Kindergarden - The Five Senses

100 The Five Senses: Supplemental Guide 4A | I Use My Tongue to Taste

unpleasant at first, but then your taste buds get used to them, and

before you know it, you’ve learned to like those tastes.

For your taste buds to get used to different tastes means that you

have tried that taste many times and that taste does not bother you

anymore.

Discussing the Read-Aloud 10 minutes

Comprehension Questions

If students have difficulty responding to questions, reread pertinent lines

of the read-aloud and/or refer to specific images. If students give one-

word answers and/or fail to use read-aloud or domain vocabulary in their

responses, acknowledge correct responses by expanding the students’

responses using richer and more complex language. To the extent that

they are able, ask students to answer in complete sentences, even short

sentences. Model answers using complete sentences for students.

1. Inferential What is the main topic, or idea, of this lesson?
   
   
   • The main topic, or idea, is the sense of taste.
   
   
   
   


2. Literal Which part of your body do you use to taste?
   
   
   • I use my tongue to taste.
   
   
   
   


3. Literal What are the bumps on your tongue called that help you taste
   foods?
   
   
   • Taste buds help me to taste food.
   
   
   
   


4. Literal What is the liquid inside your mouth that help to melt the food
   so it is easy to swallow?
   
   
   • Saliva helps to melt the food.
   
   
   
   


5. Inferential What do you do when you eat a raw lemon?
   
   
   • I pucker up.
     Why do you pucker up?
   
   
   • I pucker up because the lemon is very sour.
   
   
   
   


6. Literal What other sense helps with the sense of taste?
   
   
   • The sense of smell helps with the sense of taste.
   
   
   
   

 Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day