The Food we Eat – Class 1 English Chapter 7 Notes & NCERT PDF

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Chapter 7: The Food we Eat

Introduction

"The Food we Eat" is the second chapter of Unit 3, Food. Through a lunch-time picture story, children see the many kinds of food eaten across India. They learn to share, to say thank you to the farmers and people who give us food, and not to waste it. The chapter also covers syllables, simple sentences with This/These, and food riddles.

What's in this Chapter

Picture reading – The Food we Eat. At lunch time, children open their tiffins and say what they have brought: gobhi paratha, roti with sabzi, poori with aloo sabzi, idli with chutney, fruits, chilla in the box and Godok. One child says, "My mother is sick. No lunch for me." Friends offer, "Have my paratha", "Take my chilla", and the child says "Thank you!"

  • Sight words: from, for, them, their, they, has, she, have.
  • New words: have, thank you, share, lunch, sick, fruits, today, smiling.
  • Questions: Where do you sit for lunch at school? How do you share food with friends? When you were hungry, did anyone share food with you?

    • Let us read – where food comes from. Using picture-words, children read that we eat food which farmers grow. We get honey from bees. We get milk from cows, and make curds and butter from the milk. We should say "thank you" to the farmers.

    Let us speak. Name the food items in a picture. Say your favourite sweet. Who cooks food at home? Do you pick up your plate after a meal?

    Let us do / draw. Match food items to their shapes. Draw special dishes eaten at home and compare them with friends' drawings.

    Fun with Words – syllables.

  • One syllable, one clap: man, food, cat, hut, eat, mat, go, come, sit.
  • Two syllables, two claps: far-mer, car-rot, mar-ket, brin-jal, man-go, break-fast, din-ner.

    • Match images to sentences. This cow is brown. These are four oranges. This is a purple cap. This is my lunch. This is a green jeep.

    Riddles.

  • "I am a fruit. My name is my colour." (orange)
  • "Hard and brown on the outside, soft and white inside." (coconut)
  • "A vegetable, pink or white; if you cut me, I make you cry." (onion)
  • "A fruit, green or purple, in a bunch." (grapes)

    • Key Ideas

  • India has many kinds of food, and every home has special dishes.
  • Sharing food and saying thank you show care and respect.
  • Farmers, bees and cows give us food; we must not waste it.
  • Words can be broken into syllables that we clap.

    • Words to Learn

  • lunch – दोपहर का खाना
  • share – बाँटना
  • sick – बीमार
  • thank you – धन्यवाद
  • farmer – किसान
  • honey – शहद
  • bee – मधुमक्खी
  • milk – दूध
  • curd – दही
  • butter – मक्खन
  • breakfast – नाश्ता
  • dinner – रात का खाना

    • Tips for Parents & Teachers

  • At mealtimes, name each dish in English and in the home language.
  • Talk about the mid-day meal and sharing, and praise children who share.
  • Ask the child to thank the person who cooked, and to pick up their own plate.
  • Clap syllables for dish names (pa-ra-tha = 3).
  • Make up new riddles about fruits and vegetables at home.

    • Common Mistakes

  • Thinking milk comes from a shop. It comes from cows, and the shop only sells it.
  • Using These is. Say These are four oranges, but This is my lunch.
  • Clapping each letter instead of each syllable.

    • 💡 Key Learning Points

    • ✓Name different Indian foods and talk about the food eaten at home.
    • ✓Show kindness by sharing food and saying thank you.
    • ✓Know that farmers grow food, bees give honey and cows give milk (made into curds and butter).
    • ✓Clap one- and two-syllable words.
    • ✓Use 'This is …' and 'These are …' to describe pictures, and solve food riddles.

    👨‍🏫 Teaching Tips

    • →Encourage the children to share their food with each other whenever possible.
    • →Discuss 'sharing' in the context of the mid-day meal.
    • →Help children express gratitude and respect for food and for the people who provide it.
    • →Talk about the diversity of culture and food in our country.
    • →Help children realise that farmers work hard to give us many things to eat, and that we should not waste food.
    • →Say each word and clap once for each syllable; children repeat.
    • →Let children draw and present their special home dishes.

    📋 Assessment Questions

    1. Can the child name five dishes and say which is their favourite?
    2. Can the child tell what the friends did when one child had no lunch?
    3. Can the child say where honey and milk come from?
    4. Can the child clap the syllables in farmer, market and breakfast?
    5. Can the child solve at least two of the riddles?

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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