These Donut Cut Outs quickly give you templates that can be easily cut and applied for classroom decoration or student activities
The Graphing Fruits Worksheet has 2nd grade students solve four addition facts, color a bar graph with their answers and read it to answer three questions, with a full answer key.
The Classifying Proteins, Grains, Fruits and Veggies Worksheet asks 2nd grade students to sort fifteen everyday foods into three labeled food groups. An answer key is included, so classifying practice checks itself.
This dozen donuts reading comprehension worksheet gives 2nd grade students a short bakery story, four multiple-choice questions, and a written response. An answer key is included, so checking the work is quick.
This favorite apples worksheet has 2nd grade students count tally votes, color a bar graph, and answer questions about the data. An answer key is included for easy checking.
Plants we eat flash cards help Kindergarten to 3rd grade children match 18 foods to the root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit or seed we eat. Answer key included for quick, confident checking.
UsingFruits and Vegetables Activity, studentsplay the Stone Soup game to practice identifying and classifying fruits and vegetables.
Using these Dessert Flash Cards, students improve their dessert vocabulary by describing the colorful flash cards.
These apple theme flash cards teach 18 apple words with a picture on the front and the word inside. Made for Preschool to 4th Grade, with a practice page and answer key included.
Using Supermarket Sweep Food Words Activity, students practice reading high frequency words tocollect all of the food items on your shopping list.
This Spicy Chicken Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 2nd grade readers a short science text about why hot peppers make food spicy, with five questions and an answer key for quick checking.
Using this Healthy Eating Mini Pack, students learn about Healthy Eating through ten fun worksheets and three activities.
These Fruits and Vegetables Desk Name Tags are a perfect way for your students to identify their desks and practice spelling their name with a food theme.
This my food plate nutrition activity has K-2nd grade kids spin a food group, find a matching food card, and fill a healthy plate. Answer key included.
This Peanut Butter Brownies reading comprehension worksheet gives 2nd grade readers a short baking story, four text-evidence questions, a written response, and a full answer key, so comprehension practice is ready to print.
Using thisMama Mia Commutative Property Addition Activity, students practice the Commutative Property of Addition by writing equations in any order.
This Cupcake Power Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 2nd Grade readers a short nonfiction text about what makes a cupcake rise, five questions, and an answer key, so students practice finding evidence in what they read.
UsingLet's Eat Fresh Fruit Blends Activity, students write examples of words with beginning blends to include in their writing.
Fuel up! Food groups and healthy plates
Second graders learn that food is fuel for the body. They sort foods into groups: fruits, vegetables, grains, protein and dairy, and learn why a healthy plate has a little of each. They discover that every food comes from a plant or an animal, like bread from wheat and milk from cows. Kids also notice which foods are "every day" foods and which are treats. The click moment is when a child looks at their lunch and names every food group on it.
Food is the most hands-on science topic there is. These moves use what kids already eat.
Bring in empty food boxes or picture cards and let kids sort them into food groups on the floor. Then they record the sort on paper. Talk through tricky ones like pizza, which fits more than one group.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withClassifying Proteins, Grains, Fruits and Veggies WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Use fruit cards to build vocabulary: kids name the fruit, tell its color and say whether it grows on a tree, a vine or a bush. Pictures help English learners and early readers join right in.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withFruit Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Spread nutrition across the year: one food group in the spotlight each week, with a quick snack-time chat. A short, regular focus builds habits better than one health unit.
Why it works: short practice spread over several days beats one long session, according to a large review of learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withHealthy Eating Mini PackWorkbooksOpen it →Pretend shopping and plate-building make food science fun.
ActivitiesKids "shop" for food words and sort their cart by food group.
Open Supermarket Sweep Food Words Activity →
ActivitiesKids draw or glue foods on a plate and check they included every group.
Open My Food Plate Nutrition Activity →
WorksheetsSurvey the class about favorite fruits and graph the results.
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Fruits, vegetables, grains, protein and dairy. A healthy plate has a mix of these, with plenty of fruits and vegetables.
Try "every day" foods and "sometimes" foods. It teaches balance and keeps treats from feeling forbidden.
All food comes from plants or animals. Apples and carrots grow on plants, bread is made from wheat, and eggs and milk come from animals.
Let your child help plan a meal or pack a lunch and name each food group they include. Grocery trips are great for sorting and talking too.
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