Unit
All About Us
Unit Objectives
In this unit, the students will
• demonstrate appropriate awareness of body parts.
• identify the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
• demonstrate understanding of each sense and its functions.
• demonstrate awareness of the relationship between the five senses and their matching body parts.
• communicate effectively to discuss sights, smells, sounds, tastes, and textures.
• demonstrate appropriate awareness of our needs as humans.
• foster creativity by expressing themselves through art.
• develop critical thinking and problemsolving skills by conducting investigatory projects.
• demonstrate awareness of physical health, hygienes, and well-being practices.
Framework Covered
• Actively engages in play as a means of exploration and learning
• Actively engages in problem solving
• Approaches tasks and problems with creativity, imagination, and/or willingness to try new experiences
• Exhibits curiosity, interest, and willingness to learn new things and have new experiences
• Demonstrates persistence.
• Uses senses to assist and guide learning.
• Demonstrates eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills.
• Demonstrates personal care and hygiene skills.
• Demonstrates awareness and understanding of healthy habits.
• Describes what humans need to survive.
• Demonstrates motivation to communicate
• Demonstrates they are building background knowledge
• Demonstrates understanding of what is observed
• Demonstrates a growing receptive and expressive vocabulary
• Demonstrates their ability to represent ideas using a variety of methods
• Develops a logical argument
Skills Covered
Body and Senses
1 Our Bodies and Senses
Body parts.
Read out loud and point to the body parts.
Finish the drawing, then match each word to the correct body part.
eye mouth ear foot hand
Find a partner and take turns. Point to one of their body parts, and have them say its name.
Our senses. We have five senses.
Match the sense to the relevant body part. touch
Read each sentence out loud, then act it out.
I hear with my ears.
I see with my eyes.
I smell with my nose.
I taste with my tongue.
I touch with my hand.
Circle the sense used in each picture, then say it out loud.
Play the guessing game: Act out an action like the ones above, and have your classmates guess which sense is being used.
Draw something you can safely touch at home.
Circle the picture in each row that matches the sense being used.
Instructions
1. Sit in a group: Form a group of five students.
2. Draw the senses: Each student will draw one sense (sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch) on a card, as shown in the pictures of the five children above.
3. Talk about your sense: Each student will share what they drew. For example: I can see with my eyes. I can smell with my nose.
4. Start the hunt: When everyone is done, stand up and begin the hunting game as explained in (5) below.
5. Find your group: Students holding the same sense will go to the same corner as set by the teacher. For example, all the students who drew eyes will go to the eye corner, and so on. The first group to form is the winner.
2 What We Can Do With Our Senses
The sense of sight.
We use the sense of sight to see things around us.
Draw something you can see in the classroom.
Play the (I Spy) game: One student secretly chooses a thing in the classroom and says, I spy with my eyes something blue The other students should try and guess what it is.
The sense of hearing.
We use the sense of hearing to listen to the sounds around us. Some sounds are soft.
Some sounds are loud.
Take turns making a soft sound, followed by a loud sound.
The sense of smell.
We use the sense of smell to tell how things smell.
Some things smell good.
Some things smell bad.
Tell your classmate about things that smell good and things that smell bad.
Draw something that smells good, then tell a classmate about it.
The sense of taste.
We use the sense of taste to tell how things taste.
Some things taste sweet.
Some things taste salty.
Tell your classmate about a sweet food and a salty food you like.
Some things taste bitter.
Some things taste sour.
Take turns asking and answering this question: Which taste do you like the most? Give examples.
The sense of touch.
We use the sense of touch to tell the texture of things.
Some things feel soft.
Some things feel hard.
Tell your classmate three things that feel soft and three things that feel hard.
Instructions
1. Find a partner: Complete the investigation with a classmate.
2. Bring some food items: Chips, coffee beans, a chocolate bar, and a lemon slice. You may also bring jellybeans of different flavors.
3. Take turns: One student will put a blindfold on their eyes. The other student will give them one of the above-mentioned food items to taste.
4. Guess the taste: The student with the blindfold on should
a-taste the food b-guess how it tastes c-guess what the food is
5. Check the guess: After guessing, the other student can tell if the guess is right or wrong.
6. Switch: Now, it is time to switch roles and start all over again. The student who scores more correct guesses wins.
chips coffee beans chocolate lemon slice
Our Health
1 Healthy Habits
Good habits keep us healthy.
Take a shower every day.
Brush your teeth every night and morning.
Wash your hands before and after eating, and after using the toilet.
Wash the fruits and vegetables before eating them.
Discuss with a classmate: what happens if you:
1. do not wash your hands after using the toilet?
2. do not wash the vegetables and fruits before eating them?
Drink plenty of water.
Eat healthy food.
Do plenty of exercise.
Take turns asking and answering: What types of exercise do you do?
Get enough sleep.
Make sure to sleep at least 10 hours a day.
Take turns asking and answering these questions:
1. What time do you go to bed?
2. What time do you get up?
Instructions
1. Find a Partner: Complete the investigation with a partner.
2. Complete the Report: Ask your partner if they do the healthy habits. Mark ( ) if they do, or ( ) if they do not.
3. Report Your Findings: Share your findings with your classmates. e.g., Sara brushes her teeth every day.
Our Needs
Section
1
We Need a Family
We live with our families.
A father, a mother, sisters, or brothers make a family.
sister mother father
baby brother brother
Tell your classmate about your family members. e.g. I have a father, a mother, one sister and two brothers.
Describe your family. Sara Tom
My brother Tom is short. He has black hair.
My sister Sara is tall. She has red hair.
Take turns describing your family.
Families need jobs.
People have different jobs.
nurse
air hostess doctor farmer
police officer firefighter
Take turns asking and answering this question: What do you want to be in the future?
police officer firefighter doctor painter teacher
Draw a line from the pictures to what the children say.
My father is a doctor.
My mother is a teacher.
My father is a painter.
My mother is a nurse.
Ask and answer: What does your father and mother do?
2 We Need a Home
A family lives in a home.
Look at the picture. Do all homes look the same?
There are different types of homes.
Tell your classmate about the type of home you live in.
Homes protect us from ...
Draw your home, then tell your classmates about it.
3 We Need Clothes
The different types of clothes.
Heavy clothes.
sweater coat hat gloves scarf
Light clothes.
shirt short cap
Discuss with a classmate why we wear different types of clothes.
Design a T-shirt, then describe it to your classmates.
4 We Need Healthy Food
Where does food come from?
Some food comes from animals.
Some food comes from plants.
Discuss with a classmate what other things we get from animals and plants.
Healthy and unhealthy food.
Some food is healthy.
Some food is unhealthy.
Draw a line from the word to the body part.
Match the sentences to the pictures.
I hear with my ears.
I see with my eyes.
I smell with my nose.
I taste with my tongue.
I touch with my hand.
Color the picture that represents a soft sound.
Color the picture that represents a good smell.
Color the food that represents a sweet taste.
Look at each picture, then circle either healthy or unhealthy.
Lily
Lily is a little girl. Every day, she uses her five senses.
Her eyes see the colors in the sky. Her ears hear the birds. Her nose smells the flowers. Her tongue tastes the sweet apples. Her hands feel her soft teddy bear.
Lily takes care of her body. She eats healthy food, drinks clean water, and sleeps well. Playing keeps her strong. A big hug makes her happy.
Questions How many senses does lily have?
Circle either or . 2 3 5
a. She uses her eyes to see the sky.
b. She uses her ears to feel the teddy bear.
What makes her body strong?
What makes her happy?
How do you take care of your body?
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