22 The Five Senses: Supplemental Guide 1A | I Use My Eyes to See
For End-of-Lesson Check-In, make up basic questions about the five
senses for students to answer using the Response Cards for The Five
Senses.
Note to Teacher
As students begin to explore their five senses, beginning with sight, it is
important to help them make the connection between their senses and
the body parts associated with each sense. You may wish to introduce
and review each sense with a video and/or song.Introducing the Read-Aloud 15 minutes
Domain Introduction
- Tell students that over the next several days, they are going to
learn about the different parts of their bodies and the five senses
associated with the body parts.
Show image 1A-1: Five photos demonstrating senses - Point to each picture within the image and ask students what they see.
- Invite students to come up to the picture one at a time and point
to the picture as they describe it. Acknowledge correct answers by
reiterating what students say. - Distribute a set of the Response Cards from Instructional Master 1A-1
to each student. Go over each card and tell students which sense
each card represents. Have students identify the body part that
corresponds to each sense: sight (eyes), hearing (ears), taste (tongue),
smell (nose), and touch (skin/hands).
Making Connections
- Tell students that today they are going to learn about the sense of sight.
- Have students repeat the phrase sense of sight while pointing to their
eyes. - Ask them to close their eyes for a second and think about colors.
Then instruct them to open their eyes and look quietly around the
room for a moment. - Ask students, “Which colors do you see in the classroom?”
- Encourage students to elaborate their response by being more
descriptive and using a variety of words for color choices (magenta,