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Fruits and vegetables

Week 21 · Unit 3: Fun with Pictures · 3 lessons
1

Names of fruits

Mridang: Unit 3, Chapter 1
GoalSay the names of some fruits and count them.
New words
fruit · sweet food from a tree or plantpear · a soft fruit, round at the bottomgrapes · small round fruits in a bunchlemon · a sour yellow fruitpeach · a soft, juicy fruit
Explanation

Today we are at a fruit stall. I see a pear. I see grapes. I see a lemon. I see a peach. Say each name, and then count.

Worked examples
Gurleen

What is this?

Kabir

It is a coconut.

Gurleen

Is it sweet?

Kabir

The water inside is sweet.

Listen. Gurleen and Kabir are at the stall.

I like pears. I like grapes. I like peaches.

Say it with me. Which fruit do you like?
A lemon is sour. A peach is soft. A coconut is hard outside.
Class activity

Fruit stall. Make a pretend stall with real fruits or drawings. One child is the seller and says: ‘Here is a ... .’ The other child says the name of the fruit and counts how many. Then swap.

Practice
1
Count the fruits. How many?
2
What fruit is this?
3
Listen. Which fruit does the child love?

…

4
Which fruit is sour? (lemon / peach)
5
Writing: copy the word ‘peach’.