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Lesson Plan Outline 

Introduction 

Grade Level:Kindergarten

Lesson Topic:Five SensesLesson Length:  30 minutes

 

K.2 Students will investigate and understand that humans have senses that allow one to seek, find,take in, and react or respond to information in order to learn about one¶s surroundings. Key

concepts include

a) five senses and corresponding sensing organs (taste tongue, touch skin, smell nose,

hearing ears, and sight eyes); and

b) sensory descriptors (sweet, sour, bitter, salty, rough/smooth, hard/soft, cold, warm, hot,

loud/soft, high/low, bright/dull).

 

C ognitiveObj ectives 

The student will:

y Identify senses of hearing and the body part that is used to hear 

y Use sensory descriptors for hearing.

 

Materi al s/Technol ogy and Advanced P repar ation 

 

Hearing picture cards

Sounds track 

Diagram/Model of an ear 

Tuning fork 

Drum

Bingo stampers

 

Teaching  and Learning S equence 

 

I ntroduction/Anticipatory Set  

y Ask students what do they think of when they hear the word sound?  Can they name

some different sounds?  What body part do they use to hear?

Lesson Development  

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y Our ears help us hear sounds. Inside our ear are tiny bones that vibrate.  Pull out the

tuning fork and show the students how it vibrates when you hit it.  Have the students try

making the tuning fork vibrate.

y Show students the model ear.  Explain the sounds enter our ear and make the tiny bones

vibrate. One of those bones is called the eardrum.  Show students the drum; explain how

it¶s similar to our eardrum.  When our eardrum vibrates it helps us hear.  Play the drum

and then pass it to the students. Allow them to feel and play the drum.

y Ask students why it¶s important to hear? Our sense of hearing to help us get information

about the world around us. Ask students if they can name ways their sense of hearing can

help them? Talk about warning sounds they may have heard.

y Ask students if they need to see someone to be able to talk to them? If you couldn¶t see

the person who was talking would you still be able to know who it was? Our brain makes

memories of the sounds we hear.  We recognize them when we hear them again.This is

why we don¶t need to see people to know who they are.  We recognize their voice.

y Play a sound for the students. Ask them to describe it.  Was it loud or soft?  High or low?Explain to students these are words we use to describe sounds.  Write these words on the

board.

y Hand out the paper and bingo stampers. Tell students they are going to listen to some

sounds and try matching them with the pictures on their paper.  When they find a match

they will use the bingo stamper to mark it off.

 

C losure 

y R eview the sounds that the students heard and show them the matches on their paper.R eview concepts talked about in the lesson.  What body part do we use to hear?  Play

a few sounds for students and ask them to describe the sounds using the words they

learned.  What do our senses help us do?

Assesment  

 

F ormative ± Teacher observations, guided questions and oral feedback 

Summative ± Paper and Pencil Test (see below)

 

References: 

MathScience Innovation Center ±mathinscience.info

 

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Name: _______________________________________   Date:___________________ 

 

Circle the body part used to hear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Circle all the words used to describe sounds.

 

Loud     Smooth     Hard     High

 

High R ough       Shiny     Low

 

 

 

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Name:__________________________ 

 

Stamp the pictures that match the sound you hear.