Keeping my Body healthy… · KG1 Integrated Learning

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: K1.1.4.1.3 - Listen attentively, respond to an information text about foods we eat to keep healthy and use new content words learnt to create simple sentence (orally) on how to keep healthy.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Listen attentively to a teacher-read-aloud text about foods that keep the body healthy and respond to simple questions about what they heard.
Name at least three food items from the text and identify which food group each belongs to (body-building, energy-giving, or protective).
Count the number of food items mentioned under a given food group and state the total.
Use at least two new content words (e.g. “balanced diet”, “healthy”, “vegetables”, “fruits”) to create simple oral sentences about keeping the body healthy.
Identify one unhealthy food item from the text (e.g. sugary drinks) and explain why it is not good for the body.

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Curriculum details

Strand: All About Me (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Keeping my Body healthy by eating good food and taking my vaccination (1.4)
Content standard: K1.1.4.1 - Demonstrate the understanding that eating good food and taking all my childhood vaccinations will keep me growing healthy and strong.
Indicator: K1.1.4.1.3 - Listen attentively, respond to an information text about foods we eat to keep healthy and use new content words learnt to create simple sentence (orally) on how to keep healthy.
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. 14
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Exemplar: Listening comprehension Have learners sit in a semi-circle (community circle time), as they listen attentively to the Teacher -read-aloud text on balanced diet. Mention and discuss the different food types we have as it is explained in the book and on the conversational poster you show to them. Have learners count the examples of foods identified under the given food group/types and represent them in sets. Guide learners to examine the food they eat at home and/or bring to school, to find out whether they are eating a balanced meal. Talk about some food items that are not very healthy, e.g. sugar drinks. Mention some food items in the environment that they need to be eating and draw their favourite. E.g. They should add kontomire and other green leaf to their food and also eat a lot of different types of fruit. Have learners use the new words learnt to construct simple sentences orally in relation to keeping healthy.