Lesson Objective:

After this lesson, student’s will be able to:

1. Identify their 5 senses.
2. Compare and contrast the 5 senses.
3. Analyze their surroundings using their 5 senses.
4. 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.