On February 22, 2012 I
had the opportunity to participate in a professional development on writing
that I was privileged to design and lead with a partner on my k-2 team. We, my partner and I, decided to make a
cross-curricular approach to writing so that teachers would learn that they can multitask when it comes to lesson planning.
This writing lesson meets the language arts objective to use the senses
to write and it also covers the science objective to teach students about the
five senses.
It was a fun lesson and we got a lot of feedback from
teachers saying that it was very engaging and definitely a lesson they could
implement into their classrooms.
Writing Lesson Plan –
Using the 5 Senses
Objective: SWBAT organize writing into a paragraph from
a graphic organizer, using their five senses. They will later use
the graphic organizer to construct a paragraph.
Anticipatory Set: Walk around the room with a bag that is
very colorful and mysterious. Ask the
students to guess what they think could be in your bag. Build up anticipation for what is in the bag.
Teach/Modeling:
1. Give all the
teachers bags of things in them. Instruct them not to touch or feel it,
smell it, or open it.
2. Give all the
teachers a graphic organizer to use it in the activity.
3. Tell them that
they are going to use their five senses to explain, describe and write about
what's inside the paper bag.
4. Explain to them
using the five senses is a very effective way to write descriptive, informative
piece of writing in k-2.
5. The children
are using something concrete and tangible in order to write. It is
something that they can understand.
6. The first
sense that you are going to use is the sense of touch. Don't touch until
you're told to. You are going to use precise descriptive words to
describe what you feel. We will take all answers down. So, now go
ahead and take a minute to touch and feel. Do it carefully so as not
break open to reveal what's inside.
7. Who can share
what it feels like as you explore with your hands? Write down all
contributions.
8. Now, we are
going to use the sense smell. Go ahead and smell it.
9. What does it
smell like to you? Accept all answers and write them down on the graphic
organizer.
10. Use your sense
of hearing. shake it. Do you hear anything?
11. Close
your eyes and open it carefully. Don't peak. Put your hand in
it, and feel it. Do you notice anything else about how it
feels. Take one. Taste it. What can you tell me? Write
down all responses.
12. Now open your
eyes and use your sense of sight. Tell me what you see. Write down
all responses.
Guided Practice: To
begin writing from the graphic organizer, we are going to write it in order of
the way we used our senses. Guide the class into coming up with sentences that
are very descriptive for each sense.
When you are finished, you will have 5 sentences for the students to use
for their paragraph.
Independent Practice: You are going to write a paragraph about
the object we have examined together. You are going to use your graphic
organizer to make your sentences from it. After you have completed the
rough draft, your are going to think of a topic sentence and an exciting
conclusion. Go ahead. If you need any guidance, I will walk
around to help. Remember this is your rough draft. I will look over
it and make suggestions as we have our talk together about it.
Closure: Pictures are very useful tools for writing in
k-2. Students can use their sense of
sight to tell you all about a picture. They can come up with descriptive words even
from only using their sense of sight.
What other tools could you use to elicit responses
from students for informational text?
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