ther tw parts f the seed! What yu see n the utside (the brwn part) is the cat that prtects the babies. It is called the bran. Yu might have heard this wrd if yu eat things like raisin bran cereal r bran muffins. Each f these fds had bran as ne f its ingredients. Inside the cat, it is white and this is the fd fr the baby plant. This is called the endsperm. The baby plant is very tiny and is inside the cat alng with the fd. Imprtance f Eating Grains Why are the fds in the grains grup s imprtant fr us t eat? The fds in the grains grup help ur bdies stay healthy by giving ur bdies energy. What things d yu d that use energy? What are sme ways yu use energy when yu play? What are sme f the ways yu use energy in schl? What are sme f the ways yu use energy at hme? D yu think yu wuld be able t d any f these things if yu didn t have any energy? That s why it is s imprtant fr us t eat fds frm grup. Shw the Grains are Seeds pster with examples f real grains. G ver the pster and discuss the fds we get frm each ne f the seeds n the pster may als reinfrce with picture r fd mdels. Walk arund with the wheat stalk and tap it fr the students t hear. Here the lessn diverges. Fr 1 st grade, cntinue here. Shw Grain Anatmy pster. Distribute spruted wheat berries t each student t further illustrate the parts f the seed. (Instructins fr spruting are at end f lessn). Fr Kindergarten, jump t the next sectin. Read the Little Red Hen, then distribute spruted berries t illustrate what was happening t the seeds undergrund. Finish the kindergarten lessn with a review Have students d a few activities: jump in place, run in place, d arm circles, r dance. Use a flashlight r battery pwered ty t demnstrate hw batteries give the flashlight energy (just like grains give ur bdies energy) and if the flashlight des nt have batteries it can t d what it is suppsed t. August 2013 (BR) www.dinefrlife.rg Grains (K-1)
3 the grains grup. N matter what grain yu chse, it will give yu energy that yur bdy needs t keep ging each day! Activity: The Little Red Hen (Best fr Kindergarten) Nw we re ging t read a stry yu may have read befre, but we re prbably ging t fcus n smething different than yu did befre. We re ging t read the stry f The Little Red Hen. While yu re listening t the stry, I want yu t pay attentin t what happens t the seeds. When yu d, yu ll be learning mre abut grains and hw they are made int the fds we eat. Nw that we ve talked abut the seeds the Little Red Hen planted, let s take a lk at a real wheat seed that has started t grw. Yu can see hw the baby plant inside the seed has started t grw, just like the nes the Little Red Hen planted. This is hw all grain fds begin. Read The Little Red Hen. Review what was learned in The Little Red Hen using the felt bard, the Wheat t Bread pster, r pictures that shw hw bread is made. Wrap-Up Tday we learned all abut the grains grup and why it is s imprtant fr ur bdies. Wh can name a fd in the grains grup? Wh can tell me why the fds in the grains grup are s imprtant fr us t eat? Challenge Nw that yu knw abut the grains grup, I challenge yu t chse different fds frm the grains grup every day. Next time I cme fr nutritin class, I ll ask yu what grain fds yu ate. Taste Test Ideas Whle grain sampler-- a mix f sme r all f the fllwing: whle grain cereals, ppcrn, wheat thins, mini brwn rice cakes Whle grain bagels r mini bagels with cream cheese Brwn rice cakes and sunbutter Raisin bran muffins Ppcrn Additinal Activities/ Energizers 1. Ppcrn Ppping Rhyme: Read pem and have students act ut pem as yu are reading it. Ppcrn, ppcrn a crunchy snack Put it in a bwl r eat it frm a sack It s a whle grain fd I like a lt Let s put it in the ppper and make it ht August 2013 (BR) www.dinefrlife.rg Grains (K-1)
4 (students stand and recite the pem with the teacher) Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, ppcrn walk! (students walk) Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, ppcrn hp! (students hp) Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, ppcrn skip! (students skip) Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, ppcrn march! (students march) Nw the ppcrn is getting ht! All the kernels get dwn and squat! (students squat) Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle (add as many sizzles as yu want s students will be surprised when yu say pp ) POP!!!!! (students jump up) Adapted frm the G with the Whle Grain Kids, Bell Institute f Health and Nutritin 2. Grain Grup Fds: Have students act ut fds frm the grain grup: Ppup like bread in a taster G limp like a ndle Break like a cracker Pp like ppcrn Get flat as a pancake Rll up like a trtilla 3. Sng: Eat Our Grains (Sing t the tune f Here We G Rund the Mulberry Bush ) We eat ur grains s we can play, we can play, we can play We eat ur grains s we can play, all day lng We eat ur grains s we can learn, we can learn, we can learn We eat ur grains s we can learn, all day lng We eat ur grains fr energy, energy, energy We eat ur grains fr energy, all day lng Student Handuts Find the Grain Grup Fds Grains Give Us Energy clring sheet Grains are fr Brains find the fd Many Grain Bread maze Parent Handuts Tday in Nutritin Class Grains (English & Spanish) 10 Tips: Make Half Yur Grains Whle (English & Spanish) Grains Handut (English & Spanish) August 2013 (BR) www.dinefrlife.rg Grains (K-1)
5 Teacher Extenders extra materials fr teachers t use later Grains frm Seed t Bread The Little Red Hen sequencing activity Lessn Radmap Review previus lessn and challenge Mind Grabber: wheat stalk Discussin: fds in the grains, Little Red Hen stry, imprtance f grains, wrap-up Challenge Tasting (T sprut wheat berries, place a handful f wheat berries n a wet paper twel in a plastic cntainer, uncvered. Keep at rm temp and dampen as needed until spruted (a few days) OR sak berries in water vernight, then drain and put int a strainer and rinse 1-2x a day until spruted less likely t encurage mld grwth; stre in fridge.) Durham Cunty Department f Public Health Nutritin Divisin (919) 560-7837. This material was funded by the SNAP-Ed Nutritin Educatin and Obesity Preventin Grant Prgram. In accrdance with Federal law and U.S. Department f Agriculture plicy, this institutin is prhibited frm discriminating n the basis f race, clr, natinal rigin, sex, age, religin, plitical beliefs r disability. T file a cmplaint f discriminatin, write USDA, Directr, Offices f Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washingtn D.C. 20250-9410 r call (800) 795-3272 (vice) r (202) 720-6382 (TTY). USDA is an equal pprtunity prvider and emplyer. SNAP, r Fd and Nutritin Assistance, prvides nutritin assistance t peple with lw incme. It can help yu buy nutritius fds fr a better diet. T find ut mre, call (919) 560-8000. August 2013 (BR) www.dinefrlife.rg Grains (K-1)