Fun with Pictures – Class 1 English Chapter 6 Notes & NCERT PDF

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Chapter 6: Fun with Pictures

Introduction

"Fun with Pictures" opens Unit 3, Food. Starting from a colourful picture of fruits and vegetables, children learn food names, colours and counting. A song teaches the value of sharing, and a reading lesson takes them to a market. The chapter ends with Are these …? Yes, they are / No, they are not sentences and the message that vegetables are good for health.

What's in this Chapter

Let us speak – picture questions. What do you see? Say the names of the fruits and vegetables. How many fruits and vegetables are there? Name the fruits that are red and the green vegetables. Which do you like most? Why do we eat fruits and vegetables?

Song – Fruits for all.

Five yellow mangoes hanging on the tree, / One for the traveller who rests under the tree. / One for the bird who nests on the tree. / One for the squirrel who runs up the tree. / One for the rabbit who lives under the tree. / One for you to share with me.

The second verse is about five red apples. Questions: With whom does the tree share its fruits? What do you share with your brother, sister or friends? Circle for and on in the poem.

Let us do. Bring one fruit, wash it well, and make a fruit chaat with the teacher's help. Sit in a circle and enjoy it together.

Reading – A Visit to the Market. Mini's father is a farmer who grows vegetables and sells them in the market. Every Saturday Mini goes with him.

  • They see people buying vegetables, fruits, flowers and toys.
  • Her father names the flowers: roses, marigolds, jasmine. Mini says her mother sometimes makes a string of jasmine flowers.
  • Then the fruits: pineapples behind the apples, oranges on the right, and a big green watermelon on the left.
  • Mini goes home with a small basket of flowers; her father has a bag of fruits.
  • Sight words: his, he, them, her, around, there, those, behind, with, these.

    • Let us read / write. Read food words aloud: tomatoes, potatoes, oranges, onions, brinjals, pineapples, jackfruit, cauliflowers, mangoes, radish, guava, carrots, cabbages, peas. Write colour and food pairs: yellow mango, red apple, green guava, purple brinjal, brown potato, orange carrot, white radish.

    Fill in the blanks:

    Are these onions? Yes, they are. These are onions.
    Are these tomatoes? No, they are not. These are brinjals.

    The chapter ends: "Vegetables are good for health. We should eat them everyday."

    Key Ideas

  • Fruits and vegetables come in many colours, and we can count and name them.
  • Sharing makes everyone happy, just as the tree shares its fruit.
  • Farmers grow our food, and markets sell it.
  • We should not waste food.

    • Words to Learn

  • mango – आम
  • apple – सेब
  • traveller – यात्री
  • squirrel – गिलहरी
  • share – बाँटना
  • market – बाज़ार
  • farmer – किसान
  • marigold – गेंदा
  • jasmine – चमेली
  • pineapple – अनानास
  • watermelon – तरबूज़
  • brinjal – बैंगन

    • Tips for Parents & Teachers

  • Take the child to a vegetable shop and name items together in English and the home language.
  • Sing "Fruits for all" with local fruits, and use the five fruits for simple adding and taking away.
  • Role-play Mini and her father at a pretend stall.
  • Make a fruit chaat together, and talk about washing fruit and not wasting food.

    • Common Mistakes

  • Answering "Are these tomatoes?" with "Yes, it is." Use Yes, they are / No, they are not for many things.
  • Writing these for one thing. Use This is a cabbage for one.
  • Mixing up behind, left and right when describing where the fruits are.

    • 💡 Key Learning Points

    • ✓Name common fruits, vegetables and flowers in English, with their colours.
    • ✓Recite 'Fruits for all' and explain that the tree shares its fruit with everyone.
    • ✓Retell 'A Visit to the Market' and read its sight words.
    • ✓Ask and answer 'Are these …? Yes, they are / No, they are not.'
    • ✓Understand that vegetables are good for health and food should not be wasted.

    👨‍🏫 Teaching Tips

    • →Encourage all children to answer the picture questions, even in their home language, and write the English names on the board.
    • →Sing the song with local fruits, and use the numbers up to five for adding.
    • →Let children role-play Mini and her father.
    • →Help children name local flowers in their language and in English.
    • →Support children's attempts to read the picture-sentences.
    • →Discuss with the children that we should not waste food.
    • →Read the question sentences first; let children write the answers later.

    📋 Assessment Questions

    1. Can the child name six fruits and vegetables with their colours?
    2. Can the child tell who the tree shares its mangoes with?
    3. Can the child say what Mini saw at the market?
    4. Can the child answer 'Are these carrots?' correctly for a picture?
    5. Can the child explain why we eat vegetables?

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    All chapters in Mridang - English Class 1

    1. 1. Two Little Hands
    2. 2. Greetings
    3. 3. Picture Time
    4. 4. The Cap-seller and the Monkeys
    5. 5. A Farm
    6. 6. Fun with Pictures
    7. 7. The Food we Eat
    8. 8. The Four Seasons
    9. 9. Anandi's Rainbow