We have come to a point in both science and history that 2-3 days just isn't enough time to appropriately cover some of the topics, so we are rotating weeks between the two as needed. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, this past week's investigation of the five senses spanned two calendar weeks.
Monday
- Read My Five Senses by Aliki.
- Read Senses are for Everything: The Five Senses by Katherine Hengel.
- Read Rain by Manya Stojic.
- Read No One But You by Douglas Wood.
- Completed Evan-Moor ScienceWorks for Kids: How Your Body Works, Grades 1-3 "We Use Five Senses to Find Out About Our World - Five Senses Walk" activity (page 24) from TeacherFileBox.com.
Tuesday
- Read Hands are For Holding: The Sense of Touch by Katherine Hengel.
- Read Blastoff Readers: The Sense of Touch by Mari Schuh.
- Felt alphabet braille card from The Five Senses by Herve Tullet.
- Completed Evan-Moor ScienceWorks for Kids: How Your Body Works, Grades 1-3 "We Use Five Senses to Find Out About Our World - Touch is One of the Five Senses" activities and mini-book (page 25) from TeacherFileBox.com.
- Watched Sid the Science Kid: Sense-Ational Adventures DVD ("The Itchy Tag" episode) by The Jim Henson Company.
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| I used a cloth bag instead of a box for the "Touch is One of the Five Senses - Mystery Box" activity. Tessa used her sense of touch to identify and describe the mystery items in the bag. |
Wednesday
- Read Mouths are for Smiling: The Sense of Taste by Katherine Hengel.
- Read Blastoff Readers: The Sense of Taste by Mari Schuh.
- Completed Evan-Moor ScienceWorks for Kids: How Your Body Works, Grades 1-3 "We Use Five Senses to Find Out About Our World - Taste is One of the Five Senses" activities and mini-book (page 26) from TeacherFileBox.com.
Following Monday
- Read Noses are for Picking: The Sense of Smell by Katherine Hengel.
- Read Blastoff Readers: The Sense of Smell by Mari Schuh.
- Read Nosy Rosie by Holly Keller.
- Completed Evan-Moor ScienceWorks for Kids: How Your Body Works, Grades 1-3 "We Use Five Senses to Find Out About Our World - Smell is One of the Five Senses" activities and mini-book (page 27) from TeacherFileBox.com.
- Watched Sid the Science Kid: Sense-Ational Adventures DVD ("What's That Smell?" episode) by The Jim Henson Company.
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| Tessa used her sense of smell to identify and match scents. I used cotton balls soaked (or dusted) in cinnamon, peppermint, pickle juice and vanilla. |
Following Tuesday
- Read Ears are for Earrings: The Sense of Hearing by Katherine Hengel.
- Read Blastoff Readers: The Sense of Hearing by Mari Schuh.
- Completed Evan-Moor ScienceWorks for Kids: How Your Body Works, Grades 1-3 "We Use Five Senses to Find Out About Our World - Hearing is One of the Five Senses" activities and mini-book (page 28) from TeacherFileBox.com.
- Watched Sid the Science Kid: Sense-Ational Adventures DVD ("Too Much Noise!" episode) by The Jim Henson Company.
Following Thursday
- Read Eyes are for Winking: The Sense of Sight by Katherine Hengel.
- Read Blastoff Readers: The Sense of Sight by Mari Schuh.
- Completed Evan-Moor ScienceWorks for Kids: How Your Body Works, Grades 1-3 "We Use Five Senses to Find Out About Our World - Sight is One of the Five Senses" activities and mini-book (page 29) from TeacherFileBox.com.
- Watched Sid the Science Kid: Sense-Ational Adventures DVD ("Grandma's Glasses" episode) by The Jim Henson Company.
Following Friday
- Tessa read The Eye Book by Dr. Seuss during reading.
- Completed Evan-Moor ScienceWorks for Kids: How Your Body Works, Grades 1-3 "We Use Five Senses to Find Out About Our World - Review the Five Senses" worksheets (pages 30) from TeacherFileBox.com.
- Explored Leapfrog Tag Interactive Human Body Discovery Pack "Your Nervous System" section.
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| Tessa is quite fond of her Leapfrog Tag Reading System, so when I saw Leapfrog came out with this human body discovery pack, I just had to buy and incorporate it into our studies. |
Other Books of Interest
- There Is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me - Alice Walker
* RSO = R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey
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