Nutrition Videos in the Classroom

1. Nutrition Videos in the Classroom Incorporating Writing and Listening and Speaking Standards

2. Materials Highlights • List of Grade Level Videos • List of Strategies: Watch and Discuss • List of Strategies: Watch and Write

3. Video: Watch and Discuss Ideas • Think/Pair/Share • Popcorn Share • Thumbs-Up (Hand Signals) • Grab Bag Quiz • Word of the Day • Sentence Frames to help formulate complete sentences

4. Videos: Watch and Write Ideas • Thinking Maps for Note Taking • White Boards for Note Taking • Post-It Notes • Sentence Frames • Paragraph Frames • Reading Response Questions • Poetry

5. Videos: Vocabulary Building Idea • Frayer Model

6. Let’s Try It . . . • Here’s a short video entitled: “Fit Kids: Go – Slow – Whoa!” When you have only a few minutes it’s perfect to watch then have neighbors Think/Pair/Share a Go food, a Slow food, and a Whoa food: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5gPGO369eo • This is a more in depth video on the same topic. While you are watching, use your post-its to make note of examples of GO, SLOW, and WHOA foods. Try to come up with your own examples, too! Then we will share out. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuIgvrJdIvU

7. Here’s one more . . . • This video is entitled “The Healthy Food Song”, but it is actually more about the importance of vitamins and minerals.We’ll follow it up with a “grab bag quiz”. • ***Vocabulary note: Scurvyscur·vy   / ˈskərvē/ • Noun: A disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by swollen bleeding gums and the opening of previously healed wounds. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iS8h0J_Ows • After viewing the video a second time, how might you adapt this as a lesson in your class or grade level?

8. Longer videos lend themselves to excellent writing prompts . . . • This video entitled “Pumpkins: History and Nutrition” is targets an older audience. • Encourage students to use their Thinking Maps or other note taking strategy so they can write a summary rich with supporting details (or evidence) on the main idea: • Pumpkins are a “superfood”. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnZYDmfSQfY • **Please note: Second viewings are helpful . . . See the writing frame hand-outs for Summary of Informational Text and/or Justification Paragraph.