3-5 PE Lesson Ideas

Super 19 Food Groups Relay

The Virginia Extension Agency created a handout entitled, THE SUPER 19. This number represents the number of servings of foods we should get each day from the food groups: 2 meat/beans (purple,) 3 fruits (red,) 3 dairy (blue,) 4 vegetables (green,) and 5 grains (orange.) This is a great starting point for students to begin to determine if they are getting foods from all of the food groups, and if their servings are balanced.

SUPER 19 RELAY:

Six Folded Mats are placed at center court to create a circle. Inside the circle are 1 or 2 chefs who will hold wooden spoons (long pool/beach noodles.)

On the mats are bean bags in orange, green, red, blue, and purple, spread all around the edges of the mats.
Around the perimeter of the gym are 4-6 teams of up to 4-5 students on each relay team. Have the smallest number of students in a group as possible; 2-3 is best.

The object of the activity is to collect all of the Super 19, as represented by the color of the bean bags.

The concept of DODGING is an extension of this activity as the student with the relay stick approaches the “kitchen” and attempts to grab the needed color bean bag before being tagged by the chef with the “wooden spoon” (noodle.) If tagged, the bean bag must be returned. If not tagged, the student returns the bean bag, hands off the relay stick to the next team member, and the team continues to collect bean bags until they have all of the SUPER 19!

Super 19 Handout