Our Big Five Senses Book

Today I thought I'd share some pictures of a big class book my kids and I made this year. Basically, it's just a lot of anchor charts stapled together in a big book. I made it out of chart paper with a butcher paper cover. 

We would generally work on the pages as a wrap-up after we did some sort of hands-on activity.

 

There's the recording chart for an earlier version of the salt/sugar activity, and a page with pictures the kids cut out of magazines.

 

Here is a page where the kids talked about what their brain thinks when they see something.

 

Here's a page that talks about what their brains think when they hear certain sounds (that I played on one of those old sound effects tapes) and a page with all of the sounds we heard on our listening walk around school.

 

This page has different papers and materials with different textures. The kids thought of words to describe those textures and then things in real life that have those textures. (They also put some of these papers in their own science notebooks).

 

This page has texture rubbings and a page where we discussed how our sense of touch helps keep us safe.

 

Here's a page with magazine pictures of smelly stuff plus a page about what our brains think when we smell certain smells.

 

Here's a page with Good Smells/Bad Smells. Yes--that is a toliet, dirty diaper, poo, and underwear. We keep it real in kindergarten...

This page has magazine pictures of things we like to eat and a diagram of a tongue.

 

This page is a fold-out page and is a graph of our Five Senses Taste Test.

Often, the kids did similar pages in their own science notebooks. I'm working really hard on a TPT unit of Science Notebook recording sheets for my Five Senses Unit. I'm hoping to get it up sometime this weekend.

In the meantime, let me leave you with my favorite YouTube Five Senses Video. Warning: Once you get it in your head, it's hard to get out! I will now be singing this song for the rest of the day. Thank-you very much.

Comments

[Miki Kelly]

This is awesome!! Thank you for sharing! I love the video!

[Lauren]

We cover the 5 Senses at the beginning of the year. I will definitely be using some (if not all) of your amazing ideas!

Lauren
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[Rachel Evers]

This is a terrific post! I love our senses study--this is such a great way to make it a class project! thanks for the visuals! I've pinned and hope I remember to find it when the time is right!! :)

[Farhen]

AMAZING work! i love all the lessons you do.
You are very creative teacher. I have used many of your lessons in my classroom and will definitely use this one also. Thank you for sharing. Wish you all the best always :)

[janice sumner]

Thanks for sharing your creative ideas!!! I am looking forward to your Senses Unit on TPT!

[Ashly]

Wow! Such an amazing idea! Thanks for sharing.

[Leslie]

I teach first grade - not K - but I sure do love this book!

[Linda Coats]

Great ideas! Thanks for posting. :)

[Nicole C]

Wow! I love the finished product. What a great way to use the anchor charts. Thank you for sharing as always. :)

[Jamie]

How do you make the textured shoe rubbings? LOVE this idea. Thank you for sharing!

[radhika]

great book. will surely try to use it in my class soon

[Renaye]

Thank you! You've helped me to expand my unit on Five Senses. Wonderful ideas. Thank you for sharing!!!!