Kelly Kim

Five Senses
Introduction:

-Lesson: Five Senses

-Length of Lesson: 35 minutes
-SOLs: 2.3 Students will investigate and understand that humans have senses that allow them to
seek, find, take in, and react or respond to information in order to learn about their surroundings.
Key concepts include:
a) the five senses and corresponding sensing organs; and
b) sensory descriptors used to describe common objects and phenomena.

Learning Objectives:
Students will:
-identify the sense organs and name the corresponding sense.
-represent and describe objects through picture or words

Materials: allergy permission slips, project/activity sheets, various foods and liquids (lemon
juice, salt, honey, coffee), pinecone, sandpaper, seashell, teadybear, playdo, cd player, various
music cds with or without lyrics, food containers, pictures, magazines, old digital camera, Qtips,
timer, crayons.

Teaching and Learning Sequence:

Introduction/Anticipatory Set

1. Read aloud the five senses worksheet and ask students to look at the various pictures

and guess what people are doing. Encourage children to say that they are using their

nose and are eating. Tell students that these are called our senses and that we use our 5

senses to learn and experience things.

2. Tell students that you will be showing them a short video clip about a trip to the grocery

store and our 5 senses.

3. After the video clip, have students recall what the people smelled, tasted, saw, and

touched in the grocery store and how the students used their ears to listen and learn the

five senses song.

4. Have a guided discussion about how important our senses are to us and what are some

things that they can see, smell, touch, hear, and taste at school or at home.

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5. Have students think about what it would be like to not have our 5 senses. What it would

be like if they were blind or deaf.

6. Tell students that they will be using their five senses to explore and experience things

within the classroom.

7. Do a walk through and show children the different sense stations. This will be clear as

the stations will be marked off with a sign of the body part that will be used.

8. Pass out 5 senses lab sheet and walk them through it. Give them instructions and

examples of what they might smell, taste, feel, and tell them to think whether these

things are pleasant experiences. Encourage them to use descriptions such as sticky or

soft for the sense of touch or bitter or salty for the sense of taste.

9. Split students up in groups of 2s and 3s.

Lesson Development

1. Allow students 5 minutes at each station.

2. Have students draw or write in their experiences.

3. Do not allow students who have not returned their allergy form to participate in the

taste station. They will work with their partners with this to fill out their form.

4. Direct students back to their seats

Closure

1. Have students share their experiences.

2. Have students share their findings and use as a class discussion.

3. Tell students that without their 5 senses, it would be very difficult for them to learn about

the world around them. Reinforce the importance of these senses and how we use

descriptive words to describe and share our experiences.

4. If there is extra time, have them draw and write in their journal about the 5 senses.

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Assessment
Formative
1. Walk around the classroom to see if students are actively participating and are filling in
their activity sheet.

Summative
1. Review students project sheets to check for understanding.

References
Virginia Department of Education, Mathematics Standards of Learning for Virginia Public
Schools (2009).

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