Terell’s Taste Buds
A Reading A–Z Level H Leveled Book
Word Count: 192
LEVELED BOOK • H
Terell’s
Taste Buds
Written by Alyse Sweeney
Illustrated by Angela-Kamstra-Jacobson
Visit www.readinga-z.com
for thousands of books and materials.
www.readinga-z.com
Terell’s
Taste Buds
Written by Alyse Sweeney
Illustrated by Angela Kamstra-Jacobson
www.readinga-z.com
Terell was a fussy eater.
He ate the same thing every day.
Terrell’s Taste Buds • Level H
3
He ate cereal and a banana for
breakfast.
Terell was a fussy eater.
He ate a peanut butter and grape
He ate the same thing every day.
jelly sandwich for lunch.
Terrell’s Taste Buds • Level H
3
4
He ate pasta with butter and cheese
for dinner.
But Terell’s eating habits were about
to change.
Terrell’s Taste Buds • Level H
5
He ate pasta with butter and cheese
for dinner.
But Terell’s eating habits were about
to change.
Terrell’s Taste Buds • Level H
It happened one Thanksgiving.
5
6
Terell looked at all the food.
He saw that there was no pasta
with butter and cheese!
Terrell’s Taste Buds • Level H
7
Terell looked at all the food.
He saw that there was no pasta
The family started to pass the turkey
with butter and cheese!
and mashed potatoes.
Terrell’s Taste Buds • Level H
7
8
They passed the beans
and baked apples.
They passed the stuffing
and sweet potatoes.
Terrell’s Taste Buds • Level H
9
They passed the beans
“G randma Kay,” Terell said.
and baked apples.
“D o you have any pasta with butter
They passed the stuffing
and cheese?” he asked.
and sweet potatoes.
Terrell’s Taste Buds • Level H
“No,” she said.
9
10
“I do have a gift for you,” she told him.
“You must taste all the food to get it,”
she said.
Terell didn’t want to taste the food.
Terrell’s Taste Buds • Level H
11
“I do have a gift for you,” she told him.
But he did want a gift.
“You must taste all the food to get it,”
He put some food in his mouth.
she said.
Then, he tasted this food and
Terell didn’t want to taste the food.
that food.
Terrell’s Taste Buds • Level H
11
12
“Yum!” he shouted.
Terrell’s Taste Buds • Level H
13
“I t looks like your taste buds are now
awake,” said Grandma Kay.
“Yum!” he shouted.
Terrell’s Taste Buds • Level H
“This is my gift to you!”
13
14
Terell never forgot that Thanksgiving.
Now his taste buds try everything.
Terrell’s Taste Buds • Level H
15
Glossary
breakfast the first meal of the
(n.)
day (p. 4)
dinner
(n.)
the main meal of the
day (p. 5)
fussy
(adj.)
hard to please
(p. 3)
habits
the usual way of
(n.)acting or doing
something (p. 5)
lunch
(n.)
Terell never forgot that Thanksgiving.
taste buds the sense organs
(n.)on the tongue that
give information about
the taste of food being
eaten (p.14)
Now his taste buds try everything.
Terrell’s Taste Buds • Level H
15
a meal in the middle
of the day (p. 4)
16
Terell’s Taste Buds
A Reading A–Z Level H Leveled Book
Word Count: 192
LEVELED BOOK • H
Terell’s
Taste Buds
Written by Alyse Sweeney
Illustrated by Angela-Kamstra-Jacobson
Visit www.readinga-z.com
for thousands of books and materials.
www.readinga-z.com
Terell’s
Taste Buds
Written by Alyse Sweeney
Illustrated by Angela Kamstra-Jacobson
www.readinga-z.com
Terell’s Taste Buds
Level H Leveled Book
© Learning A–Z
Written by Alyse Sweeney
Illustrated by Angela Kamstra-Jacobson
All rights reserved.
www.readinga-z.com
Correlation
LEVEL H
Fountas & Pinnell
H
Reading Recovery 13–14
DRA
14