Lesson 5: Queen Anna's Banana Fruit Group

Time saving activity:

Have the classroom teacher complete the scales for the wall dragon. Make sure you leave a sufficient number of dragon scales for students. If it's OK with the teacher, have students cut out the dragon scale. If the teacher completes the scale activity, record 15 minutes on the “Teacher Monthly Time and Effort Record.”

Suggested food preparation:

1. Dried fruit: Use a variety of dried fruits (apricots, cranberries, raisins, bananas, apples, pineapple) for tasting.

2. Fruit-on-a-stick

Grapes

Pineapple chunks

Mandarin oranges

Dried apricots

Have the children assemble the fruit-on-a-stick using the above ingredients and a skewer. Note: Buy the long wooden (bamboo) skewers and cut in 3-4 inch lengths.

3. Jersey Juice

3 cans (6 oz.) frozen orange juice concentrate

7 ½ cups 2% milk

Combine ingredients in a blender container. Blend until frothy.

4. Orange Jubilee

2 cans (6 oz.) orange juice concentrate

2/3 cup instant nonfat dry milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Ice cubes to fill blender

Place orange juice concentrate into a blender container. Add instant milk and blend until mixed. Add vanilla extract and ice cubes and blend on high speed until smooth.

Time consuming, but outstanding activity from the Nutrition Activities Sourcebook, Volume II:

Fruit Jeopardy

Suggested take-home message for parents:

NOTE: Provide teacher with enough copies for each student in the class to take home to provider.

Snack Recipes
What Counts as One Cup of Fruits? (print front-to-back)

Suggested supplemental activities:

NOTE: Provide teacher with enough copies for each student in the class.

Web resources:

Printable Copy