92 The Five Senses: Supplemental Guide 4 | I Use My Tongue to Taste
Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language
activities through answering questions (L.K.1f)
Identify new meanings for bump and apply them accurately (L.K.4a)
Use the frequently occurring affixes (e.g.–ful and –less) as a clue to
the meaning of flavorful and flavorless (L.K.4b)
Categorize flavorful foods and flavorless foods to gain a sense of the
concept of flavor (L.K.5a)
Identify real-life connections between words—taste, different, bump,
flavorful, pucker-up and unpleasant—and their use (L.K.5c)
Explain the meaning of “get used to” and “pucker up” and use in
appropriate contexts (L.K.6)Core Vocabulary
congested, adj. Having too much mucus or fluid in your nose
Example: I am so congested that I cannot breathe very well.
Variation(s): none
flavorful, adj. Having a strong and pleasant taste
Example: The fried fish was very flavorful.
Variation(s): none
pucker, v. To purse your lips together so that you look like a fish or as if you
are ready to give someone a kiss
Example: The sour taste of lemons always makes me pucker.
Variation(s): puckers, puckered, puckering
saliva, n. The watery fluid in your mouth
Example: I swallowed the saliva in my mouth.
Variation(s): none
taste, v. To detect flavors with your tongue
Example: Did you taste the chocolate ice cream?
Variation(s): tastes, tasted, tasting
taste buds, n. Tiny bumps on the tongue receptors that send taste
messages to the brain
Example: Human beings have many taste buds on their tongue.
Variation(s): taste bud