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Make lunchtime easy with the interactive My Lunch Box Guide Checklist. This free printable teaches students about how foods they like fit into Canada’s Food Guide. The Teacher Handbook has guidance on introducing the activity, presenting Canada’s Food Guide, and talking about foods on and off the Food Guide Plate.
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This activity supports the Lunch Box Guide Program.
Please see the full program here.
Language:
English
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Curriculum connections
This activity supports Saskatchewan’s Health Education learning outcomes for grades 1, 2, and 3.
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Examine healthy behaviours and opportunities and begin to determine how these behaviours and opportunities may affect personal well-being. |
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Determine how healthy snacking practices influence personal health. |
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Determine the role of a variety of healthy foods and physical activity on the health and development of the mind, body, and immune system. |
📊 To connect to Mathematics 2, survey the class for food or snack preferences. Graph results using concrete graphs or pictographs and ask questions related to the data.
✍🏽 Asking students to engage in class discussions and/or partner or small group conversations from the Teacher Handbook supports the development of the outcomes found in “Compose and Create” of the English Language Arts curriculum.
Try these classroom discussion questions!
✨ Our team worked with a curriculum consultant to support these alignments with the Saskatchewan curriculum. There are many ways to connect the activity to the curriculum from K–12. You know your learners best, so feel free to meet them where they are. ✨
What about foods not shown in Canada’s Food Guide?
💛 By making room for all types of food in your classroom conversations, you create an inclusive food environment that supports positive food experiences and reflects the diversity of students’ tastes, cultural backgrounds, and family traditions.
When students talk about the foods they enjoy, you might hear examples that aren’t clearly pictured in Canada’s Food Guide. That’s okay – and expected! Encourage students to include these foods in discussion. In fact, this is why the “sauces and sides” section exists: to acknowledge the many foods that don’t fit into a specific category, but still matter.
These kinds of foods – like chutneys, pickles, condiments, sweets, or spice blends – are often overlooked or labelled as “extras” or “unhealthy.” But all foods offer something important, whether it’s taste, texture, connection to culture, or memories of home. A dish like curry isn’t complete without its spices. A salad feels unfinished without a favourite dressing. A homemade cookie can round out a meal with comfort and flavour.
👉 Not sure how to talk about food with your class? Let’s Talk About Food walks you through everyday examples from other teachers.
Photo by Dapur Melodi
