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Title

When I Eat

Subject

Description

National Health Education Standards

Standard 4: Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

Performance Indicators for Pre-K-Grade 2
4.2.1 Demonstrate healthy ways to express needs, wants, and feelings.
4.2.2 Demonstrate ways to tell a trusted adult if threatened or harmed.

Performance Indicators for Grades 3-5
4.5.1 Demonstrate effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills to enhance health.
4.5.2 Demonstrate refusal skills that avoid or reduce health risks.
4.5.3 Demonstrate nonviolent strategies to manage or resolve conflict.


Standard 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

Performance Indicators for Pre-K-Grade 2
5.2.1 Identify situations when a health-related decision is needed.
5.2.2 Differentiate between situations when a health-related decision can be made individually or when assistance is needed.

Performance Indicators for Grades 3-5
5.5.3 List healthy options for health-related issues or problems.
5.5.5 Choose a healthy option when making a decision.
5.5.6 Describe the outcomes of a health-related decision.


Standard 6: Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.

Performance Indicators for Pre-K-Grade 2
6.2.1 Identify a short-term personal health goal and take action toward achieving the goal.

Performance Indicators for Grades 3-5
6.5.1 Set a personal health goal and track progress toward its achievement
6.5.2 Identify resources to assist in achieving a personal health goal.

Author

Spreng, Andrew

Publisher

Miami University Libraries

Date

2014

Contributor

Ubbes, Valerie A. (editor and genre designer); Mauerer, David (translator)

Format

Language

English; Spanish

Type

Text

Identifier

WhenIEatbyAndrewSprengSp2014

Text

When I Eat.
Cuando Como.
By Andrew Spreng

I decide to wash my hands before I eat.
Yo decido a lavar mis manos antes de que me coma.

I set a goal to eat breakfast every morning.
Me he fijado una meta de comer el desayuno todos mañanas.

When I am stressed, I try to eat vegetables because they are healthy.
Cuando estoy estresado, yo trate de comer verduras porque son saludables.

I communicate with others to tell them how important it is to eat a balanced meal.
Me comunico con los demás para decirles lo importante que es comer una comida equilibrada.

I set a goal to limit the fast food I eat.
Me he fijado una meta de limitar la comida rápida me coma.

I communicate with my parents to buy more fruits and vegetables, rather then chips and cookies.
Me comunico con mis padres a comprar más frutas y verduras, en lugar de patats fritas y galletas.

I tell my friends that we cannot share food because we can pass germs and get sick.
Yo les digo a mis amigos que no podemos compartir comida porque podemos pasar los gérmenes y enfermarse.

I decide to use my spoon instead of my fingers while eating my oatmeal.
Me decido a utilizar mi cuchara en lugar de mis dedos mientras come mi avena.

I practice all my Habits of Mind skills when I eat healthy:
Decision Making
Goal Setting
Stress Management
Conflict Resolution
Communication

Spanish translations were verified by David Mauerer, a Spanish Minor from Slippery Rock University, 2014.


Collection: Electronic Texts


Citation

Spreng, Andrew, “When I Eat,” Health Literacy Database at Miami University, accessed April 29, 2026, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/healthliteracy/items/show/257.

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