We’re quickly coming to the home stretch before our Winter Break, but we continue to keep our students busy. Besides the usual individual lessons in Math and Language, we introduced the students to a new Science Nutrition Unit. We no longer use the food pyramid to teach about nutrition. We use MyPlate which is the official symbol of the five food groups developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It was launched in 2011 and is a visual reminder to choose a variety of foods at every meal. Students will explore activities on each of the five food groups and will also have an opportunity to develop a healthy meal of their own.
This week we also started a short unit on Opinion Writing. Students will learn how to state an opinion, following up with reasons, examples, and then restating their opinion. This is always an interesting unit because we know our students have many opinions.
Have a wonderful weekend.
The Lower Team