Description
Help students build everyday healthy eating skills. This lesson introduces food groups, building meals and snacks, choosing drinks, and communicating individual eating needs.
The lesson uses simple language, clear examples, multiple-choice questions, and realistic scenarios to support classroom discussions and comprehension.
This comes with:
- Google Slides™ presentation (You will download a PDF that has a link you will click to make a copy of the Google Slides to your Google Drive™). From there you can move around or delete pages depending on your students’ needs. (If you need this activity in PowerPoint, Google Slides allows you to easily convert to a PPT file!)
- 30 slides
- Direct instruction in student-friendly language
- Real-world examples
- Multiple-choice comprehension questions
- Scenario-based practice
- A final review of important reminders
Students will learn:
- Why our bodies need food.
- The five food groups and familiar food examples.
- Combining food groups in meals and snacks.
- Choosing water and staying hydrated.
- Recognizing hunger and fullness.
- Enjoying a variety of foods.
- Asking for support and food accommodations.
This lesson is ideal for:
- High school special education classrooms
- Transition programs
- Life skills instruction
- Social skills lessons
- Functional health and safety instruction
- Small-group instruction
- Morning meetings
- IEP goal practice







