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KEEPING HEALTHY!

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My AICLE unit called “Keeping healthy” is elaborated for students in the fifth year of Primary.

       The learning outcomes are:

-To know that a balanced diet, good sleep, and regular exercise help to keep our bodies healthy

- To be aware of the importance of personal hygiene and taking care of our bodies

- To know the food groups and their functions

- To know how to make a balanced meal

        And the subject contents are:

- Information about other people´s tastes and habits and about our own tastes and habits.

- Identification about food, drinks, and main meals in English

- Likes and dislikes relating to food.

- Information about the main rules for correct hygiene

This unit includes 8 sessions divided in two weeks. Each lesson will have 45 minutes. At the end, the children will have to do a final task: elaborate a healthy menu.

1st session:

Time: 45 minutes

- Presentation: What´s on your plate? Power Point of presentation that is very useful to show how each type of food affects our body.

https://vimeo.com/4889898?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=pro-eean-standard-20140801&utm_campaign=10335

- Revise or introduce the name of the meals and food vocabulary using flashcards of food online created with the app quizlet   http://quizlet.com/77723452/food-vocabulary-flash-cards/

2nd session

Time: 45 minutes

- Ask the children to talk about the food they usually eat: What do you usually have for breakfast/lunch/ a snack/dinner?

- Record the answer on the board using a table, using a cross to indicate how often the same food is mentioned by the children.

- Ask questions to help the children to analyze the data from the table: How many children have milk/tea/cereal for breakfast? How many children have pasta/cheese/salad for lunch? What´s the favourite food for breakfast/lunch/dinner?

- They have to copy the table into their exercise books, replacing crosses with total numbers for each food, showing the same data in bar or pie charts(one for each meal)

3rd session:

Time: 45 minutes

- Make a poster divided into four columns corresponding to the four main food groups: bread and cereal group; meat/fish, dairy products and eggs group; fats and sweets group.

- Give out a card to each child and explain that, in turn, they have to say the name of the food depicted on the card and stick it in one of the four columns.

- Ask the children if they think some foods are good and others bad for them. Can a food be good or bad for you? Explain that there are no ´good´ or ´bad´ foods and say: We should eat a lot of some foods, but we should eat a little of others.

- Give the students the following sheet :

4th session

Time: 45 minutes

- Draw an empty food pyramid on the board. Point to the spaces and explain that they represent the amount of each type of food we should eat. Pointing to the different sections of the pyramid, ask the children which kind of food we should write from the bottom to the top.

http://health-advisors.org/empty-food-pyramids/

- Explain the functions of the nutrients and the food they can find them in. We organize games to help the children learn it.

http://www.nourishinteractive.com/nutrition-education-printables/category/16-printable-kids-healthy-menu-plans-daily-meal-planner-childrens-healthy-food-groups-balanced-meals

5th session:

Time: 45 minutes

- Divide the class into groups of four and give a copy of the Worksheet A daily menu to each group. Explain to the children that they have to create a daily menu, including morning and afternoon snacks, taking into account the food pyramid. They also have to include both water and milk in their menu (milk is needed for strong teeth and bones).

- When they finished, we display the different menus in the classroom

6^th session

Time: 45 minutes

- Ask the children some questions related to their daily habits: Do you clean your teeth after a meal? Do you sleep for 8-10 hours a night. Help the children to reply by using and adverb of frequency: I always brush my teeth after a meal.

- Presentation about healthy habits:

http://procomun.educalab.es/es/ode/view/1416349670302

- With the famous game Who wants to be a millionaire? The students will answer the questions about keeping healthy.

7^th session:

Time:45 minutes

- Look for information about milk teeth and adult teeth in science books. Ask the children to complete the worksheet by writing the names of the teeth.

- In this crossword, children will have to find the words related to dental care

8^th session:

Time: 45 minutes

- Help the children to create a Power Point presentation in groups with the following captations and illustrated by photographies or drawings to be shown to other classes, parents or be published on the school website.

Eat a lot of vegetables!

Brush your teeth after every meal!

Wash your hands before eating!

Don´t drink too many fizzy drinks

Don´t eat too many sweets and fats!

Don´t stay up until late at night!