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Unit 3

Good Food

Picture reading

Look at the pictures and answer.

  • What can you see in Picture 1?
  • Look at Picture 2. What is the man doing with the wheat?
  • Look at Picture 4. Who are they? What are they doing?
  • What is the girl doing in the last picture?
  • What do you have along with chapatti?
  • Have you seen a field? What was growing there? Speak about it.

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    • Chapter 7

    The Big Laddoo

    Let us recite

    If all the laddoos were one Laddoo

    Oh! What a BIG Laddoo it would be!

    If all the children were one child

    Oh! What a BIG child that would be!

    If all the seas were one sea

    Oh! What a BIG sea it would be!

    Then if the BIG child

    picked the BIG Laddoo

    And threw it into the BIG sea

    Oh! What a BIG SPLISH-SPLASH it would be!

    New words

    sea splish-splash


    Let us think

    1. Have you seen a big laddoo? How big was it? Did you eat it all by yourself? Tell your friends about it.

    2. Have you eaten anything that is very big? What was it? Talk about it.

    3. What different kinds of laddoos have you eaten?

    4. Name a few things that are round in shape. Can you eat all of them? Write them in the correct column.

    1. That can be eaten That cannot be eaten
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    5. The child threw the Big Laddoo into the sea. What do you think happened to the Laddoo?


    Let us speak

    Jithu and Meena are friends. Meena cannot see properly. It was her birthday. Jithu gifted her a box of mixed sweets. She felt the sweets and excitedly picked up the big laddoo. She said, “I love laddoos!” Jithu was surprised and asked her, “How did you know it was a laddoo?”

    Think and say what Meena answered.


    Let us learn

    Laddoos are sweets, commonly eaten in every house. Write words that tell us about the laddoo.

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    Let us write

    A. Frame a few sentences using the given words.

    1. play ______________

    2. plum ______________

    3. cloud ______________

    4. clock ______________

    5. blue ______________

    6. blanket ______________

    B. Match the following.

    1. cock lioness
    2. lion cow
    3. peacock hen
    4. mare duck
    5. bull peahen
    6. drake horse

    Note to the teacher

    Draw learners’ attention to the blends ‘cl’, ‘pl’ and ‘bl’.

    Ask questions to draw attention to the concept used for matching the pairs.


    Let us explore

    A. Look at these objects shown here. Collect and put them one by one into a tub of water. See which one will float and which one will sink. Tick the objects that float and cross the objects that sink.

    a piece of paper _______________________

    a small stone _______________________

    a green leaf _______________________

    a pencil _______________________

    an eraser _______________________

    a spoon _______________________

    a feather _______________________


    Note to the teacher

    Reinforce the concept of ‘light’ and ‘heavy’ by using suitable terms.


    Let us learn

    Did you know that not only sweets but a few other dishes are also prepared especially during festivals?

    Have you heard of khichdi? It is a popular dish. Khichdi is usually cooked with rice and lentils together. It is prepared during festivals and also eaten as a meal.

    Festivals keep us connected with nature and culture. Every year we celebrate many festivals in our country. Festivals help us stay together. They bring happiness, joy and smiles.

    Khichdi is a traditional dish prepared especially during the Sankranti festival. Different parts of India prepare khichdi with different variations, like adding vegetables or using different lentils.

    Did you know that this festival is also known as the Harvest Festival? It is celebrated to thank the Sun God for a good harvest. It is known by different names like Sankranti, Pongal, Lohri, Bihu, Maghi Sankrant, Makara Sankranti, Sakraat and Magha Saaji across the country. Flying kites during this festival is also very popular.

    Khichdi is known by different names across the country.

    Gujarati khichdi, Gujarat.

    Pongal, Tamil Nadu.

    Bihari khichdi, Bihar.

    Bajra khichdi, Rajasthan.

    Kichuri, West Bengal.

    Bisi bele bhat, Karnataka.

    Moong khetchir, Kashmir.


    Let us write

    A. Which is your favourite festival? Write the names of some sweets and dishes prepared on that day.

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