No account yet?
Extend student learning with the Complete the Meal Worksheet. Featuring images of real meals, this free printable encourages students to choose foods they enjoy to complete real-life meal examples. The activity builds connections between Canada’s Food Guide and Saskatchewan’s Health Education curriculum.
Includes:
This activity supports the Lunch Box Guide Program.
Language:
English
(Click here for French version)When you download or order a resource, we may contact you to improve resources and your experience. You can opt out of these messages at any time. By providing your email, you agree to DFC’s Privacy Policy and Legal Statement. For any questions or help please reach out to sasknutrition@dfc-plc.ca.
Curriculum connections
This activity supports Saskatchewan’s Health Education learning outcomes for grades 4–5.
|
Subject/ grade |
Learning outcome |
|
Assess what healthy eating and physical activity mean for pre/adolescence. |
|
|
Analyze personal eating practices. |
✍🏽 Encouraging students to participate in small group conversations or full-class discussions from the Teacher Handbook can help build the communication skills highlighted in the “Compose and Create” outcomes of the English Language Arts curriculum.
Try these classroom discussion questions!
✨ This curriculum connection guide was developed in collaboration with a curriculum consultant. The activity can support a wide range of learning outcomes across K–12. We invite you to adapt them based on your students’ needs – no one knows your learners better than you.✨
Why assess sample meals instead of tracking student food intake?
💛 Many children don’t have control over the foods available to them at home, which can make personal tracking feel unfair or upsetting. That’s why using example meals – rather than personal food records – makes this activity safer and more inclusive for everyone in the classroom.
When we design learning experiences, we want them to be meaningful and supportive – not stressful. Research shows that asking students to record or evaluate their own food choices can lead to increased focus on weight or even disordered eating, particularly for students who may already be vulnerable.
*Pinhas et al. Trading health for a healthy weight: the uncharted side of healthy weights initiatives. Eat Disord 2013;21:109-116.
