Intern Name: Georgia Hare

Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): 5 Senses

Grade: Kindergarten
Length of Lesson: 1 hour 15 minutes
Date Taught: March 27, 2018
LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
In this lesson students will be learning about the five senses; sight, smell, taste,
touch, and sound. They will be learning through story, writing in their journals,
Overview and hands on activities.

Scientific Investigation, Reasoning, and Logic

K.2 Students will investigate and understand that humans have senses that allow
Standards of one to seek, find, tak in, and react or respond to information in order to learn
Learning about one’s surroundings.
a) five senses and corresponding sensing organs
What are the five senses? How do humans use their senses and acknowledge
Essential Questions what objects are?

Students will be able to explain what the five senses are in their own words and
what is used to identify these senses.
Objectives

I understand what are the five senses.

Learning Target I can identify what parts of my body I use for my senses.
Necessary Prior Students need to know parts of the body (mouth, nose, etc.), and basic writing
and listening skills.
Knowledge
Different colored easter eggs, pennies, cotton balls, 5 senses book, personal
Materials writing journals, fruit snack, and smart board or dry erase board.

● Gather all of the kids onto the carpet and ask the class if they know what
the five senses are.
● Pick on children who raise their hands and see their prior knowledge, if
any, and discuss.
Introduction/Hook ● Review the five lesson of what we will be doing for the day and explain
the 5 senses.
● Answer any questions before the actual lesson.

1. Read the five senses book, while asking questions throughout about how
things would taste, feel, smell, etc.
Instructional 2. After the book have the kids sit in a circle on the carpet, and give each
Activities & of the kids an easter egg.
3. Ask the kids to shake the eggs, see what they hear, and ask them to
Strategies shake the egg based on the sound, loud or no sound.
4. Then discuss what the eggs colors are and how do they feel.

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
 5. After discussing everything about the eggs, give out journals so the kids
can write what color the egg they have and draw and color a picture.
6. Review with each kid what they wrote and draw.
7. Give out fruit snacks so they can experience taste.

Key Vocabulary or Touch, taste, sight, smell, sound, tongue, mouth, eyes, nose, hands, ears, the
five senses
Concepts
After the lesson gather all of the student at the carpet, and ask the same
Assessments questions that I asked as an introduction and review what they understand.
Allow the students to present their journals if they want and show the picture to
the class.
Closure Activity

For kids who need extra help with writing, sit with them and help them sound
out words if needed.
Accommodations

Eggs, cotton balls, and fruit snacks I bought from the store. The journals and
five sentence book was provided by the class and Mrs. Furst-Johnson.
Resources

Reflection on a Lesson Plan Taught

Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow
Intern Name: Georgia Hare
Lesson Title (Subecjt/Topc): The 5 senses
Date of Lesson Taught: March 27, 2018
Cooperating Teacher & School: Mrs. Furst- Johnson at John B. Dye High School
Grade: Kindergarten
Time of Day: Afternoon

1. What steps did you go through to create this lesson? With whom did you talk, discuss, or edit your lesson?
I discussed with my teachers what she needs to be teached, and came up with several ideas about different
lessons. After discussing the several idea, Mrs. Furst- Johnson and I decided on the plan I presented.

2. How did the SOLs and Objectives help focus your instruction?
It helped give me the structure for my lesson, and what I especially needed to cover.

3. What parts of the instructional plan worked as you anticipated?

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
The kids working on the journals and being very interactive during the book. As well as being interested and
excited all throughout the lesson.

4. What, if any, adjustments needed to be made once you began?

When I passed out the eggs full of cotton balls or pennies in the morning class, I handed it right to them, but it
was very distracting so I placed the egg in front of the afternoon class instead.

5. How well did you anticipate the materials needed?

I had most of the materials I need, either from my house or from my teacher. I had to buy only a handful of
products.

6. How effective was the assessment you chose to use? (If no assessment was used, what will the future
assessment be and how will you gauge its effectiveness?)
I think the assessment was really effective, because the kids really understood the lesson and could answer all of
the questions I asked after.

7. To what degree do you feel that this lesson was a success? What evidence do you have for the success of the
lesson? (Hint: Student learning is the key to a lesson’s success!)
I think it was a big success because the kids understood the material being taught and didn’t get too distracted
when teaching it. I think my success could’ve been better if I had the kids, who were both in the morning and
afternoon class, not give away some of the activities.
8. How did the time spent preparing for your lesson contribute to it’s success?
I think the effort I made in organizing the different eggs and figuring out what I will be teaching, allowed me to
run the lesson as smooth as possible.

9. If you could do this lesson again with the same students, would you do anything differently? If so, what?
I would do one thing differently, and that would be laying the eggs in front of the morning and afternoon class
to decrease distractions.

10. Any last comments/reflections about your lesson?

I think it went really well, except I shouldn’t of handed the kids items if I don’t want them to use it at that
moment.

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)