Fiction book: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon Published in 2015 by New York : Delacorte Press The content is having allergies, and the grade level suggested is middle school. This book is about a girl who is 18 and has extreme allergies and is stuck inside her house with her mom and nurse. Madi … Continue reading Food Allergies/Intolerances Literature Resources for Students Grade 6-8
Popular Film: Everything, Everything Arturo del Río,Elysa Koplovitz Dutton,Victor Ho,Leslie Morgenstein 2017, 1 hour, 36 minutes, rated PG-13 General Information: This movie is about a girl who is 18 and has extreme allergies and is stuck inside her house with her mom and nurse. Madi has never left her house and lives in a sort … Continue reading Food Allergies/Intolerances Media Resources for Students Grade 6-8
In this episode of “Arthur”, Binky finds out that he is allergic to peanuts. He has an allergic reaction one day and goes to the doctor for allergy testing. The doctor explains allergy testing and that he is not allergic to pet dander or tree pollen, but is allergic to peanuts. The doctor explains … Continue reading Popular Film on Food Allergies for K-2
Peanut and Other Food Allergies by Caitie McAneney. Published in 2015 by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. Our grade level is K-2. You can preview this book by clicking here. This book does a good job of explaining allergies to children. The book talks about different allergies, having an emergency plan, signs of an allergy, … Continue reading Peanut Allergy Non-Fiction Literature K-2
App: ipiit – grocery scanner for food allergy and diets, ipiit AB, 2017, Version 1.8.9, free, https://www.ipiit.com The purpose of this app is to scan any food and it will pull up the nutritional information, will automatically tell you if you are allergic to the item, and lets you compare two items with nutritional items. … Continue reading Food Allergies/Intolerances App Source For Students Grades 6-8
General Information: Food Allergies- Kids Health (For Parents) I chose this source because there are tons of information for parents on here that is basic and also more in-depth information. It has an article on the home page but then has links for many more articles that parents can look through. Then, there are also … Continue reading Food Allergies/Intolerances Internet Source For Parents of Students Grades 6-8
General Information: Food Allergies- Kids Health in the Classroom This is a website that comes with articles for kids to read and then leads them into discussion questions. After a discussion there a couple of activities the students can do to relate to the articles that were read. Then to end the lesson there is … Continue reading Food Allergies/Intolerances Internet Source For Teachers Grades 6-8
General Information: Nourish Interactive This is an interactive food and activity website that has tons of games and information for kids from ages 4-14. At the home page of the website there is a worksheet that allows kids to look at a picture and find foods like peanuts, milk, and other foods that people have … Continue reading Food Allergies/Intolerances Internet Source For Students Grades 6-8
What’s On Your Plate? (2011) Producer: Catherine Gund Run Time: 76 mins Not Rated You can purchase the DVD from the website’s shop, or stream it through Amazon Prime. A documentary film created by two 11-year old girls – Sadie and Safiyah – who wanted to know more about where the food they eat comes … Continue reading Documentary: “What’s On Your Plate?”
This page on the Choose My Plate website is a great resource for teachers to send home to parents. I thought this resource was the best resource because it provided parents with a lot of helpful tips but was very short, easy to understand, and the suggestions were simple. I also thought it was great that the … Continue reading Second Grade Nutrition: Parent Resource