Family Nutrition Newsletter – Exploring MyPlate

Food $ense Nutrition Education

Food $ense is teaching nutrition in your 5th grader’s classroom. During the year, your student will learn about healthy living. Topics will include healthy eating, exercise, label reading, food safety, and family meals. In June, the year will end with the Apple Cup Challenge. Students will compete in this event to show how much they know about nutrition!

Goodbye MyPyramid, Hello MyPlate Tip of the Week…

How colorful is your plate? The more colorful your plate the more likely you are getting a variety of healthy nutrients! The best way to make your plate colorful is to make

Until 2011, MyPyramid had been used to remind us to half your plate fruits and vegetables. choose mostly healthy foods. It has now been replaced by the MyPlate graphic.

Similar to MyPyramid, MyPlate is a tool to help guide healthy eating. The goal is to eat mostly healthy food from all five food groups. These five groups are: Grains, Vegetables, Fruits, Dairy, and Protein. We will talk about each of them in future newsletters!

You can find out what your healthy eating goals should be by going to www.choosemyplate.gov.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. This material was funded by USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. SNAP. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides nutrition assistance to people with low income. It can help you buy nutritious foods for a better diet. To find out more, contact: http://foodhelp.wa.gov or the Basic Food Program at: 1 877 501 2233.

5th Grade