Our 5 Senses

This week we combined our Science with our Literacy. We have had fun learning all about our 5 senses- Touch, taste, smell, see, hear and feel.

Literacy and Science: The color of the sky, the sound of a dog barking, the scent of a rose, the taste of chocolate cake- everything that we know about the world comes to us through our 5 senses. Each of the senses responds to specific stimuli in the world around us, and each uses a unique part of the body to take in information. This week we broadened our knowledge of the human body and explored the senses.

To kick off our 5 senses unit, I brought in my old trusty popcorn machine and we used all our senses as we made and ate popcorn!

Phonics: Students are working on how many sounds they hear and counting those sounds. If Mrs. O says the word cup, the students use their arm to say /k/ /u/ /p/. We also are listening for how many words are in a sentence and counting those words. This week we also used our names and listened for the beginning sound.

Writing: We continued work on stokes like + sign and X. We also continued practice with our pencil pincer grip and sitting with our feet flat on the floor. Name writing practice continues. We write our names with a capital at the beginning and the rest are lowercase letters.