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Elementary classroom teachers in SFUSD are mandated to teach 20 health education lessons per year, two of which should focus on nutrition education.

Guide your nutrition education with state developed Nutrition Competencies

Nutrition Competencies for California's Children is a manual for guiding school districts and agencies in promoting effective, sequential, and comprehensive nutrition education (pdfs).

• Overview | PreK-K | Grades 1-3 | Grades 4-6
  | Middle & High School  (pdfs)

Teach nutrition and physical activity promotion lessons from the district adopted Actions for Health (ETR) health curricula

• Elementary Lessons* | Middle School Lessons | High School Lesson (pdfs)
  
  * Does not reflect MyPyramid For Kids, 2005

Supplement the district adopted curricula with high quality nutrition education resources

• Dairy Council of California Lessons (Grades K-12 and After School)
• MyPyramid Lessons (Grades K-6)
• Low Income schools in San Francisco can receive additional nutrition education curricula by contacting the regional coordinator for Children’s Power Play! and University of California Cooperative Extension representative.

  
  Resources for grades PreK – middle school:
  Jennifer Gabet, MPH, RD
  Nutrition Program Manager
  University of California Cooperative Extension
  jgabet@ucdavis.edu

  Resources for grades 4 and 5 and afterschool:
  Tuline Baykal
  Bay Area Children's Power Play! Campaign Coordinator
  tnbaykal@ucdavis.edu
  

Integrate nutrition and physical activity throughout your day and link to other curricular areas

• Weaving Nutrition & Physical Activity Content Into Your Classroom Day (pdf)
• Health Links in the K-5 Houghton Mifflin Language Arts Curriculum (pdf)
• Integrate curriculum with MyPyramid (pdf)
• Sample Nutrition & Physical Activity Promotion Activities (pdf)

Invite a chef into your classroom to prepare a healthy recipe and talk about the culinary profession:

Lesson Plans and Support Materials (pdfs) include a pre and post lesson as well as guidelines for the day of the visit:

• Teacher Lesson Packet (includes worksheets in English) (pdf)
• Thank You Letter From Classmates (pdf)
• Translated Worksheets: Chinese | Spanish (pdfs)
• See students In Action at a Chef In the Classroom event.

Highlight the Harvest of the Month fruit or vegetable and teach a lesson or activity from the Educator Newsletter

• Harvest of the Month resources
• Hold a classroom tasting
  How to do a Classroom Tasting using 5 Senses (pdf)
  Tasting sheets (pdf)