What is a balanced and healthy meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner and how does one cook it? Independent meal planning, preparation, cooking and cleaning up will be the focus of this course. Basic nutrition and food groups will be reviewed along with basic kitchen equipment use and safety. Students will compare the financial and health cost of eating out versus cooking at home. Students will learn about the wide range of grocery stores available in the community and practice how to compare prices at each store to fit one’s budget. Students will practice expected behaviors in navigating a grocery store in order to find and purchase needed ingredients. Students will learn how to find recipes both online and in cook books and will use those recipes to create shopping lists and to follow directions to make a meal. Students will be exposed to a variety of simple, healthy snacks and 30 minute or less meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
What’s New In Meal Planning
- Meal Planning A3: 3/14, 3/15 - March 14, 2012 - Ms. Baumgard
3/14/2012:
- Reward day: The students have met their goal for behavior! This means we get to have a reward day, and the students chose to watch the rest of the movie ELF. We will finish the day off with Board Games, if time allows.
- Homework: Write a list of 3 Kitchen Safety rules, and turn in tomorrow.
3/15/2012:- Weekend check-in
- Video sharing
- Intro. worksheet for Kitchen Safety, and discuss their lists from homework last night
- Start power point on Kitchen safety https://docs.google.com/a/lgamn.org/presentation/d/19sX0T-8THFcIaNP5SXmE_yik6x3iA4aHPBPpWhAn9jo/edit
- Lunch
- Finish power point and discuss as a class
- Planners: No homework
- Meal Planning A3 March 5th, and March 8th - March 8, 2012 - Ms. Baumgard
March 5th:
- Check-in, video sharing
- Power point on Nutrients
- Lunch
- Game on Nutrients
- Planners: Get permission slip signed
March 8th:- Power point on dieting (gaining muscle, burning fat, etc.)
- Lunch
- Short video on healthy dieting
- Calorie worksheet
- Planners: Turn in your signed permission slip if haven’t yet
- Meal Planning A3 2/27-3/2 - February 27, 2012 - Ms. Baumgard
Monday 2/27:
- Check in, February Break Check in
- Video sharing
- Food Labels Power point
- Lunch
- Worksheet
Wednesday 2/29:- Check-in
- video sharing
- Calories worksheet
- Nutrients Power point
- Lunch
- Nutrient Game
- If time left- plan a day’s worth of meals activity
Thursday 3/1:- Check-in
- Video sharing
- Serving size Activity/game
- Video on dieting
- Lunch
- Dieting Power point
- Meal Planning for Feb. 6th-9th - February 3, 2012 - Ms. Baumgard
Monday, Feb. 6th:
- Check in, and Video Sharing
- Elf Dinner scene opener
- Food group discussion
- Lunch
- “Pin the spoon on the plate” Activity
- Making our first healthy snack: Celery, peanut butter, and raisins
Wednesday, Feb. 8th:
- Check-in, Video sharing
- “Myplate” food collages with magazine food cut outs- hang in the halls
- Lunch
- “Plan a Day’s worth of Food” activity, using “My plate” Visual
Thursday, Feb. 9th:
- Check in, Video sharing
- Intro. Video on healthy snacking
- Fats/oils and Salty food PowerPoint
- Lunch
- “Guess the serving size!” Game
- Discussion of sugary foods
- Meal Planning schedule: Jan. 30th- Feb. 2nd - February 1, 2012 - Ms. Baumgard
Monday, Jan. 30th:
- Introduction, description on expectations, daily schedule…etc.
- Survey to all students, and discuss
- Lunch
- Sensory break
- Two videos: “Food Pyramid Axed…” and “Eating Healthy- Choose My plate”
- Discuss what the plate looks like
- If time left- “Make my own plate” song
- planners
Thursday, Feb. 2nd:
- Check-in, video sharing
- Discuss schedule for the day
- Read news article about the new
“My Plate” replacing the food pyramid and discuss - Lunch
- Make posters of my plate and hang up in halls
- Planners
