Five Senses: Thematic Common Core Unit

This thematic unit, “Five Senses,” offers cross-curricular support with strategic activities in language arts, music, math, science, writing and art while studying a familiar scientific concept. All math and language arts activities are strategically linked to the common core standards.

Activities include: 

Songs/Fingerplays

 Good Day

Five Senses

Guided Reading Books

Little Bear’s Five Senses

My Five Senses

Science

Name That Sound: Using Hearing to Make Observations

It Feels Like: Using Touch to Make Observations

Taste Test: Using Taste to Make Observations

How Does it Smell: Using Smell to Make Observations

I Spy With My Little Eye: Using Sight to Make Observations

Pop Pop Pop: Engaging the 5 Senses

Writing

Word Wall: Five Senses Six Poster Cards

Writing Prompts: My Five Senses

Label It: Label the 5 Senses

Art Projects

My Five Senses:Portfolio Page

Five Senses: Coloring Page

Scripted Math Lessons:

Sorting Senses: Representing Numbers in Different Ways

Graph It: Graphing Categories

Tactile Number Hunt: Matching Quantity to Numbers (Using the Sense of Touch)

Math Workpage

Five Senses: Sorting Data

Scripted Literacy Lessons:

Feel the Alphabet: Identifying Letters of the Alphabet

Touch and Seek Letters: Using Touch and Sight to Match Alphabet Letters

Nursery Rhyme Time: Listening to Nursery Rhymes to Identify Rhyming Words