Vocabulary
This word means food grown or made near where you live.
What is local?
A place where farmers sell food directly to people.
What is a farmer’s market?
Offer someone an apple.
Would you like an apple?
What does a good summary do?
It tells the main idea and important details.
Why might people like convenient food?
It saves time.
This word means to send food to another country to sell.
What is export?
A large store where people buy food and daily items.
What is a grocery store?
Offer someone to go to the farmer’s market.
Would you like to go to the farmer’s market?
Which is better for a summary: small details or big ideas?
Big ideas.
Why might someone choose a farmer’s market instead of a grocery store?
Food is fresher or local.
This word means steps taken to make something.
What is process?
Food grown without chemicals is called this.
What is organic food?
Offer someone packaged food.
Would you like a packaged snack?
Read this sentence:
Farmers grow food. The food is processed and packaged. Then it is sold in stores.
What is the best summary?
Food is grown, prepared, and sold.
How can food labels help people make good choices?
They give information about the food
This word means one hundred years.
What is a century?
Food that is natural and not processed much.
What is whole food?
Offer someone to read food labels.
Would you like to read the food labels?
Why do we summarize after reading?
To understand and remember the text.
Why might organic food cost more than other food?
It takes more care and fewer chemicals
This word means to make something smaller or less.
What does decrease mean?
A very large farm owned by a company.
What is a corporate farm
Offer someone organic food politely
Would you like some organic food?
Summarize this idea in one sentence:
Food can be local or exported. Some food is organic. People choose food based on labels.
People choose different kinds of food based on where it comes from and how it is made.
If people buy more local food, what might happen to exports?
Exports may decrease.