Book Summary
Salty or sweet, can you guess how these foods taste? Students learn about the variety of tastes available in foods. A table of contents and index are included in this interesting nonfiction book. Detailed, supportive photographs and repetitive phrases support early readers.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Ask and answer questions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
• Compare and contrast
• Segment onset and rime
• Identify short /a/
• Recognize and use adjectives
• Alphabetize words

Materials

• Book -- Taste This (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Compare and contrast, short /a/ vowel, adjectives worksheets
• Discussion cards

     Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: can, how, our, this, use, we
• Content words: bitter, kale, salty, sour, sweet, taste