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Lesson

The Five Senses

Date

November 17, 2014

Subject/Grade
Level

Grade 1 Science

Time
Duration

1 hour

Unit

Senses

Teacher

Gabi Dumestre

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES


General
Learning
Outcomes:
Specific
Learning
Outcomes:

Use the senses to make general and specific observations, and communicate observations
orally and by producing captioned pictures.

Students will identify each of the senses, and explain how we use our senses in
interpreting the world.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will
1. Learn the five senses (poem)
2. Correctly match objects to their senses (smart board activity)
3. Create a five senses mask
4. Fill out my itsy bitsy five senses book (if they have time)

ASSESSMENTS
Observations:
Key Questions:

Products/Performance
s:

Observation of their participation during the smart board activity


Observations of the creation of their masks
What are the five senses?
How do we use them?
How do they all correlate?
Their participation during the smart board activity
The creation of their masks

LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Pinterest

Five Senses Poem


Smart board
18 templates of the five-senses mask
Scissors
Pencil Crayons
Tape
18 copies of My Itsy Bitsy Five Senses Book
Wool

PROCEDURE
Prior to lesson

Attention Grabber

Write the poem on a big piece of white paper and hang it on the board
Load smart board activity
Print off 15 five-senses masks
Print off 18 copies of My Itsy Bitsy Five Senses Book
Introduction (10 minutes)
Time
Read Five Senses poem together as a class at the carpet
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Assessment of Prior
Knowledge
Expectations for
Learning and
Behaviour

Ask: Who knows what the 5 senses are?


Ask: Who can read the first line of the poem (hands up). Who
can read the second line? Etc.
Then read the poem again all together
After reading the poem, ask the students for example of when
we use each sense

Asking the students who knows what the 5 senses are, before reading
the poem
Students stay seated on the carpet and raise their hand to answer
questions

1-1:10

Transition to Body

Learning Activity #1

Say: I think you all know your 5 senses pretty well Next were going
to play a game on the smart board about senses! Send everyone
back to his or her desks.
Body (20 minutes)
Smart board activity

Time

Say: Im going to call on you one by one, for you to come up to the
smart board and drag the object on the left hand side of the screen to
the picture of its corresponding sense, on the right hand side of the
screen (ex. Ice cream cone to tongue, flowers to nose, music notes to
ear). You also need to explain why youre dragging the picture to the
ear, tongue, nose, mouth, or hand. Is the object something that you
would taste, hear, smell, touch, or feel?
Call on the students one by one (pick a student to start and then circle
around in order). There are 18 objects to be dragged, one for each
student. Allow students to pick whichever object they would like to
drag.
Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

1:10-1:25

Assessment: Can the students drag the object to its correct


corresponding shape, and can they explain why they chose it?
Differentiation: Allow students the option of picking whichever shape
they would like, and allow the class to help each other out if anyone
struggles with the activity.

Learning Activity #2

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Learning Activity # 3

Show students the mask template. Say, Today were going to


be making our faces.
- Show them an example of a finished mask (Say: This is my
face that I made)
- Explain to the students that after they color the skin (if they
choose to), they can color the irises to match their own eye
color.
- Then they need to cut out the mask, nose, and ears.
- Then they need to cut along the lines where the nose will be,
so that they can insert the nose (demonstrate).
- Then show them how to fold the ears along the tabs on the
mask.
- Next, show them how they can add hair to their masks.
Assessment: Could the students create their own masks?
-

Differentiation: Circle the room while the students are working,


helping those who need it
My Itsy Bitsy Five Senses Book (This activity is for the students who
may finish ahead of time)
-

Consolidation of
Learning:

1:25-1:55

Distribute this paper book to the students who finish their


masks quickly.
This book has a page for hearing, touch, sight, taste, and
smell.
They need to color the picture on each page, and write the
word that goes with the picture.

Closure (5 minutes)
Gather the students back at the carpet with their finished masks. Ask
them to point out the parts of their mask that are associated with the

1:45-1:55

Time
1:55-2:00

five senses (the eyes, the ears, the nose, the tongue, and the skin).
Feedback From
Students:
Feedback To Students

Judge whether all the students have understood the five senses by
their response during the consolidation of learning.
Verbally congratulate them on their finished mask products.

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