Eat, drink and grow
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can list the reasons why we need food and drink.
Key learning points
- We need food and drink to stay alive.
- We need food to grow, be active and maintain health.
- We need to drink to be healthy.
Keywords
Grow - to get older and bigger
Active - to do something, like playing, running or swimming
Healthy - being free from illness or injury
Common misconception
We need six - eight glasses of water a day.
We need six - eight drinks a day. Water is a great choice, but other drinks count too, such as milk and juice.
Teacher tip
When explaining that food and water are essential, you can use plants as an example. Plants need food and water to stay alive. You can also have different photographs of food and drinks to show pupils that there are many different types that we can have.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match the food and drinks.
Q2.True or false? We need to eat lots of fruit and vegetables.
Q3.Which is the best drink to have?
Q4.We need food and drink to stay ...
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Why do we need food?
Q2.True or false? Only water counts as a drink.
Q3.Match the foods that are similar.
Q4.Which of these is the best choice for a drink?
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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