Lesson Plan Iqbal Begum

Date: 2/21/2020
Teacher’s Name: Iqbal Begum

Grade Level/ Subject: 1st Grade/ Science
Time line: Two periods of 25 minutes each or one period of 40 minutes.
TEKS Objectives:
(1) In Grade 1, students observe and describe the natural world using their senses. Students do science as
inquiry in order to develop and enrich their abilities to understand the world around them in the context of
scientific concepts and processes. Students develop vocabulary through their experiences investigating
properties of common objects, earth materials, and organisms.
(A) A central theme in first grade science is active engagement in asking questions, creating a method to
answer those questions, answering those questions, communicating ideas, and exploring with scientific
tools in order to explain scientific concepts and processes like scientific investigation and reasoning;
matter and energy; force, motion, and energy; Earth and space; and organisms and environment.
Scientific investigation and reasoning involves practicing safe procedures, asking questions about the
natural world, and seeking answers to those questions through simple observations used in descriptive
investigations.
(B) Matter is described in terms of its physical properties, including relative size, weight, shape, color,
and texture. The importance of light, thermal, and sound energy is identified as it relates to the students'
everyday life. The location and motion of objects are explored.
(C) Weather is recorded and discussed on a daily basis so students may begin to recognize patterns in the
weather. In addition, patterns are observed in the appearance of objects in the sky. revised August 2019
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(D) In life science, students recognize the interdependence of organisms in the natural world. They
understand that all organisms have basic needs that can be satisfied through interactions with living and
nonliving things. Students will investigate life cycles of animals and identify likenesses between parents
and offspring.
Lesson Objectives:
At the end of the lesson students will be able to identify all five senses and use each sense to try to
identify objects.
Introduction:
As the teacher stands in front of the room perform some unusual action (such as whistling or waving your
arms around). Once students are paying attention ask them what they saw (or heard) you doing. How did
they know you were making that movement (sound)? We use our sense every day to identify sights,
sounds, smells, tastes, and textures around us. Ask students (and allow for answers) the following
questions:
 If you pet a kitten, how does it feel?
 If you bite into an ice cream cone, what does it taste like?
 What do we hear every day at the end of the school day?
 If someone is cooking, what might you smell?
 If you close your eyes, turn to the right, and open them, what do you see?
 Each day we use all five senses: sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch to explore the world.
Ask students to identify how each sense is experienced. Sight = eyes, Smell = nose, Taste = tongue
(mouth), Hearing = ears, Touch = hands (feet).
Instructional activities and procedures:
 Tell students they are going to use their sense to try to identify objects found in the school or at
home. Explain that they will only be using one sense at a time to try to identify each object.
 Start with sight as it is the easiest and a confidence builder. Sit out five to seven small objects
under a towel. Tell students that they are to close their eyes until you say to open them. While their
eyes are closed remove the towel from one object. Ask students to open their eyes and raise their hand
when an object can be identified. Have a student answer. Repeat for each object.
 Explain to students that the next sense is sometimes a little harder to use, the sense of smell. Pour
a small amount of scented oil into a bowl. Allow each student to smell the oil and stand when they
think they can identify it. Allow each student to smell before making a guess. Repeat for at least two
more scents.
 Move on to the sense of hearing (sound). Tell students that you are going to play a familiar sound
(animal sounds are good) and when they can tell what sound is being made, to stand up. Repeat for at
least five separate sounds.
 The sense of touch will require a brown paper bag and several small toys. Place two or three
small toys in the bag and have each child reach in and feel the shape. Ask students to remember what
they felt as you are going to ask in a few minutes. Choose shapes that are relatively easy to identify.
 The final sense will be taste; this is great at snack time. Offer students small bites of food that
does not look like the bigger item (watermelon squares, orange bits, apple squares, or broken graham
crackers) Skip this sense if allergies or rules do not permit food in the classroom.
Modification & differentiation :
If a student cannot identify an object have them describe it using varying words.
Evaluation (Formative and/or Summative Assessment) :
Students will show understanding by using the correct sense to identify an object. Evaluation will be
based on participation and appropriate guesses during activities.
Closure:
Explain to students that they have just used all five senses to learn more about their world. Tell them you
are going to try one final activity. Split students into groups of four. Tell them to choose an object in the
room and use their sense to explore it.(not taste). They will then describe the object for the whole class to
see if they can guess what was chosen. Have students keep their object secret if possible, until a guess has
been made.

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