Classroom Activities
Five Food Group Mnemonic
Objective:
This cooperative learning activity will reinforce basic writing skills and nutrition information in a creative language arts activity.
Materials Needed:
- National Dairy Council's Daily Food Guide Pyramid poster
Order from Nutrition Explorations Materials catalog
Method:
- Review the names of the five food groups.
- Divide class into small work groups.
- Define mnemonic - something intended to assist memory.
- Ask each group to create a mnemonic as a way to remember the names of the five food groups, i.e., Milk, Meat, Vegetables, Fruits and Grain. A sample Mnemonic could be, My Mother Visits First Grade. The first letter of each word is the first letter of a food group.
- Each group will write and read aloud a short story incorporating their mnemonic.
- Stories may be compiled into a class book.