Unit 3 (Good Food) begins with a farm-to-plate picture sequence showing wheat harvested in the field, ground into flour, kneaded and cooked into hot chapattis. Chapter 7, The Big Laddoo, is a playful poem imagining what a giant ‘SPLISH-SPLASH’ it would make if all the laddoos in the world became one big laddoo and one big child threw it into one big sea.
What Class 3 English Chapter 7 Covers
Farm to Plate (Picture Reading): Tracing how wheat grows in fields and becomes chapattis on our plate
Poem ‘The Big Laddoo’: Imagining one giant laddoo, one giant child and one giant sea
Sensory Awareness (Jithu and Meena): How Meena recognises a laddoo by touch, smell and shape
Harvest Festivals and Traditional Sweets: Learning about Pongal, Lohri, Bihu and Makar Sankranti dishes made with til (sesame) and jaggery (gud)
Exercises in Chapter 7
- Let us think & Let us speak (Pages 72–73): Answer questions on the poem and discuss how Jithu’s friend Meena identified the laddoo.
- Let us learn, Let us write & Let us explore (Pages 73–77): Practise singular/plural and size comparisons, write about your favourite dish and explore harvest festival sweets.
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FAQ
What happens at the end of the poem ‘The Big Laddoo’?
The big child picks up the big laddoo and throws it into the big sea, making a big ‘SPLISH-SPLASH’.
How did Meena know which sweet in the box was a laddoo?
Even though Meena could not see properly, she felt the round shape and texture of the sweets with her hands and recognised the laddoo.
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Class 3 English Book: Santoor 12 chapters
- Chapter 1: Colours — Read Online & Notes
- Chapter 2: Badal and Moti — Read Online & Notes
- Chapter 3: Best Friends — Read Online & Notes
- Chapter 4: Out in the Garden — Read Online & Notes
- Chapter 5: Talking Toys — Read Online & Notes
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- Chapter 11: Chanda Mama Counts the Stars — Read Online & Notes
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