What does a taro plant look like?

Today I took a taro plant to the class so we could look at it before writing our descriptions.  Taro and taro leaves are common foods in Samoa and Tonga and a lot of students grow it at home.

First, we looked at the leaf then the shoot and lastly the stalk.  We had to write what we could see and what they felt like.

Taro Plant

A taro plant is a type of island plant.

The leaf is green.  It's shaped like a heart.  The leaf has veins.  It is dark and light green.

It has a shoot.  It is small.  The shoot is thin and it is green.  

The stalk is long.  It is brown.  The stalk holds the leaf.  The leaf is soft.

by Ocean

Taro Plant

A taro plant is a type of island plant.

The leaf is shaped like a heart and it is dark green.  It is small and it has veins.

The shoot is green, fat, a little bit short and pointy.

The stalk is long, skinny and it is light green and brown.

by Otolose