The Five Senses

Throughout the week the kindergarteners will learn more about their senses. They will see what all they use them for in everyday life and which ones they use more often. By doing different activities, they will also learn the differences in what their senses tell them. Throughout the week the students will have opportunities to learn the way that is best for them by using many different methods.

SC.O.K.2.1: using the five senses, identify living and non-living things.

Target Vocabularylivingnon-living Instructional Strategies:To begin the lesson, introduce the target vocabulary, living and non-living. Have students think about the words for a few minutes before asking them to raise their hand if they know the word. Have students share what they know about the word with a partner.

Give each pair of students an envelope containing images of both living and non-living things. Give each pair of students a sheet of 12 x 18 inch construction paper and have them fold it in half. Have them copy the term living at the top of one half, and the term non-living at the top of the other half. Students will sort the images from the envelope by placing them on the correct side of the folded paper. The teacher can use this as a formative assessment to see who does and does not have the concepts. After students have finished sorting, lead a class discussion in the characteristics of living and non-living things. Living things are able to make more of the same (reproduce).

Our Sense of Sight Students will study and read about the important uses of our eyes as a

sense. They will watch a video to help them understand how much we rely on our

eyes to tell us things while playing on a playground. We will also have a worksheet they can do that will see how well they know

what our eyes tell us about certain things. Tonight I will post on twitter and facebook something for the parents to do

with them tonight to review what they learned today. I also will have a blog for you and your parents to read tonight Depending on the day, one group a day will perform the webquest when it is

their turn.

www.twitter.com and search KathleenSheree and on www.facebook.com search Kathleen Carpenter The five senses- sight by Rius, Parramon, and Puig http://youtu.be/dTC-iBPPDWI SightWorksheet.pdf http://www.families.com/blog/the-sense-of-sight-looking-at-the-world-through-rose-colored-glasses http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=187607

Our Sense of Sound Students will discover that listening is an essential factor to their

everyday lives. They will be read a book about different sounds of the

environment around them. I also have a video for them to watch that is a story about sounds We will listen to a recording of multiple sounds in which the

students will say what they think it is then discuss with others who they think is correct.

Then they will also have a worksheet to determine what objects create sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fCjMy3HSdpE The five senses- hearing by Rius, Parramon, and Puig http://youtu.be/TPRLcAjMZFc SoundWorksheet.pdf

Our Sense of Smell

Today students will focus on their sense of smell. We will read about our sense of smell and how we can use

our noses, but also how it is different from all the other senses.

They will have their eyes closed and have to rely on their sense of smell to figure out the objects that are placed in front of them.

Students will then have a worksheet to match up what smell the objects describe.

The five senses-smell by Rius, Parramon, and Puig SmellWorksheet.pdf

Our Sense of Taste

The students will focus on learning about their sense of taste today.

Not only will they learn about how they use it, they will learn about the different messages the tongue sends us about different foods.

Today the students will do a taste test with their eyes shut. They will have to figure out what food it is they are tasting and whether it is sweet, salty, sour, or bitter.

We will also learn about our tongue today and taste buds from a video

The students can then do a worksheet giving them foods to match up with the correct flavor.

Video TasteWorksheet.pdf

Our Sense of Touch Students will know today why our hands are so important to us

and how the sense of touch helps us in life. We will watch a video about different textures of objects around

us. With their eyes closed, different objects will be passed around

the room and the students will have to determine what they are by relying just on their sense of touch. For this I will have a poster to announce what we are doing.

We will also use gigapan to see what they think and how they do answering the questions after today’s lesson

Poster• http://youtu.be/8_4hv64gLto• TouchWorksheet.pdf• Gigapan

Works Cited

Parramon, Jose Maria., J. J. Puig, and Maria Rius. The Five Senses. Woodbury, NY: Barron's, 1985. Print.