Week 4- Lentil and Tastebuds

We had a great class this week.  We went on another journey into the book Lentil.

After reviewing character and setting, we talked a bit about taste buds.  In the book, the antagonist, Sneep, sucks on a lemon and causes the band to all pucker their mouths, hindering their ability to play their instruments.  Why would a sour lemon do this?

We talked about how taste buds are found on our tongue. They are called papillae.

We have over 10,000!!! 

We put our taste buds to work identifying four different tastes: sour, salty, sweet and bitter.

After identifying them using foods we eat all the time, we tested our taste buds by drinking four different liquids and assigned them a taste.

I think the sweet lemonade was the favorite. No one liked the salt water!!

They were all great sports.

Lastly, we built the town of Alto, Ohio with blocks.  We each built a house, library, train station, or store for our little town.  The kids attempted to re-enact the story with wooden clothespins as their characters.  They were creative and shared well.

This week we will read Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans.

Je suis impatient!