General Information:

• Title: How Did That Get in My Lunchbox?: The Story of Food
• Author: Chris Butterworth
• Publication Date: February 12, 2013
• Publisher: Candlewick
• Description: This book explores where foods come from.  Going beyond the grocery story, this book enlightens young readers about where foods originated from and the whole process they go through to get to their lunchbox. From bread to cookies, the picking of ingredients to detailed cooking processes are explained and examined.  It’s a great depiction
• Why: This book is the best for our topic because it pulls together where food comes from, how it is produced, and where it ends up.  This begins the conversation of thinking about what foods to eat and how nutritious they are for us by understanding where our food comes from.  This book also brings to light the topic of healthy eating and how we should eat fresh food rather than processed foods.

Integrate into Core Curriculum:

• Mathematics: A fun extension of this book would be to have student bring in recipes from home.  Maybe they can bring all the parts separate and then bring in the finished product as well. With these pieces, students can count and analyze the numbers and amounts that each recipe require for ingredients.  The teacher would also bring in some recipes from the book as an example and / or another thing for the students to work with.  This will allow students to connect the book with their mathematics curriculum.
• Excerpt:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5D8cEwD6WI

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• Home and Community Connections
  •  Engage students in recipes and hands on objects.
  •  Incorporate home life with school for students to share with each other
  • Increase parent involvement with the mathematical curriculum and providing student and parent interaction.

Standards:

Health Standards:

• NHES 1: students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health
  • HE1.2.1: Explain the importance of trying new foods
    • HBO 1: eat the appropriate number for servings from each good group every day.
    • HBO 2: eat a variety of foods within each food group everyday
  • HE1.2.2: explain the importance of choosing healthy foods and beverages
    • HBO 6: limit foods and beverages high in added sugars, solid fat, and sodium
  • HE1.2.5: describe the types of foods and beverages that should be limited
  • HE1.2.8: describe body signals that tell a person when they are hungry and when they are full
• NHES 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use deision-making skills to enhance health.
  • HE5.2.3: explain the potential positive and negative outcomes from a nutrition-related decision

Mathematics Standards: (http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/MD/)

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.MD.B.3:Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category.
  • Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.MD.A.1: Describe and compare measurable attributes
  • Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.MD.A.2: Describe and compare measurable attributes
  • Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has “more of”/”less of” the attribute, and describe the difference. For example, directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child as taller/shorter.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.C.4: Represent and interpret data
  • Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.D.10: Represent and interpret data.
  • Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph.