Picky Mrs. Pickle

We read the book Picky Mrs. Pickle to the class. Our lesson was to help students understand that authors write stories for many purposes. In this story the author wrote to teach a very valuable lesson: you should be brave and always try something new. 

After the read aloud and discussion, the students were asked to try a bread and butter pickle.  These pictures capture how fun this moment was.  We can't believe everyone tried it. : )

Finally, we collected data from the students and organized it. We used tally marks to represent each student. 

As little scientists and mathematicians, we wonder how the data would change if we were to taste dill pickles instead of the bread and butter kind.