Unit 10: Fruit

Students will know:
Fruit helps our body stay healthy and strong.
Fruit has vitamins, fiber, and natural sugar.
Fruit comes in many colors, shapes, and textures.
Fruit can be eaten fresh, frozen, canned, dried, or juiced.
Fruit is part of MyPlate.
Fruit can be used in snacks, desserts, sides, and meals.

Cooking fruit can change the taste and texture.

Identify fruits by name and color
Sort fruits into the Fruit section of MyPlate.
Taste, smell, and explore different fruits.
Help wash, cut, mix, and measure.
Compare raw fruit vs. cooked fruit.
Follow simple picture recipes with adult support.
Participate in labs: fruit salad, lemonade or orange juice, applesauce

Students will demonstrate learning by:

Matching fruit pictures to names.

Sorting fruit into the correct MyPlate space.

Answering simple questions with "yes/no".

Participating safely in labs.

Explaining verbally or by pointing how fruit helps the body.

Completing basic worksheets by coloring, circling, matching.