Nourishing Students: Enrichment Activities for Grades K-5

Positives

• These activities allow students to build skills in critical thinking, listening, memory, and concentration.
• The bright, engaging PDF is teacher-friendly and also fun for student use.

Additional Prerequisites

• The table of contents on page 5 allows teachers the ability to quickly locate materials within this resource.
• These enrichment activities would be appropriate for in-school, after-school, or summer programs.
• Be prepared to obtain samples of each produce variety that are ripe and in-season so that students may taste test them.

Differentiation

• Print out the five posters that accompany this resource in order to supplement the enrichment activities using the recommendations in the packet.
• Use the recommended reading lists for each fruit or vegetable as read-alouds, shared reading, or in guided reading groups when appropriate.
• While the activities are signified as K-2 or 3-5, consider using the K-2 activities as whole group activities in all elementary classrooms with a faster pace, more independence, and more advanced vocabulary for upper grades.
• Consider using the grades 3-5 activities in science or literacy centers.
• In K-2 classrooms, find ways to incorporate the upper grade activities as enrichment activities, possibly during small group instruction.
• For parts of the lessons that ask students to verbally name things, such as "name the different parts of a radish plant (leaf, root, stem)", consider having students create pictures or diagrams to supplement learning.
• Health or Physical Education classes could use the dances or movement activities while teaching this content and new vocabulary.
• Allow students to create their own posters, demonstrating what they know about common produce, or have them use these coloring sheets as inspiration.
• After participating in the taste tests provided within these activities, use this other resource as a guide for students to create advertisements for their fruit or vegetable and encourage others to try new fruits and vegetables.