Kindergarden - The Five Senses

The Five Senses: Supplemental Guide 4C | I Use My Tongue to Taste 111

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 are some foods that taste sweet?
   
   
   • Cake tastes sweet. Answers may vary.
   
   
   
   


2. Inferential What are some foods that taste salty?
   
   
   • Pretzels taste salty. Answers may vary.
   
   
   
   


3. Inferential What are some foods that taste bitter?
   
   
   • Coffee tastes bitter. Answers may vary.
   
   
   
   


4. Inferential What are some foods that taste sour?
   
   
   • Lemons taste sour. Answers may vary.
   
   
   
   


5. Inferential Why can’t you taste your food very well when your nose is
   congested?
   
   
   • I cannot taste my food very well when my nose is congested because
     the mucus blocks the odor molecules from reaching my smell receptors.
     [Please continue to model the Think Pair Share process for students, as
     necessary, and scaffold students in their use of the process.]
     I am going to ask a couple of questions. I will give you a minute to think
     about the questions, and then I will ask you to turn to your partner and
     discuss the questions. Finally, I will call on several of you to share what
     you discussed with your partner.
   
   
   
   

Sentence Frames:
(... ) smell good and taste
good.

(... ) smell bad and taste bad.

(.. .) smell pleasant and taste
good, too.

(... ) smell unpleasant and
taste bad , too.

6. Evaluative Think Pair Share: What foods can you think of that both
   smell pleasant and taste good? What foods can you think of that both
   smell unpleasant and taste bad?
   
   
   • Answers may vary.
   
   
   
   


7. After hearing today’s read-aloud and questions and answers, do
   you have any remaining questions? [If time permits, you may wish to
   allow for individual, group, or class research of the text and/or other
   resources to answer these remaining questions.]