24 The Five Senses: Supplemental Guide 1A | I Use My Eyes to See
Presenting the Read-Aloud 10 minutes
I Use My Eyes to See
Show image 2A-1: Boy leaping onto a rock
What is the boy doing in this picture?[Students will probably respond using the word jump. Tell students another
word for jump is leap.]
The boy in the picture is leaping.
Do you think his eyes should be open or closed?[Call on a few students to answer.]
Hopefully his eyes are open. Think about how much more dangerous
it would be to leap with your eyes closed![Model leaping. Call on a few students to come to the front and show the
difference between walk, skip, hop, jump, and leap.]
We use our eyes to see, and our sense of sight helps to keep us safe.
Point to your eyes and repeat the words sense of sight with me.[Point to your eyes and say, “sense of sight.”]
Show image 2A-2: Boy looking to cross the street
You r eye s he lp protect the rest of your body from getting hurt by
bumping into a chair or falling down the stairs. Protect means to keep
something safe from harm. Your sense of sight protects you. Show image 2A-3: Child’s head with round eyeball
Your eyes are like round balls about the size and shape of this
gumball.[Hold up a gumball for students to see, and then hold it next to the picture of
the eye for students to compare.]
But your eyes are not hard like gumballs; they are actually squishy like
gummy bears.[Show students how a gummy bear is squishy.]
And your eyes are inside holes in your head called eye sockets, so
that they won’t get dirty or poked.