Eating Good Food and Taking My Vaccinations to Keep My Body Healthy

Curriculum details

Strand

All About Me (Strand 1)

Sub-strand

Eating Good Food and Taking My Vaccinations to Keep My Body Healthy (1.4)

Content standard

K2.1.4.1 - Demonstrate the understanding and knowledge of keeping our bodies healthy by eating good food and visiting the hospital when sick

Indicator

K2.1.4.1.2 - Answer questions during and after listening to the interactive read aloud on the theme and show how the visual information help readers understand print.

Suggested placement

Term 1, Week 5 (Week 5 of the year)

Term is the curriculum's own; the week within it is our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order. Follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference

Kindergarten Curriculum (KG1 and KG2), 2019, p. 113

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

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Teacher shows pictures page by page as he reads the text to learners. (a big book on food items in a balanced diet and the six killer diseases)
* Learners are asked to explain why their books have plenty of colourful pictures and adult books have no pictures,
* Scaffold learners to understand that illustrations and pictures help us to understand unfamiliar words in the text. Look at pictures showing polio, tuberculosis, measles patients., etc.
* Teacher reads the text, showing pictures page by page to learners and asking them to share their ideas on the pictures.
* Learners answer comprehension questions on the text, mentioning some of the food items we need to eat to keep our bodies healthy.
* Pick key words from the (BIG BOOK) as learners act it out (washing hands, polio, tuberculosis, measles, etc.). Do picture walk through the text: point to the pictures and let learners tell stories