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Where food comes from
Mridang: Unit 3, Chapter 2
GoalName some foods and the farmers and plants they come from.
New words
farmer Ā· a person who grows foodfield Ā· land where crops growwheat Ā· a plant that gives flour for rotitea Ā· a drink made from leavesegg Ā· food from a bird
Explanation
Farmers grow our food. Wheat grows in fields. We make roti from wheat flour. Tea grows on green hills. Coconuts grow on tall palm trees. Farmers work hard. Let us thank them.
Worked examples
Look. This is rice. Rice grows in wet fields.
Wheat gives us flour.
Tea comes from leaves.
Eggs come from birds.
At Pongal and Baisakhi, farmers say thank you for the harvest. People enjoy special food together.
Class activity
Thank you, farmers. Draw a picture of a farmer in a field. Write: āThank you, farmers!ā Say it aloud. Then ask a grown-up which food at home came from a farm today.
Practice
1
Which food does this bird give us?
Eggs.
2
What grows on this tree?
Coconuts.
3
Who grows wheat? (a farmer / a teacher)
A farmer.
4
Listen. What animals does the farmer have?
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A cow and two goats.
5
Writing: copy āThank you, farmersā.
Thank you, farmers