Nutrition Passages
4th Grade
Day 1
- Your body needs different types of nutrients is the main idea.
- Which details from the video support that main idea?
Day 2
What is this passage about? Give some details from the text that supports your thinking? How is this organized? Explain why the author might have written about this?
Day 3
What is “My Plate”? (log into DE before clicking)- read, watch video, and do draggable interactive
How would you summarize what you have read so far?
How did the author use evidence to support his thinking about nutrition?
How can food guidelines help you develop habits that will support your growth and health?
Day 4
Pick your portion lexile 990 (from readworks)- read as a class and discuss questions below. (Students will read again independently or with a partner on the following day and answer written questions.
What is the difference in serving size and portion size?
What does the word “overconsumption” mean in the section “Portion Distortion”? How do you know?
How can we use the word overconsumption to summarize this section of the text?
In the section called “sensible choices”, what does the author mean we he says,”aim for balance?”
Why did the author utilize the image at the end of the passage?
Day 5
Use same passage as Thursday: Pick your portion from readworks. Review the passage again with questions below and then have students answer the written questions with a partner or individually (use the 2 stray one stay to answer questions if you want).
What is the main idea of this text?
Give some details from the text that supports your thinking?
What evidence from the text supports the idea that portion sizes have gotten bigger?
Day 6
Getting to know nutrition 810 lexile (log into DE before clicking)
What was the author’s purpose in writing this text?
How did the author use evidence to support his thinking?
Why is it important to eat a variety of foods each day?
Day 7
Nutrition Labels 770 lexile (log into DE before clicking)
How does the image help us understand what the topic is?
Some words in the passage are bolded. What strategies can you use to help you find the meaning of the word?
How can nutrition labels help us make healthier food decisions?
Day 8
White house wants food labels to show what we really eat (newsela)- you can change the lexile based on student need and print or assign in NewsELA- I set to 960 for questions.
Write a summary for this text.
Why do you think the author included the label for us with the text?
According to the text, what is the purpose of the new labels?