Five Senses: Can You Taste With Your Eye?
Students will be able to match the five senses with their corresponding body parts.
- Ask students to point to the body part they would use to taste an apple.
- Now ask students to point
Five Senses: Can You Taste With Your Eye?
Students will be able to match the five senses with their corresponding body parts.
- Ask students to point to the body part they would use to taste an apple.
- Now ask students to point to the body part they would use to touch a dog.
- Tell students that today they will explore their five senses: sight, touch, smell, taste, and hearing. Each of the senses has a related body part.
Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling(20 minutes)
- Read aloud You Can't Smell a Flower With Your Ear! by Joanna Cole.
- Have students turn to a partner and share one detail they remember from the story.
- Call on students to share their details with the class.
- Tell students that our five senses help us to understand the world around us.
Guided Practice(10 minutes)
- Tell students that they are going to explore how different body parts go with different senses.
- Ask, "Can you taste an apple with your eye?" Have students share their responses. Prompt them to answer why you can't taste an apple with your eye.
- Ask, "Can you smell a flower with you ear?" and "Can you hear a baby cry with your hand?" Ask students to share their responses and reasoning.
Independent working time(15 minutes)
- Have students work independently to complete the two worksheets.
- As students work, circulate around the room to see how they are associating the senses with body parts and provide prompting as needed.
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