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A 4 page research paper/essay in which the writer advises a student teacher regarding a third grade lesson plan that addresses creating a Diet Diary on nutrition and a grammar lesson. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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problems such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes" (Powers, Struempler, and Guarino, 2005, p. 129). Research has confirmed the importance of establishing good health habits early in life, which has
prompted the inclusion nutrition education as part of the third grade curricula. The following discussion outlines an assignment for a third grade class that has been studying health and nutrition
in regards mental and emotional health; family and social health; as well as growth and development. This assignment will be the culminating activity for these lessons, demonstrating what the students
have assimilated. The lesson assigning the diary project should begin with a class discussion in which the teacher explores whether or not the students are aware of what the
word "diary" means. This discussion will establish background understanding of "diary" as meaning a written record in which the child writes about himself or herself. The teacher will indicate that
they will write a particular kind of diary that lists what they eat or drink and in which they answer questions about nutrition and health. As this writer/tutor is
not a teacher, the writer consulted the Internet to determine what would constitute a reasonable expectation of what third graders are capable of writing. Judging from an online example of
an actual third graders diary (Forstadt, 2008), a third-graders natural inclination is to write brief, one-to-three sentence entries. Also, in the study conducted by Power, Struempler, and Guarino (2005), which
investigated third grade knowledge of nutrition, the researchers primarily used yes/no questions. Based on this, it seems reasonable that this assignment should incorporate a great deal of structure in order
not to seem too intimidating a project for third graders. Nevertheless, it is also true that by asking the children to write, they can also practice their skills in this
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