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Eating Well on Your Own

Twelfth graders get practical about feeding themselves once they are more independent — building balanced plates, cooking simple meals, shopping on a budget, and keeping healthy staples around. They check the ideas, then plan a few easy go-to meals.

Grade 12Eating Well on Your Own45 minutes1 class periodSHAPEExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Build a balanced plate.
  • ✓Shop on a budget.
  • ✓Keep healthy staples.
  • ✓Plan easy meals.
Essential Question

How do you eat well once you are shopping and cooking for yourself?

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Interactive Task
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Eating Well on Your Own

Project each item and have students answer about eating well independently.

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The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

45 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — On Your Own

5 min

When you are feeding yourself, what is your go-to meal?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Share one.
  • Invite a few.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Think.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Eating Well

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Eating Well on Your Own.
  • Note the balanced plate.
  • Note cooking saves money.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Build a balanced plate.
  • Name 3 cheap staples.
  • Plan one simple meal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Build.
  • Name.
  • Plan.
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Apply — Apply

11 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Plan 3 easy go-to meals.
  • Write a short grocery list.
  • Set a cooking goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Plan.
  • Write.
  • Set.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Describe a balanced plate.
  • Name a budget tip.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Name one.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the SHAPE America National Standards for Health Education and Physical Education.

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HE.1

Explain balanced nutrition basics.

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HE.5

Make healthy, budget-aware food choices.

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HE.7

Practice planning simple meals.

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HE.3

Access reliable nutrition information.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Balanced-plate diagram.
  • Frame: "half my plate is ___."
  • Use food pictures.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with the plate idea.
  • Name one staple.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Plan a week of simple meals.
  • Compare two grocery lists.
  • Cook one recipe.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🍽️Balanced-plate diagram
  • 💻Eating Well on Your Own
  • 📝Grocery-list sheet
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

balanced plateveg/fruit, protein, and grainsstaplea basic food to keep on handbudgeta plan for spendingmeal plandeciding meals aheadportionhow much you servewhole foodminimally processed foodgrocery listwhat to buyvarietyeating a range of foods
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you build a balanced plate?
Half veg and fruit, plus protein and grains.
QUESTION 2
Name a budget-friendly habit.
Cook simple meals at home and plan ahead.
QUESTION 3
Name a healthy staple to keep on hand.
Grains, beans, eggs, or frozen vegetables.

Cool-down: eating well on your own.

Have students plan 3 easy go-to meals and a short grocery list. A printable grocery-list sheet is in the PE & Health library.

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Study the key terms

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: balanced plate, budget, grocery list, meal plan, portion, staple, variety, whole food
  1. eating a range of foods
  2. a plan for spending
  3. what to buy
  4. how much you serve
  5. veg/fruit, protein, and grains
  6. a basic food to keep on hand
  7. minimally processed food
  8. deciding meals ahead

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you build a balanced plate?
  2. Name a budget-friendly habit.
  3. Name a healthy staple to keep on hand.
Answer key — Part A: 1) variety · 2) budget · 3) grocery list · 4) portion · 5) balanced plate · 6) staple · 7) whole food · 8) meal plan
Part B: 1) Half veg and fruit, plus protein and grains. 2) Cook simple meals at home and plan ahead. 3) Grains, beans, eggs, or frozen vegetables.