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Fuel Up

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Madison Blonde

Tier 1
For Schools

Lesson Plan

Snack Smart Strategy

Students will identify healthy snack options, understand their benefits, and create a personal snack plan to fuel learning.

Introducing nutrition early helps students make informed snack choices, boosts energy for learning, and fosters lifelong healthy habits.

Audience

2nd Grade Class

Time

30 minutes

Approach

Interactive games, presentations, and journaling.

Materials

  • Super Snack Showcase Slide Deck, - Guess the Snack Warm-Up Activity Cards, - Healthy vs. Not Bingo Game Bingo Cards, - My Power Snack Plan Journal Printouts, - Sample Healthy Snacks (e.g., apple slices, carrot sticks), - Chart Paper and Markers, and - Crayons or Colored Pencils

Prep

Prepare Materials

10 minutes

  • Print one My Power Snack Plan Journal for each student
  • Preview the Super Snack Showcase slide deck to anticipate discussion points
  • Gather sample healthy snacks (apple slices, carrot sticks, nuts)
  • Print and cut out Healthy vs. Not Bingo Game cards
  • Arrange chart paper and markers at the front of the room

Step 1

Warm-Up: Guess the Snack

5 minutes

  • Show mystery snack clues (visuals or verbal hints)
  • Ask students to guess each snack and explain their reasoning
  • Discuss how clues like color or texture signal a snack’s healthiness
  • Transition by introducing today’s deeper snack exploration

Step 2

Super Snack Showcase

10 minutes

  • Present 4–5 healthy snacks using the Super Snack Showcase slides
  • Ask guided questions: “What nutrients do you think are in this snack?”
  • Invite students to share personal experiences with these snacks
  • Highlight benefits: energy boost, strong muscles, healthy brains

Step 3

Activity: Healthy vs. Not Bingo

8 minutes

  • Distribute Healthy vs. Not Bingo Game cards and markers
  • Call out snack names or show images; students mark healthy ones
  • First student to bingo stands, shares marked snacks, and reasons why they’re healthy
  • Reinforce criteria for choosing nutritious snacks

Step 4

Reflection & Journaling: My Power Snack Plan

7 minutes

  • Hand out My Power Snack Plan Journal
  • Prompt students to draw/write their favorite healthy snack and a time they’ll eat it
  • Have partners share plans aloud
  • Collect journals to review students’ choices and encourage home discussion
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Slide Deck

Super Snack Showcase

Quick energy boosters and brain snacks! Let’s explore tasty, healthy options that fuel play and learning.

Welcome everyone! Briefly recap our Guess the Snack Warm-Up. Explain that now we’ll dive deeper into some super snacks that give us energy and help our brains and bodies. Encourage excitement.

Snack 1: Apple Slices

• Rich in fiber for steady energy
• Vitamin C for a strong immune system
• Naturally sweet and crunchy

Show a real apple slice if possible. Ask: Have you tried apple slices? How do they taste?

Snack 2: Carrot Sticks

• High in vitamin A for healthy eyesight
• Crunchy texture that’s fun to eat
• Low in fat, full of natural goodness

Hold up a carrot stick. Ask: What color are carrots? How do they help us?

Snack 3: Yogurt & Berries

• Protein from yogurt builds strong muscles
• Antioxidant-rich berries support brain health
• Creamy, tangy, and colorful

Display a small cup of yogurt with berries. Ask: What flavors do berries add?

Snack 4: Nut Butter & Whole Grain Crackers

• Healthy fats for lasting energy
• Whole grains for steady fuel
• Crunchy and satisfying

If allergies are a concern, suggest sunflower seed butter. Ask: How does healthy fat help our body?

Why Healthy Snacks?

• Boost energy levels for active play
• Support brain power and focus
• Build strong muscles and bones

Summarize benefits and tie back to learning: these snacks give us energy for school tasks.

Your Power Snack

Which super snack would you choose?
Why is it your power snack?

Invite students to turn to a partner and share their favorite snack. Then ask volunteers to tell the class why they chose it.

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Warm Up

Warm-Up Activity: Guess the Snack

Time: 5 minutes

Description: An engaging, quick interactive warm-up where students use visual and verbal clues to guess healthy snack items and discuss what makes them nutritious.

Instructions:

  • Show mystery snack clues (visuals or verbal hints).
  • Ask students to guess each snack and explain their reasoning.
  • Discuss how clues like color, texture, or shape can signal a snack’s healthiness.
  • Transition by introducing today’s deeper snack exploration with the Super Snack Showcase.












    (Use this activity to spark curiosity and set the stage for learning why healthy snacks fuel play and learning.)
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Game

Healthy vs. Not Bingo

Time: 8 minutes

Materials:

  • Healthy vs. Not Bingo Game cards
  • Markers or tokens (e.g., beans, pennies)

Instructions:

  1. Distribute one bingo card and markers to each student.
  2. Call out a snack name or show an image (you can hold up real samples or pictures).
  3. If the snack called is healthy, students place a marker on that square. If it’s unhealthy, they leave it blank.
  4. The first student to cover four squares in a row (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) shouts “Bingo!”
  5. The winner reads off their marked snacks and explains why each is a healthy choice.
  6. Continue playing additional rounds as time allows, mixing up the order of snacks.

Snack List (16 total – 8 healthy, 8 not):

  • Apple Slices

  • Carrot Sticks

  • Yogurt & Berries

  • Nut Butter & Whole Grain Crackers

  • Celery Sticks with Peanut Butter

  • Grapes

  • Cherry Tomatoes

  • Popcorn (lightly salted)

  • Potato Chips

  • Candy Bar

  • Soda

  • Chocolate Chip Cookies

  • French Fries

  • Ice Cream

  • Doughnut

  • Sweetened Cereal

Variations & Extensions:

  • Instead of covering healthy snacks, have students cover the unhealthy ones and justify why they’re not a good everyday choice.
  • After bingo, challenge students to trade one unhealthy snack on their card for a healthy alternative and explain their swap.
  • Use blank cards and invite students to draw or write their own snack options for a custom round.

Have fun reinforcing how to spot and choose snacks that fuel our bodies and brains!



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Journal

My Power Snack Plan 📓

Today we learned about super snacks that give our bodies and brains energy! Use this journal to plan your very own power snack.

1. Draw Your Favorite Healthy Snack

Grab your crayons or colored pencils and draw the snack you love most from our Super Snack Showcase.












2. Name & Describe Your Snack

What is the name of your snack?
Why do you think it’s a healthy choice?

Name: _______________________________






Description:










3. Plan When You’ll Eat It

When is the best time for you to enjoy this snack? (Choose one or write your own.)

  • Morning playtime
  • After school
  • During math or reading break
  • Other: ____________________________






4. How It Powers You Up

Think about your body and brain.
How will this snack help you feel strong, focused, or ready to learn?












5. Share & Encourage

Talk to a partner about your power snack plan.
What did you learn from each other?






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