Teacher Guide: Lesson 19.3

The Weekly Reader Connections feature on Kids' Place Houghton Mifflin Math provides your students with additional information about the topics that appear in the Curriculum Connection feature in their student books.

The article “Read a Nutrition Label” explains the information found in Nutrition Facts, which are required by the FDA to be listed on food products. Have students read the article on their own and then complete the Word Wise activity by answering the following statements.

1. If you eat only half the sandwich, you will consume about 300 calories. True
2. The sandwich contains fewer than 200 calories not from fat. False
3. The total fat in two sandwiches exceeds the percent daily value for a normal diet. True
4. The sandwich contains the same number of protein grams (g) as the total number of fat grams. False
5. The sandwich has a higher percent daily value of potassium than of sodium. False
6. The sandwich contains the same percent daily value of vitamin A and vitamin C. True
7. The sandwich provides one quarter of a person's daily iron needs. True
8. All in all, the sandwich is probably a good part of a healthful diet. False

The Data Hunt activity asks students to answer five multiple-choice questions about information found in a Nutrition Facts label on a box of cereal.

1. How much is one serving of this cereal? 1 cup
   1 cup
   3 cups
   4 cups
2. How much fat is in two servings of this cereal? 7g
   3.5 g
   4 g
   7 g
3. How many calories are in three servings of this cereal? 690
   230
   300
   690
4. How much protein is in one serving of this cereal? 4g
   4 g
   3.5 g
   48 g
5. How much sodium is in two servings of this cereal? 480 mg
   200 mg
   240 mg
   480 mg