Dear Educator:
We are pleased to present you with this free, multi-disciplinary
educational program, Food
for Thought, developed in cooperation with the California
Olive Industry as part of their ongoing campaign to raise
nutritional awareness through outreach to schools and families.
Food for Thought is a standards-based, ready-to-use
program designed for use with students in grades 3-5 as a
supplement to your health, social studies and mathematics
curricula. Through the program’s exciting, interactive
learning activities, students utilize important thinking,
research and math skills as they become more
aware of the nutritional value of the foods they eat,
learn all
about their home state and solve
challenging math problems.
We hope you enjoy using Food for Thought with your
students and we encourage you to share it with your colleagues.
Although the materials are copyrighted, you have permission
to make as many copies as needed for educational purposes.
In addition, we have included three copies of the program
wall poster to make sharing
even easier. At LearningWorks, we are constantly working to
fulfill the needs of both students and educators. Your feedback
is very important to us in this effort, so please take a moment
to complete and return the enclosed Response Card.
Sincerely,
Dr. Dominic Kinsley
Editor in Chief
Program Overview
Food for Thought, a multidisciplinary program for
grades 3-5, can be incorporated into the health, social studies
and math curricula. The interactive lessons use the California
Black Ripe Olive as a guide through these different subject
areas. The activities are designed to strengthen students’
nutrition awareness, to boost confidence in using research
skills as they seek knowledge about their states and to reinforce
math skills as they complete a variety of math problems.
Target Audience
Food for Thought is designed for use with students in grades
3-5. The program includes age-appropriate lessons to be used
in health, social studies and math classes.
Program Components
- This teacher’s guide includes background information,
instructions for implementing the program, answer keys and
follow-up activities to extend the lessons.
- Four reproducible student activity sheets.
- Three copies of a full-color wall poster designed to
complement the program.
- A reproducible certificate of completion.
- A teacher response card. Your comments help us create
programs that meet your needs and those of your students.
Please take a moment to complete and return this card.
Program Objectives
- To help students better understand the nutritional value
of the foods they eat.
- To encourage students to make good food choices.
- To educate students about the different kinds of fat.
- To inform students that some fat is needed in their diet.
- To examine how different foods were brought to America
by explorers, settlers and immigrants.
- To give students an opportunity to learn more about their
own state.
- To help reinforce math skills.
 Using
the Program
Activity Sheets
Photocopy the activities for students to use as worksheets.
The activities that are part of the Food For Thought program
are designed to build upon one another and are most effective
when used in the order in which they are presented. However,
since each class of students is unique, we encourage you to
use your discretion when presenting the program. For example,
you may want to do some of the activities or parts of activities
as a group.
Wall Poster
Display the Food for Thought classroom poster in a highly
accessible area to reinforce the lessons of the program. There
are three posters included with this program. Please share
the additional copies with your colleagues, along with photocopies
of the teacher’s guide, activity sheets and certificate
of completion.
 Certificate
of Completion
Make enough copies of the certificate for each student and
individualize them by inserting students' names and signing
your name. When students have completed the Food for Thought
program, present each with a personalized Certificate of Completion.
These official documents will help students show pride in
finishing the program successfully.
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