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Chapter 3
FOOD FOR THE DAY


You are going to learn about:

- eating a lot of different foods every day
- eating breakfast every day
- having good snacks
- eating together at meals.

Lesson 1. Many different foods

How many different foods can you think of?
How many did you eat yesterday?

Activity 14

Muke eats food every day.

Mule eats food every day.

Muke eats a lot of food.

Mule eats a lot of food.

Muke eats the same food every day.

Mule eats different foods every day.

READING

We need many different foods every day.
We need food for energy, food for growing and food for health.

ASK YOURSELF

How many different foods did I eat yesterday?

YESTERDAY

I ate all these different foods:

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REMEMBER

Eat many different foods every day.

HOMEWORK

Count the number of different foods that you eat in one day.
Tell your family how many different foods you ate.
Say why you have counted them.

Lesson 2. Breakfast

Activity 15

Look at the picture.

Which pupils have had breakfast?
Which pupils haven’t had breakfast?
How do you know?

Activity 16

These people are having breakfast.
What do you think they are eating?
What do you like to eat for breakfast?

READING

Breakfast is the first meal of the day.
Breakfast gives you energy for the whole morning.
Breakfast makes you strong.
Breakfast helps you to learn well in class.
Some foods for breakfast are sweet potatoes with groundnuts, pounded maize with groundnuts, cassava with groundnuts and tea or munkoyo.

ASK YOURSELF

Would I like to have breakfast every day?
Why?
What would I like to have?

BREAKFAST

I would like breakfast every day.
I would like to have............................. for breakfast.

REMEMBER

Eat breakfast every day.
Good foods for breakfast are………………

HOMEWORK

A. Tell your family why breakfast is so important.
Ask how you can have a good breakfast every day.

OR

B. Plan and prepare a breakfast with your family’s help.

Extra Lesson: Chalo Needs Breakfast

Look at the picture and tell what is happening to Chalo

Lesson 3. Snacks

Activity 17

It is break time at school.
Mule is having a snack.
Muke is having a snack.
What are they having?

READING

We have snacks between the main meals.
Some snacks are roasted cassava, groundnuts, maize cob, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, bananas, guavas, oranges, mangoes, munkoyo, fruit drinks and boiled pumpkin.

* Snacks make us strong.

* They help us grow.

* They stop us feeling hungry.

* They give us energy.

Children need snacks.

ASK YOURSELF

Can I bring food to school?
What snack do I like best?

SNACKS

Food I can bring to school:
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My favourite snack is...............

REMEMBER

Bring a snack to school. For example……

HOMEWORK

Ask your family to give you a snack to take to school.

OR

Prepare a snack at home to take to school.

They are going to school.
Are they taking some food?

Lesson 4. Eating at home

Talk about meals at home.
Who usually cooks?
What do people do before eating?
Where do people eat? Do they all eat together?
What do they eat with?
What do they do after eating?

Activity 18

Look at the pictures. Does your family eat like this?

READING

Mule’s mother cooks.

Muke’s aunt cooks.

They all wash their hands in one bowl.

They wash hands in running water.

The men eat together.

Everyone eats together.

They have their own plates.

They all eat from one pot.

Mule cleans the dishes.

Muke helps his aunt.

ASK YOURSELF

How do I like to eat my food?
How do I like to wash my hands?

EATING AT HOME

I like to:
have my own plate
eat from the same pot
wash hands in one bowl
wash hands separately

REMEMBER

Different people eat in different ways.
For example…..

HOMEWORK

Ask your family about good eating habits.
What do they think?

MESSAGES

Can you remember all the Remember messages?


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