Lesson Plan

Nom Nom Opposites

Story Summary
Nom Nom Opposites gives young minds food for
thought—literally! Kids who love Shopkins and Num
Noms will enjoy learning their opposites with the
help and encouragement of adorable picnic food
characters found throughout. It’s food. It’s education.
It’s cute. It’s Nom Nom Knowledge!

Lesson Focus

Book Information Opposites

Run Time 7:52

Author & Forrest Everett

Activity Ideas
Illustrator Look Around the Room
How many opposites can you find?
Narrator Karen Strassman
Opposite Game
Publisher Familius Say a word and ask the children to name an
Ages 2–7 opposite; or divide children into pairs and have
them name opposites.
Genre Fiction
Antonym
Themes & Ideas opposites, foods generally eaten on a Remind children that opposite and antonym mean
picnic
the same thing.
Language & Picnic food characters are used to explain
Literary Features opposites. Puns are used throughout.
Sentence Simple sentences Additional activities can be found in the following
Complexity
pages of this document.
Vocabulary nom nom, shish kebab, hamburger, deviled
egg, guacamole, sesame seeds, baguette,
condiment, cantaloupe, sauerkraut, basil
Special opposites, hot, cold, big, small, in, out,
Vocabulary empty, full, sweet, sour, many, few, tall,
short
Illustrations Picnic food characters

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 Book Chat
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Nom Nom Opposites

Nom Nom Opposites gives young minds food for thought— Discuss the story and write your
literally! Kids will enjoy learning their opposites with the help answers together.
and encouragement of adorable picnic food characters found
throughout.

What is Nom Nom Opposites about?

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Tell me about a time you have been on a picnic.

What kinds of foods did you eat? Were any of them opposites?
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What are two of the opposites in Nom Nom Opposites?

What are two food examples?
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Can you name another opposite pair that was not in

Nom Nom Opposites?
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In addition to going on a picnic, what are some other fun things

you can do in the summer?
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 Vooks Pause & Ponder

Nom Nom Opposites Pause at the indicated time

stamps and discuss the story

Have you ever heard someone say, “Be there or be square”?

1:25 What do you think it means?

2:27 Do you like hot or cold foods better? Why?

2:49 What is basil used for?

5:12 What does the pun, “Coming from you, that’s an empty condiment” mean?

After viewing the Book:

1. What is your favorite picnic food?
2. There are several puns used in Nom Nom
Opposites. Can you think of a pun?
3. Did you know that flavors affect different parts
of your tongue? Try some different flavors on
different parts of your tongue and talk about how
they are different.

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 Coloring Sheet NAME
Nom Nom Opposites, it’s food for thought!
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 Favorite Opposites NAME

The opposites mentioned in Nom Nom Opposites were,

hot—cold, big—small, in—out, empty—full, sweet—sour,
many—few, and tall—short.

What were your favorite opposites? Finish the sentence and

draw an example of your favorite opposites.

My favorite opposites were __________________________________________________________

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 Matching Opposites NAME

Match and write the words from Opposite List

the opposite list next to the words ■ SOUR ■ FEW ■ FULL ■ OUT
in the chart.
■ COLD ■ SMALL ■ SHORT

HOT

BIG

IN

EMPTY

SWEET

MANY

TALL

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 Fill In The Antonym NAME
An antonym is another name for opposite. Read the sentences below and fill
in the right antonym from the word bank. Read through the word bank carefully,
some of the words do not match any of the antonyms.
Word Bank
1. A napkin is square, but a hamburger is ___________________________.
SMALL FEW
2. A hot dog is eaten while it is hot, but an ice pop is eaten when it is
CHOCOLATE HAT
___________________________.
EMPTY ROUND 3. A pizza is big, but a blueberry is ___________________________.
SOUR COLD 4. You put food in a picnic basket and take it _________________ when it’s
time to eat.
DOG APPLE
5. When you open a jar of jam it is full, but after you eat it all it is
SHORT OUT ___________________________.
GREEN DOOR 6. A strawberry is sweet, but a lemon is ___________________________.
7. 100 is many, but three is a ___________________________.
8. Three scoops of ice cream makes an ice cream cone tall, but only one
scoop of ice cream makes an ice cream cone _______________________________ .
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