Eat the Five Food Group Way!®

Food Group Simon Says

Grade Level: 2nd Grade / Primary Elementary
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Synopsis:
Students practice classifying foods into the Five Food Groups in a fun game of "Simon Says."

Activity Objectives
Students will be able to:

• Classify foods into the Five Food Groups
• Practice listening skills
• Use negative and positive attributes to classify foods into Food Groups

• Print and duplicate the Eat the Five Food Group Way!® handout (1 per student)
• Hole puncher
• 8 1/2 x11-inch piece of construction paper with holes in the upper corners of each sheet of paper and (PDF, 1 per student)
• String or ribbon cut into 24-inch lengths (1 per student)
• Crayons or markers for students

What to Do:

1. Introduce or review the Five Food Groups using the Eat the Five Food Group Way!® handout.
2. Distribute a sheet of construction paper to each student. Assign or let each student pick one food on the handout. Have students write the name of the food on their paper and draw a picture of the food.
3. Help students attach the string or ribbon to their sheets and hang them around their necks with the picture facing out. Have students write the name of their food and draw a picture of it on their paper.
4. Before beginning the game, have students create a title (or alliterative name) for their food then have them introduce their food and its food group. For example, "I'm Sir Cheese and I'm in the Milk Group" or "I'm Ethel Egg and I'm in the Meat Group."
5. Play "Simon Says." Use directions such as Simon Says:
   • All Milk Group foods put their hands on their heads.
   • Anyone who has a Fruit Group food take one step forward.
   • If you're not a Meat Group food, clap your hands.
   • If you're not in the Grain Group, twirl around three times.
   As in the regular "Simon Says" game, students who do not follow the correct directions are "out" of the game for this round.
6. Also include some directions without saying "Simon Says," such as: "Milk Group foods raise your hands." Students who respond must sit down because "Simon Says" did not precede the direction.
7. The last student standing wins the round.

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