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Title - Sense of Poetry
By - Jamie Rettke
Subject - Science, Language Arts
Grade Level - 1-3
Topic: Enhancing observational skills through the five senses
and poetry
Background:
We use our observational
skills to gain information about the world around us. Our five senses are
hearing, seeing, touching, tasting, and smelling.
Objectives: When asked, the students will be able to:
1. Identify
organ used for each of the five senses
2. Identify
objects in accordance with each of the five senses
3. Create a
poem, at least 5 lines long, using three of the five senses
Anticipatory
Set:
Ask the
students, “How do you think you could name and describe an object if
you were unable to see it?” Have the students
close their eyes and see if they can identify the following objects just by
their smell or their sound. Play small sections of any of the listed CDs
and see whether or not the students are able to identify and describe the
sounds. Pass around the container or scented candles to each of the
students. Ask whether or not they are able to identify the scent.
Activities:
1. The students are to take a walking
trip to the nearest park or forest preserve. During this time, the
students will be asked to find an object that can be experienced through each of
the five senses. The students’ descriptions will be kept on a data
collection sheet. {*Note: the students should not attempt to taste objects
they are observing.}
2. Upon returning, the students will
use their observations to create a poem. The poem should describe a
singular object and must contain four of the five senses.
3. Once the students have written
their poems, the class will discuss some of the ways the students described
their items. Next, the instructor will explain that a description of an
object is called an adjective because it is adding new ideas to the noun or
pronoun. An adjective is the part of speech that describes
something. They often answer the question, which one, what kind, what
color, etc.
4. After a short discussion on
adjectives, the students will return to their poem and attempt to identify the
adjectives they used. This will be done by underlining the adjectives
throughout their poem.
Modeling:
The teacher will pick up an
item and demonstrate to the students how you can describe the object using the
five senses. The teacher should also draw attention to the example poem
listed on the students’ data collection sheet.
Checks for
Understanding:
Ask the students to identify
the five senses. [Seeing, hearing, touch, taste, smell] Ask the
students to think of the various ways they may describe something in the
classroom.
Materials
List:
1. Nature Quest
CD (Sounds of the Dolphin, Tropical Rain Forest, Electrifying Thunderstorms, The
Sea, or Sounds of the Humpback Whale)
2. A jar or small containers filled
with elements that will give off a strong scent (cinnamon, pine, etc.).
Scented candles will work well also.
3. Student data
collection sheet
Key
Questions:
1.
What are the five senses? [seeing, hearing, touching,
tasting, smelling]
2.
What are some ways you can use adjectives to describe the world
around you? [various answers]
3.
How does your perception change when looking at nature close-up
instead of from far away? [various answers]
4.
How do you think you would use your five senses if we were at a
national park and not a forest preserve? [various answers]
Evaluation:
1.
The students’ data collection sheet will be used for
evaluation purpose. This will allow the teacher to see whether the
students were able to identify various objects that correspond to four of the
five senses.
2.
The students’ poetry will be used to assess their use of the
five senses and their observational skills. The students’ poems
should contain adjectives that are representative of four of the five
senses.
Closure:
After the students have been
given time to write their poems and identify the adjectives, they may share
their findings with the class. The teacher should then relate what they
have learned to national parks. The class may wish to discuss the
differences in the plant and animal species found in forest preserves and the
national parks being studied.
 
 Name:
Find an object and describe it
thoroughly, using your senses.
 My object is:
Sight
Sound
Touch
Smell
Write a "See What I Found" poem about your
object, using your above descriptions.
E-Mail Jamie!
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