Week 5 – Lesson 1(How to keep the body healthy)

Subject: Integrated Studies
Grade: 2
Topic: How do I keep my body healthy?

Food is a basic need. We eat food to keep our bodies healthy. We need different
kinds of food.
There are six food groups namely staples, vegetables, fruits, fats and
oil food from animals and legumes.
 This six food groups can be broken down into
three groups of foods which are go, grow, and glow.
Go food or staples give us energy to work and play. These foods also keep our
bodies warm. Some go foods are yam, green banana, cocoa, flour, cornmeal, bread,
pasta, cereal, breadfruit, butter, sugar, oil and so on.

The Food Pyramid
Fats and Sugar - Ice cream, fries
Go Food
Food from animals -Fish chicken eggs
Grow Food
Legumes -nuts peas beans
Grow Food
Fruits and Vegetables- cabbage carrot apple
Glow Foods
Staple - rice flour yam
Go Foods
Activity
Write notes and draw go foods.