(Elementary Teachers – you and your students can have access the entire set of all 20 virtual lessons & resources for free by signing up to be a part of the national pilot of this new, exciting JMG project! More info at: www.JMGkids.us/virtual)
Virtual Learn, Grow, Eat & Go! Home
Welcome Virtual Students!
These are your supplies & links with virtual lessons each week:
A. Know and Show Sombrero
- 2 sheets of big paper
- Wide tape or masking tape
- random crafty supplies
B. 5 Senses Food
- 1-2 baby carrots
- plate
- Week 1 Journal page & pencil
FE
ATURE: Weekly GO Strong Challenge & WAT
Set a goal to for extra physical activity this week & do it! Your goal might be something like taking a walk for 20minutes with someone in your family 3 times during this week OR sign up to create a family team, set goal & start tracking miles of your walking at : HowdyHealth.tamu.edu
A. Plant Parts We Eat
- Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens (or read book or view fan read alouds of books)
- Plant Parts Web classification page
- Scissors and tape or glue
B. Nutrients to Grow
- Paper or poster board
- markers or other random crafty supplies
- Week 2 Journal page & pencil
FEATURE: Garden Kitchen with Chef Brittany
Join Chef Brittany in the Garden Kitchen to learn how to make the Learn, Grow, Eat & Go Cinnamon Carrot Crunch Recipe!
GO Strong Challenge: Set a goal to for extra physical activity this week & do it! Your goal might be something like taking a walk or jog for 20minutes with someone in your family 3 times during this week. OTHER IDEAS for THiS week could be BIKING, PLAYING CATCH or CHASING!
A. Don’t Crowd Me
- no supplies needed!
B. Paper Towel Gardening
- 4 square paper towels
- vegetable seeds ( carrot seeds if possible)
- washable glue
- marker
- Week 3 Journal page & pencil
FEATURE: Garden Kitchen – Evaluate fresh spinach
Join Chef Brittany in the Garden Kitchen and be challenged to evaluate fresh spinach leaf!
GO Strong Challenge: Set a goal to for extra physical activity this week & do it! Your goal might be something like taking a walk or jog for 20minutes with someone in your family 3 times during this week. OTHER IDEAS for THiS week could be DIGGING, PLAYING FRISBEE or DANCING!
A. Home Sweet Home
- A Place to Grow by Stephanie Bloom (read book or view fan read alouds of books)
- Home Sweet Home student site evaluation page
- pen or pencil
B. Great MyPlate Debate
- Week 4 Journal page & Paper plate
- MyPlate Student Graphic
- MyPlate Debate Cards
FEATURE: Garden Kitchen with Chef Brittany
Join Chef Brittany in the Garden Kitchen to learn how to make the Learn, Grow, Eat & Go Spinach Quesadilla Recipe!
GO Strong Challenge: Set a goal to for extra physical activity this week & do it! Your goal might be something like taking a walk or jog for 20minutes with someone in your family 3 times during this week. OTHER IDEAS for THiS week could be KICK BALL, PLAYING HIDE & SEEK or PULLING WEEDS!
A. Rules & Schedule It
- Poster board or paper
- Calendar
- Markers
B. Your MyPlate Meal
- Paper plate
- Markers. crayons or colored pencils
- Week 5 Journal page & pencil
FEATURE: GROW – Container Gardens & Transplants
Join Lisa to learn about growing veggies in container gardens, selecting transplants and how to plant them. Also. check out the infographics on needed supplies and building a raised bed or you can even watch a teacher getting supplies and a class building a raised bed!
GO Strong Challenge: Set a goal to for extra physical activity this week & do it! Your goal might be something like taking a walk or jog for 20minutes with someone in your family 3 times during this week. OTHER IDEAS for THiS week could be CLIMBING STAIRS, PLAYING FOLLOW THE LEADER or SWEEPING!
A. Veggie Research & Garden Graffiti
- Veggie Mania page
- Veggie Data Research page
- pen or pencil
Options/ideas or Garden Art project
- small stones/bricks or paint stir sticks
- acrylic paint/brushes or permanent markers
B. GO, SLOW, WHOA Classification
FEATURE: Garden Kitchen with Chef Brittany
Join Chef Brittany in the Garden Kitchen to learn how to make the Learn, Grow, Eat & Go Red Leaf Lettuce & Strawberry Salad Recipe!
