The canteen and what is in food
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write what you eat on a normal school day. Underline one carbohydrate food and one protein food.
Answers differ. Check that the underlined foods are right, for example bread (carbohydrate) and eggs (protein).
2
Find three fruits or vegetables in your kitchen. Draw them and write the colour of each.
Answers differ, for example tomato (red), carrot (orange), cucumber (green).
3
Ask a grown-up which foods in your home have calcium. Write two.
For example: milk, cheese, yoghurt.
4
Complete the sentence: Cause: I eat sweets and do not brush my teeth. Effect: ____. What can you do instead?
Effect: cavities. Instead, eat sweets rarely and brush twice a day.
5
Plan a canteen snack plate with three foods from different groups. Draw it and name the groups.
Answers differ, for example apple (fruit), cheese (milk group), bread (grains).