Lesson Objective:
After this lesson, student’s will be able to:
- Identify their 5 senses.
- Compare and contrast the 5 senses.
- Analyze their surroundings using their 5 senses.
- Create their own statements in reference to their senses.
To Educators:
The objective of this book is for first graders to come out of reading this understanding their 5 senses.
NYS Standard
1R4: Identify specific words that express feelings and senses. (RI&RL)
What is sight?
Sight is the observation of objects around you!
For example: Julie can see the dog across the street.
What is smell?
Smell is a bunch of odors in the air that pass through the nose, causing a scent.
For example: Julie can smell the chocolate chip cookies in the kitchen.
What is taste?
Taste is the sensation that you experience on your tongue while eating.
For example: Julie loves the taste of spaghetti!
What is touch?
Touch is the feeling of objects around you, with your hand.
For example: When Julie touched the dog, she felt how soft it was.
What is sound?
Sound is made up of vibrations, or sound waves, that we can hear.
For example: the vacuum was so loud, Julie did not hear the phone ringing.
Suggested reinforcement work:
Take students on a nature walk, if this is not possible, have students imagine they’re on a nature walk.
With a piece of looseleaf paper, have students write one thing they see/saw, smell/smelt, hear/heard, touch/touched, and taste/tasted (bring gummy worms to pretend).
Another activity that could be done is doing experiments with students where you take away a sense from them (such as covering their eyes) and using their touch sense (or other senses) to figure out what is in front of them.
Published: Sep 21, 2021
Latest Revision: Sep 23, 2021
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