December
Tip of the Month
Breakfast GO POWER!
Eat breakfast
to THINK-LEARN-GROW-PLAY!
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Activity
Idea: Math Tasks using Breakfast Ratios |
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Healthy
Kids Challenge, A La Cart, Breakfast Fun booklet
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Healthy
Smiles, Healthy Bodies in Platte County |
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| Description: |
Kids
use breakfast food group servings to compute ratios |
| Grades: |
4-5 |
| Supplies: |
A
flipchart or blackboard
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| Directions: |
| 1. |
Before
beginning the activity, copy the following on a flipchart
or blackboard.
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Jose’s
Breakfast
½ cup low-fat yogurt with ½ cup sliced
strawberries and ½ cup banana
1 cup cornflakes with ½ cup low-fat milk
1/3 cup grated low-fat cheese melted on 1 small whole
wheat tortilla
Note: 1 serving Fruit = 1 cup |
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1
serving Grain = 1 ounce (1 cup flaked cereal, 1-1/4
cup puffed cereal, 1 slice bread, or 1 small tortilla)
1 serving Milk = 1 cup low-fat milk, 1/3 cup grated
low-fat cheese, or 1 cup low-fat yogurt
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| 2. |
Ask the
students to look at the ratio of the number of servings of
a) grains to fruit, and b) grains to milk in Jose’s
breakfast.
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| 3. |
Ask students
why breakfast helps shape how they learn and feel all day.
Answer: Breakfast gives their brains and
bodies GO POWER!
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| Note:
Extend the activity by having students create other menu
ideas for healthy breakfasts. Check the ratios of these
menus.
This
activity is found on page 22 of A La Cart, Breakfast
Fun. For more activity ideas like the one above,
check out HKC resource materials. See the order
page for descriptors and to view the Table of Content
and booklet sample pages. |
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