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First published in 2006 by Red Rocket Readers, an imprint of Flying Start Books Ltd.
Reprinted 2007, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019.
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story Julie Ellis
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Word Count = 342
Children around the world eat all kinds of food.
In some countries their food is different from ours.
It looks different and it tastes quite different, too.
Did you know that some of the foods you eat came
from another country? How do people make their
kind of food?
Use Teacher Talk to stimulate discussion of topic.
Develop research skills based on this topic.
Use Table of Contents to locate specific information.
Refer to Glossary to clarify basic concepts.
Notice silent letters: piece two
Identify soft c sound: piece place sauce
Note use of upper case initial letters for countries.
Use captions to expand text.
Promote drama, writing or art as follow-up activities.
Find learning resources to extend and reinforce the literacy
strategies in this title @ redrocketreaders.com
Sight
Words
Teacher
Talk
Teaching
Plan
across our piece place put ready second two
ISBN 978-1-776853-42-7
Food Around the World
written by Julie Ellis
Contents Page
Pizza from Italy 2-3
Tacos from Mexico 4-5
Sushi from Japan 6-7
Samosas from India 8-9
Pancakes from Holland 10-11
Sandwiches from England 12-13
Burgers from America 14-15
Food at home 16
We eat pizza at our place .
To make pizza :
Roll out the pizza dough .
Put some sauce on .
Put the toppings on .
Cook the pizza in a hot oven .
Cut into pieces .
Now its ready to eat .
pizza from Italy
At our place we eat tacos .
To make tacos :
Cook some meat and beans .
Put them into taco shells .
Put on some toppings .
They are ready to eat now .
tacos from Mexico
At our home we eat sushi .
To make sushi :
Put
one
piece
of
nori
on
a
bamboo
mat .
Put small pieces of fish on some rice .
Roll nori around the rice .
Cut the roll into small pieces .
Its ready to eat now .
sushi from Japan
At our place we eat samosas .
To make samosas :
Cook some pieces of potato .
Put spices on the potato .
Put the potato on samosa wrapper .
Fold the samosas .
Place samosas in hot oil to cook .
Now they are ready to eat .
samosas from India
At our place we love
to eat pancakes .
To make pancakes :
Make pancake batter .
Put some batter in
a pan to cook .
Turn the pancake
over to cook .
Put some toppings
on the pancakes .
They are ready to
eat now .
pancakes from Holland
We eat sandwiches at our home .
To make sandwiches :
Take two pieces of bread .
Put butter on the bread .
Put fillings on one piece of bread .
Put
the
second
piece
of
bread
on
top .
They are ready to eat now .
sandwiches from England
We love to eat burgers .
To make burgers :
Cook some meat .
Open a burger bun and toast the
two pieces .
Put
meat
and
fillings
on
one
piece
of
bun .
Put the second piece of bun on top .
Now they are ready to eat .
burgers from America
What food do you eat at your place ?
Try a new food from across the world !
shish kebabs from Turkey
batter a mixture of flour, eggs, and milk
dough flour and water mixed together