This study focuses on the introduction of our body
parts and the five senses people use to experience the world around us..
Student Understandings
Students will develop an understanding that our
bodies are made up of identifiable parts. Students will recognize that
individual people are special and unique. Students will identify feelings.
Students will recognize the five senses and how they are used to experience
our world.
Guiding Questions
Can students name a
variety of body parts?
Can students identify
ways individuals are special?
Can students recognize a
variety of feelings?
Can students identify
the five senses and associate them with the correct body parts?
1.Can students identify which sense is used to
complete a given task? (e.g. smell is used to identify scents)
Guiding Vocabulary
body, commonly known body
parts such as wrist, elbow, waist, neck, knuckles, ankle, heel, lips, and
forehead; commonly known feelings such as angry, frightened, and excited;
Smell, Sight, Hear, Taste, Touch