There’s alot to wrap your head around when teaching students about food label literacy! I believe beginning with How to Read a Food Label is the first step! In this lesson you will find a variety of engaging, interactive activities to help students learn to read them.
Engage your students with one of the “Guess What? Games”. These games can be used to introduce topics or to review them and get students thinking creatively, communicating and moving pretty quickly. Not only will you set the stage to the type of classroom you will run, but it let’s them know that your teaching style is probably very different than most typical classrooms!
I frequently see requests from teachers for sewing projects. When I received this lesson from two experienced Utah FCS teachers, I knew I had to share! Shae Nilsen and Jess Dredge have started a Sewing YouTube channel, The Guided Stitch, to help assist with this Plushie Pets Sewing Project and other student friendly projects.
Ever “wing” a recipe and wonder why it didn’t turn out correctly? I’m sure many of your students have! In this hands-on, no tech activity, students learn why reading a recipe carefully matters. So, if you’re looking for a way to help students understand the importance of following directions in food labs, check out my Cookie Catastrophe: Why Reading a Recipe Matters!
Many teachers are doing an about face when it comes to using technology in the classroom! They are reverting back to paper and pencil, hands-on activities, and just being more intentional about the use of technology. Many elective teachers are also being asked to incorporate ELA and Math concepts into their lesson plans. All About Me TikTok Scripts Adapted to FCS Content Areas checks all the boxes! It’s tech without using actual tech and very much ELA based. Thanks to Brian Tolentino for sharing the original TIkTok Script activity on FaceBook and giving me permision to adapt it! Hope you can utilize this in your classes.
Admittedly, creating this new food guide pyramid has been challenging! I can see why there have been many requests for updated lessons and activities around it. So here goes…In this Real Food Guide Pyramid Lesson & Activities, you will find engaging hands-on activities to use with students to check their pre-existing knowledge on the new guide, learn background info about it and the food it encourages, followed by a culminating group assignment. Give it a try and let me know what you think!
I have always enjoyed teaching students how to make convenience foods from scratch and showing them the benefits of doing so. When I saw an article about DIY UnCrustables, I knew it was a mini-lesson and lab in the making! Thus “Making vs Buying UnCrustables” was created! Read on to learn more…
Do you include expiration dates when teaching about food label literacy? If not, maybe you should consider adding it to your unit as there is alot of information about expiration dates than you might realize. Because of this, I’ve created some interactive resources around Expiration Dates to help your students learn more!
As I’m casually looking at social media, I often see requests for quick, easy and inexpensive sewing projects. The Embroidered Tea Bag Bookmark: A Hand Sewing Project is perfect for all grade levels, experience levels and a great way to use up those odds and ends of scrap fabrics. It can also be done in a couple of class periods, allows for personal creativity and develops fine motor skills. A win, win, win all the way around!
Sometimes current events can be connected to concepts taught in class. Such is the case with “Punch” the Monkey & The Importance of Attachment in regards to concepts taught in Child Development. Read on to see how you can use this viral story in your class!
