6th Grade Nutrition Facts Lesson

May 18, 2015

At Balderas Elementary Mr. McEndree's 6th grade class was charged with the task of taking notes during our Nutrition Fact Label lessoN.  Students were asked to summarize what they learned from the lesson.  Each student was given a nutrition fact label to review with Mrs. Z (that's me).  They looked like this:

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We then reviewed 5 points of the label - calories, total fat, fiber, protein and vitamins and minerals.  We spent most of our time discussing calories, specifically: what are they? why do we care? and what do they do for us.  

The overall goal was helping this 6th grade class to understand the importance of reading the label of what they eat.  

Here are are a few of the summary sheets of what these 6th graders learned from the lesson.  

McEndree Class 1
McEndree Class 2
McEndree Class 3
McEndree Class 4
McEndree Class 5
McEndree Class 6
McEndree Class 7
 

I think they learned a lot!  Thank you Mr. McEndree for getting your class engaged in the Nutrition Facts lesson!  


By Brittanny N. Zweigle
Author - Nutrition Program Supervisor