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Dear Grade 2,

On this pathfinder, you'll find a list of a variety of **@resources** and some **@keywords** and phrases that'll help you research healthy eating. But, before you start to look for information, it's very important that you **think about** ** the purpose of your search **.

For all of you, one purpose is to find facts about healthy eating that'll help you evaluate both your brainstorm about your favourite foods and your daily eating journal to see if you're a healthy eater. When you discover something new or make changes to your eating, write your reflections on your blog or record them using **Audiopal** and ask your teacher to embed them there. The second purpose of your search is to find answers to the questions from your KWL charts. Remember that in the final task, you will use what you've learned to help you plan a healthy menu for a friend, which you'll create and present**,** explaining how and why you chose the food. Read, think select **. First, read, view or listen to a chunk of information, then think about what you've read, seen or heard. What new information did you find? What did you find interesting or surprising? What do you think is important and why? What did you find that's connected to what you want to know? Finally, select just a few important facts and record them using **Wallwisher.**

Use **Wallwisher** to organise your facts. Move your notes around to sort them into groups that tell you similar things. Do your facts agree with each other? Have you got enough information to answer your questions? If you have too much, cut it down by keeping only the really useful facts. If you have too little, you need to continue searching using more sources of information.

There is a large choice of information on your topic. Remember the **Five-finger test**, if you don’t understand the resource that you're using, try a different one. If you get stuck, ask your reading buddy to help you out.

Enjoy your research! Ms Sarah