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Wise Choices Curriculum

Week 1 Workbook

1.5 MyPlate Introduction

1.5A MyPlate Poster

1.5B MyPlate Tipsheet

1.6 Fruits, Vegetables and Grains

1.6A Nutrients and Health Benefits Fruits

1.6B All About the Fruit Group

1.6C All about the Vegetable Group

1.6D Seasonal Produce Guide

1.6E Nutrients and Health Benefits Whole Grains

1.6F All about the Grains Group

1.6H Make Half Your Grains Whole

1.6I Smart Shopping Tipsheet

1.6J Liven Up Your Meals Tipsheet

1.6K Kid Friendly Veggies And Fruits

1.6L Focus On Fruits Tipsheet

1.8A Nutrients and Health Benefits Protein

1.8B All about the Protein Foods Group

1.8C All about the Dairy Group

1.8D Nutrients and Health Benefits Dairy

1.8E Got Your Dairy Today Tipsheet

1.8F Protein Foods Tipsheet

Week 2 Workbook

2.2 Saboteur (Inner Critic)

2.2a Saboteur (Inner Critic) Worksheet

2.2b Two Wolves Worksheet

2.3 Beliefs About Food and Money

2.4 Money, Food and Emotions

2.4a Money Food and Emotions Worksheet

2.5 Diet Saboteurs and Emotional Eating

2.5a Am I Hungry Worksheet

2.6 Critical Thinking About Money

2.6a Critical Thinking About Money Worksheet

2.7 Powerful Daily Habits

2.7a A Powerful Daily Habits Worksheet

2.8 Snacks & Drinks Label Reading

2.8A What's On the Nutrition Facts Label

2.8B Cholesterol

2.8C Dietary Fiber

2.8D Monounsaturated and Polyunsaturated Fat

2.8F Saturated Fat

2.8H Sugar Alcohols

2.8J Total Carbohydrate

2.8M Vitamins and Minerals

2.9 Smart Goals and Goal Setting

2.9a A Smart(er) Goals Worksheet

2.10 Wheels of Life

2.10 Wheels of Life Worksheet

2.11 Snack Attack

2.12 Shopping on a Budget

2.12A Plan, Purchase, Prepare

2.12B Interactive Grocery Game Plan

2.12C Make a Grocery List

Week 3 Workbook

3.2 Budgeting (Personal Spending Plan)

3.2A Daily Spending Diary

3.2B Monthly Income and Expenses

3.2C Monthly Payment Schedule

3.3 Income to Debt Ratios

3.4 Risk Assessment

3.4A Risk Assessment Workseet

3.5 Long Range Visioning

3.5A Long Range Visioning Worksheet

Our Programs

Vello

In Arizona, if a child isn’t reading at grade level by 4^th grade, they could be held back. Because teachers don’t always have the time to do one-on-one guided reading sessions, students are now able to get connected to passionate professionals, volunteering to tutor, thanks to Vello Online Tutoring.

Quality After School Programs

When a child attends an after school program, they have access to mentoring and counseling to assist with life and school challenges, including readiness for post-secondary education and employment. United Way works to improve access and quality of after school programs.

Summer Learning Collaborative

Each summer, students can lose knowledge equal to two months of learning. To prevent summer learning loss, we are partnered with out-of-school summer centers to add tools to retain and improve literacy skills for kindergarten through 3rd graders.

Pantry Packs Program

For children with limited access to food at home, school may be the only place they can get a nutritious meal. We believe in helping kids have a better relationship with food and more focus on their education, not their hunger.

Breakfast in the Classroom

Although many schools offer breakfast in the cafeteria, studies how that kids are more likely to actually eat breakfast when it is served in class. When breakfast is served in the classroom, there are fewer nurse visits, decreased overall tardiness, and less behavioral problems in class.

Thriving Together

If we are going to help young people in the Phoenix area succeed - bettering the community for all of us - it will require a unique approach. Thriving Together is a collective impact initiative, combining rich data with people of a variety of backgrounds and perspectives - all with the shared goal of creating a better future for our youth.

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