You Are What You Eat

Title: You Are What You Eat

Author: Sharon Gordon lives in New Jersey with her husband and three school aged children. Sharon mainly writes books for elementary and middle school aged children. Her main focus is on teaching children about science. She feels it is extremely important for students to learn about science and that is why that is her focus. 

Genre: Nonfiction

Grades: K-5

Subject Area: Health 

Summary: This book talks about the basics of eating right and keeping your body healthy. It talks about eating every meal, and trying to to make it a healthy meal. It gives students idea of what a healthy meal looks like. It talks about making good choices on what foods to eat and what foods you should try and not eat a lot of. In the story it talks about not only eating right but treating your body the right way. 

Pre Reading Activity: Do the worksheet found, on (http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/mpk1_lesson2.pdf) this worksheet talks about what foods fit into food groups. We would talk about the food groups and see if everyone understands. Then I would give the kids a picture of a food and they would have to find what food group they are in. This would be a way for kids to get up and move around. 

Post Reading Activity: Have students do the food math sheet. The student will have to figure out what Jason needs to eat today to get his daily amount of each food group. This worksheets works on the math skills and understanding the amount of food their bodies need. After the student complete the worksheet we will talk as a class about eating the amount of food their bodies need! It is important to understand the foods your body needs to stay healthy. Have the students draw a picture of what a healthy meal looks like. ( http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/mpk2_lesson2.pdf)