Fruit Fanatic!

Fruit Fanatic!

Activity (1) What’s Your Favorite Fruit?

Read aloud I Eat Fruit by Hannah Tofts. The teacher will bring in a variety of different fresh fruits such as grapes, oranges, apples, bananas, strawberries, etc. The teacher will hold a discussion to provide students with background information about the fruits that are available. Students will then illustrate their favorite fruit examined. They will then graph the classrooms favorite fruit using their illustrations, by placing their drawings on the white board in the proper order. The teacher may follow up with questions such as: which was the classes favorite? Which was the classes least favorite? How many students liked apples, oranges, etc?

Standards:
State Goal 1: Read with understanding and fluency.
B.Apply reading strategies to improve understanding and fluency.
1B.1d Read age appropriate material aloud with fluency and accuracy.

State Goal 10: collect, organize and analyze data using statistical methods: predict results; and interpret uncertainty using concepts of probability.
A.Organize, describe and make predictions from existing data
10.A.1b Organize and display data using pictures, tallies, tables, charts, or bar graphs.

Resources: I Eat Fruit by Hannah Tofts, IMC 3-D HEAL 262, http://www.amazon.com/

Activity (2) Fruit Jeopardy!

Read aloud Eating the Alphabet, Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z by Lois Ehlert. Teacher will discuss the importance of eating fruits and vegetables with an emphasis on fruits. Students will talk about the different colors, shapes, sizes and textures of some of the fruit mentioned within the book. The discussion will prepare students for fruit jeopardy! Jeopardy will assess students’ knowledge by providing descriptions and riddles of various fruits for students’ to solve.

Standards:

State Goal 1: Read with understanding and fluency.
B.Apply reading strategies to improve understanding and fluency.
1B.1d Read age appropriate material aloud with fluency and accuracy.

State Goal 22: Understand principles of health promotion and the prevention and treatment of illness and injury.
B.Describe and explain the factors that influence health among individuals, groups and communities.
22.B.1 Encourage and support others in making positive health choices (e.g., eating practices, cleanliness, and safety practices. Resources: Food Jeopardy

Resources: http://www.aces.edu/dept/family/nep/documents/Fruit_Jeopardy.pdf, The Alphabet, Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z by Lois Ehlert, http://www.amazon.com/

Activity (3) Fruit Smoothie


After learning about different fruits and how important they are for the body, students will discuss ways to make fruit fun to eat. The teacher will then read aloud Oliver’s Fruit Salad by Vivian French to assist students with other creative ways to prepare fruit. Students will then put together their very own strawberry and banana fruit smoothie using the recipe following this link http://www.kids-cooking-activities.com/simple-smoothie-recipes.html . They will be placed into groups of three to four and will be required to use appropriate measurements listed within the chosen recipe.

Standards:
State Goal 1: Read with understanding and fluency.
B.Apply reading strategies to improve understanding and fluency.
1B.1d Read age appropriate material aloud with fluency and accuracy.

State Goal 7: Estimate, make and use measurements of objects, quantities and relationships and determine acceptable levels of accuracy.
B. Estimate measurements and determine acceptable levels of accuracy.
7.B.1a Given a problem, describe possible methods for estimating a given measure.

Resources: http://www.kids-cooking-activities.com/simple-smoothie-recipes.html, http://www.amazon.com/