Level 1 • Lesson 14 — My favorite food

Objective

I can write short sentences about my favorite food, using clear words, good capitals, spaces, and a period.

Materials

Short, sharpened pencil
Eraser
Ruled paper (primary lines preferred)
Tracing Pad (below)
Small picture or drawing of your favorite food (optional)

Mini-lesson — Sentences about my favorite food

When you write about your favorite food, your sentences should be clear, honest, and easy to read.

What can you write about?

The name of your food: pizza, rice, soup, pasta.
What it is like: hot, cold, sweet, salty, crunchy.
When you eat it: for breakfast, for lunch, for dinner, or on a special day.
Who you eat it with: my family, my friends, my grandparents.

Helpful sentence starters

My favorite food is…
It tastes… (sweet, salty, yummy).
I eat it… (for dinner, on my birthday).
I like it because…

Keep each sentence simple

Write about one clear idea in each sentence.
Use a capital letter at the start.
Leave spaces between words.
Finish with a period.

Think: "Can my reader see what my food is, what it is like, and why I like it?"

Picture strip: "Sentences about my favorite food"

Guided Practice — Favorite food warm-up

Use this routine to practice sentences about your favorite food.

Choose one favorite food: Say its name out loud and picture it on a plate.
List describing words: Say words that fit your food such as hot, cold, sweet, salty, soft, or crunchy.
Trace on the pad: On the Tracing Pad, choose a word or short pattern like pizza, rice, tasty, or yummy and trace it neatly on the line.
Say a full sentence: Use your traced words to say a sentence such as My favorite food is pizza. or It tastes sweet and yummy.
Move to paper: On your paper, write two or three sentences about your favorite food. Use sentence starters like My favorite food is… or I like it because….
Check your writing: Read your sentences. Look for a capital letter, clear spaces, and a period at the end of each one.

You can save these sentences to use later in a longer food story or menu.

Tracing Pad

Lines Trace

Pen

Drag & Drop — Build sentences about my favorite food

First, build each sentence on the screen. Then copy it neatly on your ruled paper.

On the device: Drag the words into the correct order. Release inside a slot to drop. Chips stay in their own sentence.

On paper: Write each finished sentence with a capital letter, clear spaces, and a period.

Myfavorite foodis pizzawith cheese.

Ittastes warmand yummy.

Ieat itfor dinneron Fridays.

Ilike itbecause itis tasty.

Ifeel happywhen Ieat myfavorite food.

Quick Check — My favorite food

Answer each question about writing, describing words, and clear sentences. This is a gentle 10-question check.

When you start writing, what should you choose?

Every food you have ever eaten One favorite food to write about A food you do not like

Which words are best for describing food?

Hot, sweet, crunchy Blue, triangle, noisy Yesterday, tomorrow, maybe

How should each sentence about your favorite food begin?

With a small letter With a picture With a capital letter

What should you put at the end of each food sentence?

A question mark every time A period Nothing at all

What is a good rule for each sentence?

Write about one clear idea Put all your ideas in one sentence Change the food in the middle of the sentence

Which sentence belongs in this lesson?

My cat is under the bed. I eat my favorite food for dinner. I like running in the park.

How can you check if your food sentences make sense?

Close your eyes and guess Scribble over the words Read them aloud to yourself or an adult

Is it okay if your favorite food is not the same as your friend's?

Yes, everyone can like different foods No, you must like the same food Only on weekends

Why should you try to write neatly?

So no one can read it So others can read about your favorite food So the page is completely empty

What is a good goal for this lesson?

Write as many messy sentences as possible Write about every food you can think of in one sentence Write a few clear sentences about one favorite food

Assessment (parent/teacher)

Writes two or more sentences about one favorite food Uses simple describing words to tell what the food is like Uses capitals, spaces, and periods correctly in most sentences Can read the sentences aloud so they make clear sense

Exit ticket (student)

😀 I wrote clear sentences about my favorite food. 🙂 I need more practice writing about my favorite food. 😅 Writing about my favorite food still feels tricky.

Next time I will…

Add more describing words Check my capitals and periods Read my sentences aloud slowly

Lesson 14: My favorite food