Eat the Five Food Group Way!®

Name That Food

Grade Level: 4th Grade / Upper Elementary
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Synopsis:
Students work in small groups to complete a grid in which they name foods that meet two criteria required for each box of a puzzle. With primary level students, complete the grid as a class rather than in small groups, or use only two or three categories on the grid.

Activity Objectives
Students will be able to:

• Identify foods with two attributes for each of the Five Food Groups
• Generate as many solutions as possible for the two attributes
• Develop skills for working in small groups

Material and Advance Prep:

• Determine the number and size of groups for the activity
• Print and duplicate Name that Food worksheet (1 per group of 2 to 4 students)
• Draw a Name that Food grid on the chalkboard

What to Do:

1. Show students the Name That Food grid drawn on the chalkboard. Ask students what the names down the side represent. Briefly review the food groups and have students name a few foods in each group.
2. Using criteria listed across the top of the grid (or one of your own such as "You Don't Have to Cook It"), complete one or two boxes as a class. Explain that they are going to work in groups and complete a grid like the one on the chalkboard.
3. Write the name of the food students tasted on the chart.
4. Break students into groups of 2 to 4. Distribute a Name That Food worksheet to each group. Encourage groups to think of answers that other groups will not come up with.
5. When students are done, score the sheets with the whole class. For every square filled in, teams get 1 point. For squares in which a team was the only team with that answer, they get 2 points.

Going Further
Have a tasting party of healthy snacks based on one of the categories in the grid. For example, yellow snacks might include:

• Cheese and crackers
• Tortilla with Monterey Jack cheese
• Granola and lemon yogurt

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