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Ms. Robinson’s Five Senses Project This page lists your assignments for October 22-26. The Web sites will provide you with valuable information for each assignment. Please check out the entire Wikispace for all the information before you begin. In class today we read “Brown Bear, Brown Bear”, a book that uses the sense of sight. We discussed as a class what each one of us saw in the pictures, like colors, shapes and sizes. We also watched a Brain Pop Movie on The Five Senses. If you want to review it go to [] and watch the video. As an in class assignment, I handed every student a picture of an eye and they colored it as they perceived their own eye. We placed the pictures on the bulletin board for the week. I have printed out black and white pages of the book “Brown Bear Brown Bear”. Each student brought home three pages each. I would like each child to color these three pages so we can make our own copies of the book to keep in class.
 * Monday: Sight **

We began class going over a PowerPoint on the SMART BOARD about the Five Senses. To review it again, go to this link [|www.graves.k12.ky.us/powerpoints/elementary/symaperkins.ppt] //. // The PowerPoint required a lot of group participation, discussing the different pictures on the board. Then I played an audio CD of “Brown Bear, Brown Bear”. After the taping we discussed the book again and they said what they heard. For your homework assignment I want you to visit this website: []. You may need some help from your parents to read the direction and guide you through the interactive game. Go through the game, taking the quizzes and mini assignments about sound through the use of instrument sounds. Tomorrow at some point we will discuss the game. It is a really great tool! If you do not have access to a computer, please let me know and I will allow your student to complete it in the morning in the classroom.
 * Tuesday: Hearing **

We watched a Brain Pop video on Smell. This can be reviewed at []. Students had the opportunity to smell different objects without seeing them and describe what they thought it was. I put four objects in a container that they couldn’t see into. These four objects are a flower, a newspaper, a piece of pizza, and a box with nothing in it at all. I picked a handful of volunteers to describe what they smelled and then we discussed as a class. In order to expand on the sense of smell you could take a walk outside for about 15 minutes with an adult. Smell the scents around you whether it’s trees, flowers, or car exhaust. Write down a few objects that had a smell and be ready to give an example to the class in the morning. This is an optional assignment but would help with your learning.
 * Wednesday: Smell **

I have four objects on each group of desks. These four objects are a stuffed animal, a piece of construction paper, a sheet of paper towel and a gooey toy. As a group, the students worked together to write down a description of what each object felt like to them using sensory words. After every group finished I had them watch the Brain Pop video about touch [] and then re-do the first assignment to see if their descriptions changed at all. We then reviewed each table’s thoughts and discussed as a class. If you have internet access, there is a great online, interactive game that will help you learn more about the 5 senses: [] This will be a large review of what we have learned so far this week and should make things even more clear.
 * Thursday: Touch **

Taste is one of the most exciting senses we have. We can tell the difference between one food from another by using our mouths to taste. There are different tastes (sour, sweet, salty, crunchy, soft etc) which we learned in class today. I gave each student 3 foods. One was a sour candy, one was a salty chip and the other was a sweet, crunchy cookie. Each student had to differentiate between the tastes to determine what one was in their mouth. Another Brain Pop video was watched as well []. .
 * Friday: Taste **

**Due Wednesday**: Please make a small book about the 5 senses. There should be 5 pages… one of each sense. Add illustrations, fun facts and things to show me what you learned this week. You can work alone or with a partner. This is just supposed to be fun so do not worry about making it perfect. I just want to see what you have learned from this unit about the 5 senses.