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Nutrition Curriculum for Third Grade

Shaping Up My Choices

 

 

This 10-lesson nutrition curriculum aligns with California education standards and can easily integrate into your units on Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Health and Physical Education. The lessons were created using a behavior-change model that encourages healthy-eating behaviors and attitudes in your students.

These lesson plans have been designed with fun and learning in mind to blend well with your usual instructional sequence. The curriculum is skills-based to help students apply problem-solving, reasoning and critical-thinking techniques.

Shaping Up My Choices teaches third grade students about:

  • All five food groups, their main nutrients and roles in the body
  • The importance of eating balanced breakfast and lunch
  • How to read a food label
  • How to measure healthy portion sizes
  • What healthy beverage choices look like
  • How to get active for 60 minutes a day

This nutrition curriculum is free for California third grade teachers!

Newly aligned to California common core standards!


These curriculums, brought to you by Dairy Council of California, align with the "2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans."

 

Curriculum Materials

  • Teacher Guide
  • Student Workbooks (English and Spanish)
  • Master Documents

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