My House Activity Sheet

Grade Focus: K-2

Look at the cartoon of the house below. Think of things in each category (smell, hearing,
speech, touch or taste). Search in your newspaper for one item for each sense. Cut out an
example and place it in the box in the house. Then find four other items in your house and
write the name on the lines in the correct box. You can have your parents, brothers and sisters
or others in your home help you find them.

Five things I see in my home

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Five things I taste in my home Five things I smell in my home

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

4. 4.

5. 5.

Five things I can hear in my home Five things I can touch in my home

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

4. 4.

5. 5.
 State Standards: My House Activity Sheet
Indiana English/Language Arts
Academic Standards (K-2):
Kindergarten
K.1.3: Understand that printed materials
provide information.
K.1.4: Recognize that sentences in print are
made up of separate words.
K.1.20: Identify and sort common words in
basic
categories.
K.1.19: Learn and apply knowledge of
alphabetical order (first letter) when using a
classroom or school library/media center.
K.2.5: Identify the order (first, last) of
information.
K.3.1: Distinguish fantasy from reality.
K.4.7: Identify pictures and charts as sources of
information and begin gathering information
Activity adaptations
Grades 3-5
Find an article in the newspaper that tells
something about yourself or your home. Write a
short story explaining how this item is important
to you. Use figurative language and quotes from
the article to make your story interesting.
from a variety of sources (books, technology).
K.4.8: Organize and classify information into
categories of how and why or by color or size.
Grade 1
1.2.4: Follow one-step written instructions.
1.3.4: Distinguish fantasy from reality.
1.7.9: Provide descriptions with careful
attention to sensory detail.
1.7.10: Use visual aids, such as pictures and
objects, to present oral information.
1.7.3: Give, restate, and follow simple two-step
directions.
1.7.7: Retell stories using basic story grammar
and relating the sequence of story events by
answering who, what, when where, why and
how questions.
1.1.11: Read common sight words (words that
are often seen and heard).
1.1.18: Classify categories of words.
Grades 6-8
Pick a topic from your textbook that interests
you (elections, wars, environment). Find a similar
newspaper article. Write a summary comparing
similarities and differences and give a talk about
it in class.
Grade 2
2.2.11: Identify text that uses sequence or
other logical order (alphabetical order or
time).
2.2.2: State the purpose for reading.
2.2.3: Ask and respond to questions (when,
who, where, why, what if, how) to aid
comprehension about important elements of
informational texts.
2.2.7: Interpret information from diagrams,
charts, and graphs.
2.2.8: Follow two-step written instructions.
2.3.6: Recognize the difference between
fantasy and reality.
2.4.2: Organize related ideas together to
maintain a consistent focus.
2.7.11: Report on a topic with facts and details,
drawing from several sources of information.
2.7.14: Provide descriptions with careful
attention to sensory detail.
High School
Select an article or ad covering something you
see, hear or taste. Create an editorial either
supporting or opposing the item. Use logical,
ethical and emotional appeals to enhance your
purpose.You may use different effects (visuals,
music, graphics). Evaluate the effect of your piece.