# Slides 01.14: Planning a Meal for a Family

Lesson 1.14, one day, 11 slides. Student-facing text at a grade 6 to 7 level.

## Slide 1: Do now
- Think about last night's dinner at home.
- Who decided what it would be?
- Write two things that person had to think about before choosing it.
- One minute. Pencils down when the timer sounds.
Notes: Cold call five students. Sort their answers into unnamed columns on the board as they come.

## Slide 2: You just built the list
- Taste. What we had in the house. How late Mom got home. How much money.
- A professional meal planner thinks about six things.
- You found most of them.
Image: the board columns from the do now, photographed or redrawn, with no headings yet.

## Slide 3: The six jobs of a family meal
- 1. Nutrition: the MyPlate groups
- 2. Likes and dislikes
- 3. Allergies and food rules
- 4. Time
- 5. Cost
- 6. Pantry: what is already in the house
Image: six simple icons in a row: a plate, a thumbs up and down, a warning triangle, a clock, a dollar sign, a cabinet.
Notes: Give one example from a real dinner for each. Students copy the six onto the handout header.

## Slide 4: Allergy, intolerance, food rule
- Allergy: the body reacts. Can be dangerous. Peanuts, milk, eggs, wheat, soy, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, sesame.
- Intolerance: stomach trouble, not dangerous. Lactose is the common one.
- Food rule: religion, a doctor's advice, or a family choice. No pork. Low salt. Vegetarian.
- All three get the same respect on a plan.
Notes: Check question: which of the three is about safety, not preference? (Allergy.) Do not ask any student about their own rules.

## Slide 5: Family A
- Two adults, a 13-year-old, a 6-year-old.
- The 13-year-old plays soccer four nights a week.
- The 6-year-old will not eat foods that are mixed together.
- No allergies. No food rules. 30 minutes. $40.
- Pantry: rice, oil, salt, pepper, ketchup.
Notes: Read aloud. Ask the class to find each of the six jobs on the card and underline it on their copy.

## Slide 6: A dinner that fails one job
- Chicken and vegetable stir fry over rice.
- Nutrition: yes. Time: yes. Cost: yes. Pantry: rice, yes.
- Job 2: the 6-year-old will not eat it. It is all mixed together.
- The fix: same food, served in sections. Chicken here, vegetables there, rice there.
Image: two plates side by side; one a mixed stir fry, one with the same food in three separate piles.

## Slide 7: Your team's task
- One family card per team. Two teams share each family.
- Plan one dinner: a main, a vegetable or fruit, a grain if the main has none, a drink.
- At least four MyPlate groups. No rule broken. Fits the time.
- Cost is a guess today: under $10, $10 to $20, over $20.
- Mark anything already in the pantry.
Notes: 12 minutes. Circulate with the three clipboard questions: four groups, no rule broken, fits the time.

## Slide 8: While you plan, ask
- Who on the card eats this dish?
- Which group is still missing from the plate?
- Which job is the hardest for this family?

## Slide 9: Compare
- Find the other team with your family.
- Read your dinners to each other.
- On the back of the grid: which dinner fits this family better, and which of the six jobs decided it?
- One sentence. One reporter per pair.
Notes: 6 minutes. Take one pair's answer per family aloud.

## Slide 10: Exit card
- 3 of the six jobs a family meal has to do
- 2 things your team's dinner did well
- 1 thing you would change if this family had $10 less
Notes: Three students read one line aloud. Sort into got it and needs more.

## Slide 11: Tomorrow
- Same families. Real prices.
- Bring nothing. I bring the circulars.
- Question to think about: how does a piece of paper save a family money?