Eat Good Foods to be Healthy Good choices will help us eat right!

I want to be healthy! If I am healthy, I will feel great. If I feel great, I will be able to do lots of fun things. If I am healthy, I will ______________.

I want to be healthy! I need to make good choices. To be healthy, I need to make ____________

I want to be healthy! I need to eat foods that are healthy. Healthy foods will give my body nutrients to be healthy and strong. I need to eat foods that are ____________.

I want to be healthy! I will eat vegetables. Vegetables are healthy foods. Vegetables give our body vitamins so we can be strong and healthy. To be strong and healthy, eat ______________.

I want to be healthy! I will eat fruits. Fruits are healthy foods. Fruits give our bodies vitamins so we can be strong and healthy. To be strong and healthy, eat ______________.

I want to be healthy! I will eat proteins. Proteins are healthy foods. Proteins help our muscles to be strong. To be strong and healthy, eat _____________.

I want to be healthy! I will drink milk for healthy bones. Milk helps to make our bones strong. To have strong, healthy bones, drink _________.

I want to be healthy! I will drink water. Water is good to keep my body hydrated! When I drink water, I am keeping my body healthy. A healthy drink for my body is ______________.

I want to be healthy! Sometimes it is ok to have a treat. Treats taste so good, but we can’t have too many. But sometimes it is ok to eat a __________.

Questions: What should we eat to be healthy? Which food will help keep me healthy? __________________

What should we eat to be healthy? Which food will help to keep me healthy? ________________________

What is not healthy? __________________

How should we keep our body hydrated to stay healthy? _______________________

Links and Resources Fruit Reading A-Z Concept book (nonfiction), 31 words, Level A (Grade K) This informational text introduces students to the printed vocabulary that names examples of nutritious foods. Students may be surprised to find the tomato, which is a large berry, included alongside lemons, apples, and bananas. Repeated high-frequency words reinforce fluency and support the decoding of new vocabulary. Grow, Vegetables, Grow! Reading A-Z Concept book (nonfiction), 67 words, Level D (Grade 1) This book informs students of names and types of vegetables that can be grown in any garden, including a container garden on a rooftop in a city. The young boy in the story waters his various vegetable plants daily in hopes of creating his own salad. Healthy Me Reading A-Z Persuasive (fiction), 319 words, Level I (Grade 1) Healthy Me tells the reader ways to keep healthy. The little girl in the story shares several of the ways she keeps her body and mind healthy, including nutrition, hygiene, exercise, sufficient sleep, and mental relaxation. The accompanying illustrations are whimsical and fun.

Links, continued An Apple a Day Reading A-Z Informational (nonfiction), 1,072 words, Level R (Grade 3) An Apple a Day is an informative book about nutrition and healthful foods. It includes chapters that explain proteins, carbohydrates, and fats, along with examples of foods that contain each type of nutrient. The "Smart Eating" chapter encourages readers to use what they have learned in the book to plan their meals for a day. Let's Make Vegetable Soup Reading A-Z How to (nonfiction), 1,300 words, Level S (Grade 3) There's nothing better than a hot, wholesome bowl of soup on a cold or rainy day. And this book will tell you exactly how to make it! Just gather all your vegetables, spices, and other ingredients, and follow the easy steps in this book to make yummy vegetable soup. Photographs reinforce the steps in cooking.