GO Strong Challenge: Set a goal to for extra physical activity this week & do it! Your goal might be something like taking a walk or jog for 20minutes with someone in your family 3 times during this week. OTHER IDEAS for THiS week could be WALKING YOURS OR A NEIGHBOR’S DOG, JUMP ROPE or GOING ON A SCAVENGER HUNT.
A. 10 in 2 Color Box
- 10 in 2 Color Box student page
- pen or pencil
B. 1 Week Dinner Tracker
FEATURE: Weekly GO Strong Challenge
How’ are you doing with your GO Strong Challenge goal each week? If you haven’t gotten rolling yet, know that it’s not too late to get started and NoW is the perfect time to #CHALLENGEyourself and your family! Set a goal to for extra physical activity this week & do it! Your goal might be something like taking a walk for 20minutes with someone in your family 3 times during this week OR sign up to create a family team, set goal & start tracking miles of your walking at : HowdyHealth.tamu.edu
A. Lesson: Fruity Beauty and Blind Taste Test
- Fruity Beauty and Blind Taste Test chart
- pen or pencil
And if you can have an adult help you do the blind taste test with us, get:
- 3 different apples and a knife
- apples used in our taste test are a big red apple )like Red Delicious) a blush apple ( (like Gala) and a green apple (like Granny Smith)
B. The Tasty Unknown & Paper Chain
- The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin (read book or view fan read alouds of books)
- several sheets of colored paper cut into strips
- stapler or tape
- markers or colored pencils
- Week 8 Journal page & pencil
FEATURE: Garden Kitchen with Chef Brittany
Join Chef Brittany in the Garden Kitchen to learn how to make the Learn, Grow, Eat & Go Garden Skillet Sizzle Recipe!
GO Strong Challenge: Set a goal to for extra physical activity this week & do it! Your goal might be something like taking a walk or jog for 20minutes with someone in your family 3 times during this week. OTHER IDEAS for THiS week could be volunteer to DIG WEEDS OUT OF A NEIGHBOR”S GARDEN, COUNTING HOW MANY STEPS it takes to walk to a nearby playground/school/store or having a THROW & CATCH CHALLENGE by seeing how far a part you and a friend can be AND still be able to throw & catch a ball 5 times without dropping it!
A. Growing New from Old
- Two Old Potatoes & Me by David Coy (read book or view fan read alouds of books)
- 1 sheet of paper
- Steps to Growing Potatoes student page
- pen or pencil
- markers or colored pens
B. Greasy Grid Evaluation
- 2 copies of Greasy Grid student page
- 1 cup of fried chips and 1 cup of baked chips
- 2 one gallon-sized sealable bags
- crayons and scissors
- Week 9 Journal page & pencil
FEATURE: GROW – 5 Tips for a Successful Garden
Join Lisa to learn BIG tips for growing a garden that will THRIVE!
GO Strong Challenge: Set a goal to for extra physical activity this week & do it! Your goal might be something like taking a walk or jog for 20minutes with someone in your family 3 times during this week. For OTHER IDEAS for THiS week, pick your favorite activity over the last several weeks that you have competed during this GO STRONG Challenge time!
A. Lesson: Kitchen Cotton Quantity Conversion
- A bag of cotton balls
- Measuring cups
- Paper plate
- Glue and markers
- a deck of cards (optional)
B. Menu Mind Makeover
- I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Childs (read book or view fan read alouds of books)
- Poster/markers (or access to make a graphic sign with computer/tablet)
- Veggie Data Research chart
- Week 10 Journal page & pencil
FEATURE: Garden Kitchen with Chef Brittany
Join Chef Brittany in the Garden Kitchen to learn how to make the Learn, Grow, Eat & Go Easy Cauliflower & Broccoli Recipe!
GO Strong Challenge: Set a goal to for extra physical activity this week & do it! Your goal might be something like taking a walk or jog for 20minutes with someone in your family 3 times during this week. OTHER IDEAS for THiS week could be CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO JOG/WALK for the full 20minutes (which means you alternate jogging for one minute then, if needed, you walk for one minute to catch your breath), do the 10-10-10 POWER CHALLENGE ( do these >>> 10 push ups, 10 jumping jacks, 10 chin ups <<< without stopping) or find 2 friends and PLAY RED LIGHT – GREEN LIGHT.
