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English: Class 1 — Chapter 7: The Food we Eat

Let us read: Sharing Food

The Lunchbox Dialogue

During lunch break, a group of children sit together to share their food. They have brought different kinds of dishes in their lunchboxes:

  • Poori with aloo sabzi
  • Roti with sabzi
  • Fruits
  • Godok
  • Idli with chutney
  • Gobhi paratha
  • Chilla

When one child shares that her mother is sick and she has no lunch, her friends kindly offer to share their food with her, saying, "Have my Paratha" and "Take my chilla".

Vocabulary & Sight Words

New Words:

  • have
  • thank you
  • share
  • lunch
  • sick
  • fruits
  • today
  • smiling

Sight Words:

  • from
  • for
  • them
  • their
  • they
  • has
  • she
  • have
Where Our Food Comes From

Farmers and Animals

We get our food from different sources in nature, and we should be grateful to those who provide it:

  • We eat fruits and vegetables which farmers grow.
  • Some farmers keep beehives. We get honey from bees.
  • Some farmers keep cows. We get milk from cows, which is used to make curds and butter.
  • We should say 'thank you' to farmers for their hard work.
Let us speak & Let us do

Discussion Questions

  • Where do you sit when you have lunch at school?
  • How do you share your food with your friends?
  • When you were hungry, did anyone share food with you?
  • Who cooks food at home?
  • Do you pick up your plate after a meal?

Shapes of Food Items

Matching food items to their geometric shapes:

  • Roti / Chapati matches with a Circle.
  • Slice of Bread matches with a Square.
  • Samosa matches with a Triangle.
Fun with Words: Syllables

One-Syllable Words

These words are spoken with a single clap:

  • man
  • hut
  • go
  • food
  • eat
  • come
  • cat
  • mat
  • sit

Two-Syllable Words

These words are divided into two parts (syllables):

  • farmer: far - mer
  • carrot: car - rot
  • market: mar - ket
  • brinjal: brin - jal
  • mango: man - go
  • breakfast: break - fast
  • dinner: din - ner
Riddles

Food Riddles

  1. Riddle: I am a fruit. My name is my colour. Who am I?
    Answer: Orange
  2. Riddle: I am hard and brown on the outside. Soft and white inside. Who am I?
    Answer: Coconut
  3. Riddle: I am a vegetable. I am pink in colour. I may also be white in colour. If you cut me, I make you cry. Who am I?
    Answer: Onion
  4. Riddle: I am a fruit. I come in green or purple. I come in a bunch. Who am I?
    Answer: Grapes