Fruit and Vegetable Bingo

Students recognize the names of different fruits and vegetables and describe why they are important.

Grades
K – 2
TX: Grades K – 2
Estimated Time
One 90-minute session or three 30-minute sessions
Updated
January 24, 2023

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Original Author Unknown, Adapted by Michele Reedy | Utah Agriculture in the Classroom and National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization (NAITCO)

Acknowledgements

Activity 1 provided by Utah Agriculture in the Classroom.

Sources

  • http://www.farmtoschool.org/about/staff
  • http://www.cfaitc.org/factsheets/pdf/factsheets.pdf
  • http://www.fns.usda.gov/nslp/nslp-material-fact-sheets-vegetables-fruits

Standards

Texas Content Area Standards

  • Health: K.115.2.b.1

    Health behaviors. The student recognizes that personal health decisions and behaviors affect health throughout life.

    • Health: K.1.B: The student is expected to identify types of foods that help the body grow such as healthy breakfast foods and snacks.
  • Health: 1.115.3.b.1

    Health behaviors. The student understands that personal health decisions and behaviors affect health throughout the life span.

    • Health: 1.1.A: The student is expected to describe and practice activities that enhance individual health such as enough sleep, nutrition, and exercise.
  • ELA: K.110.2.b.1

    Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking - - oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

    • ELA: K.1.C: The student is expected to share information and ideas by speaking audibly and clearly using the conventions of language.
    • ELA: K.1.D: The student is expected to work collaboratively with others by following agreed-upon rules for discussion, including taking turns.
  • ELA: K.110.2.b.2

    Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking -- beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell.

    • ELA: K.2.E: The student is expected to develop handwriting by accurately forming all uppercase and lowercase letters using appropriate directionality.
  • ELA: K.110.2.b.6

    Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

    • ELA: K.6.F: The student is expected to respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.
  • ELA: K.110.2.b.11

    Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts -- genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful.

    • ELA: K.11.B: The student is expected to dictate or compose informational texts.
  • Health: 2.115.4.b.1

    Health behaviors. The student understands that personal health decisions and behaviors affect health throughout the life span.

    • Health: 2.1.D: The student is expected to identify healthy and unhealthy food choices such as a healthy breakfast and snacks and fast food choices.
  • ELA: 1.110.3.b.1

    Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking - - oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

    • ELA: 1.1.C: The student is expected to share information and ideas about the topic under discussion, speaking clearly at an appropriate pace and using the conventions of language.
    • ELA: 1.1.D: The student is expected to work collaboratively with others by following agreed-upon rules for discussion, including listening to others, speaking when recognized, and making appropriate contributions.
  • ELA: 1.110.3.b.2

    Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking - - beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell.

    • ELA: 1.2.F: The student is expected to develop handwriting by printing words, sentences, and answers legibly leaving appropriate spaces between words.
  • ELA: 1.110.3.b.7

    Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

    • ELA: 1.7.F: The student is expected to respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.
  • ELA: 1.110.3.b.12

    Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts -- genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful.

    • ELA: 1.12.B: The student is expected to dictate or compose informational texts, including procedural texts.
  • ELA: 2.110.4.b.1

    Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking -- oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

    • ELA: 2.1.C: The student is expected to share information and ideas that focus on the topic under discussion, speaking clearly at an appropriate pace and using the conventions of language.
    • ELA: 2.1.D: The student is expected to work collaboratively with others by following agreed-upon rules for discussion, including listening to others, speaking when recognized, making appropriate contributions, and building on the ideas of others.
  • ELA: 2.110.4.b.7

    Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

    • ELA: 2.7.F: The student is expected to respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.
  • ELA: 2.110.4.b.12

    Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts -- genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful.

    • ELA: 2.12.B: The student is expected to compose informational texts, including procedural texts and reports.
  • Social Studies: 2.113.13.c.16

    Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 2.113.13.c.16.E: communicate information visually, orally, or in writing based on knowledge and experiences in social studies
    • Social Studies: 2.113.13.c.16.F: create written and visual material such as stories, maps, and graphic organizers to express ideas
  • Social Studies: K.113.11.c.13

    Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including technology. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: K.113.11.c.13.D: sequence and categorize information
  • Social Studies: K.113.11.c.14

    Social studies skills. The student communicates in oral and visual forms. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: K.113.11.c.14.C: communicate information visually, orally, or in writing based on knowledge and experiences in social studies
  • Social Studies: 1.113.12.c.16

    Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including technology. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 1.113.12.c.16.D: sequence and categorize information
  • Social Studies: 1.113.12.c.17

    Social studies skills. The student communicates in oral, visual, and written forms. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 1.113.12.c.17.C: communicate information visually, orally, or in writing based on knowledge and experiences in social studies
  • Social Studies: 2.113.13.c.15

    Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including technology. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 2.113.13.c.15.D: interpret oral, visual, and print material by sequencing, categorizing, identifying the main idea, predicting, comparing, and contrasting