My students enjoyed listening to me read a picture book entitled Chicks and Salsa by Aaron Reynolds. This story is about some farm animals that are tired of eating the same old thing every day so they steal vegetables from the farmer's garden to make salsa and other southwestern dishes. As I began reading the story one child said, "Are we talking about the salsa dance or the the kind of salsa we can eat?" I thought this was an interesting question since it had not entered my mind to discuss the word salsa as a homophone!
As we continued reading this humorous story, a child asked, "What is cilantro?" I was glad he asked because it was the perfect opportunity for me to pull out cilantro, green onions, and garlic. Unfortunately, the students were so "excited" about viewing the vegetables, smelling the vegetables, and offering their opinion about the vegetables that I failed to discuss what part of the plant we eat. But we will discuss that tomorrow . . ..
Once we finished reading and discussing the book, we made salsa of course! Olé!
For more information about Chicks and Salsa by Aaron Reynolds and the salsa recipe we used visit http://ux1.eiu.edu/~psstorm/Monarch10/chicks.html
http://southernfood.about.com/od/salsarecipes/r/bl80807d.htm
This is great idea for a blog. There is no doubt that this is a librian's site. I love the bookcase background.
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