My Plate Sorting Worksheet – Food Groups

Students classify pictured foods as fruits, grains, vegetables, proteins or dairy by coloring each dot according to the food-group key.
Grades
Grades 1–3, Elementary
Pages
1
File type
PDF
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Updated Jul 19, 2021

Subject
P.E. & Health
Topic
Food Groups, Food Sorting
Resource types
Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
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Use this My Plate Sorting Worksheet to classify ten pictured foods. Students color the dot beside each food using the printed key for fruits, grains, vegetables, proteins and dairy.

The one-page PDF shows dairy in a separate circle beside the plate. No answer key is included.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Classify foods into five named groups

  • Follow a color code consistently

  • Connect food variety with healthy eating

Teaching tips

  • Name each food before deciding which key color applies.

  • Discuss one meal that includes examples from several different groups.

Skills covered

  • Food-group sorting

  • Color-key application

  • Nutrition vocabulary

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Which food groups are included in the printed key?

Five: fruits, grains, vegetables, proteins and dairy. Dairy appears in a separate circle beside the plate.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Fruits, grains, vegetables, proteins and dairy
  • Food-group sorting
  • My Plate

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