• Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Food groups and a balanced diet). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
• Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.

1. Which nutrient is potatoes a good source of? (carbohydrates (for energy) / protein (for growth and repair) / fats (stored energy) / vitamins and minerals (to stay healthy)) → carbohydrates (for energy)Prompt: Is it a starchy food, a meat or bean, an oil, or a fruit or vegetable?
2. Why do we need to drink water every day? (We do not need water. / Water is a type of fat. / Our bodies are mostly water and we lose some all the time. / Water gives us protein.) → Our bodies are mostly water and we lose some all the time.Prompt: We lose water when we sweat and breathe out.
3. Which food is a good source of carbohydrates (for energy)? (pasta / butter / lentils / olive oil) → pastaPrompt: Think about which group each food belongs to.

• Ask everyone to find their pulse, then jump for 30 seconds and find it again.
• Share the objective: Nutrients and the jobs they do in your body. Read the success criteria together.

• Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
• Example: What is the main job of protein?
• Step 1: So the answer is: help you grow and repair your body
• Answer: help you grow and repair your body
• Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

• Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
• Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.

1. What is the main job of carbohydrates? (keep your body healthy, e.g. calcium for bones / helps food move through your gut / help you grow and repair your body / give you energy to move and think) → give you energy to move and thinkPrompt: Think about energy, growth, warmth, digestion and staying healthy.
2. Which nutrient group is this food best known for: rice? (mostly carbohydrates / mostly protein / mostly fat / rich in vitamins and fibre) → mostly carbohydratesPrompt: Is it starchy, from an animal or a bean, oily, or a fruit or vegetable?

• Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
• Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 6 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

• Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.

1. Which nutrient group is this food best known for: broccoli? (mostly carbohydrates / mostly protein / mostly fat / rich in vitamins and fibre) → rich in vitamins and fibrePrompt: Is it starchy, from an animal or a bean, oily, or a fruit or vegetable?
2. True or false? Plants and animals both make their own food. (True / False) → FalsePrompt: Match each nutrient to its job.

Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/science/grade-3.