Unit 3 · Good Food · NCERT Class 3 Santoor

The Big Laddoo

A jolly tale about a rolling sweet. We only name the tale — every example here is our own — and use it to learn how to follow a story: the order of events, the repeating pattern many tales have, and how to predict and retell. Tap each idea to begin.

👥 3 topics⏱ ~12 min📝 8-question quiz

Play with it

How a tale rolls along

A tale moves from one event to the next. Tap each idea to see how.

Explore · Following a taletap an idea

Learn

The three big ideas

Events — the things that happen in a story, one after another.
Keep them in order — what happened first, what came next, and what happened last.
Joining words — first, then, after that, finally help you link events.

Order it. the laddoo rolled away · it was made · it rolled past a goat

First it was made, then it rolled away, and after that it rolled past a goat.

Pattern — many tales repeat a line or an action: the laddoo meets one animal, then another, then another.
Why it is fun — the repeated part is easy to join in and easy to remember.
Spot it — notice the part that keeps coming back; that is the pattern.

Predict — use the pattern to guess what comes next: another animal, the same line again.
Retell — tell the tale again in your own words, keeping the events in order.
A quick plan — beginning → the repeating middle → the ending.

Tip: when you retell, do not jumble the events. Keeping them in order is what makes your story make sense.

Where you'll meet it

Tales you can tell

Telling a story to a younger child

Keeping events in order and using the repeating line lets a little one join in and enjoy the tale.

Reading new tales

Spotting the pattern helps you predict and follow any tale — the rolling bun, the runaway pancake, and more.

Writing your own rolling tale

Pick a food that rolls away, add one repeating line, and send it past three animals. You have written a tale.

Check yourself

Skill quiz

Eight quick questions that check the skill — order of events, the repeating pattern, predicting and retelling — not just remembering the tale.

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