We our "delving deep" into our Inquiry question, "How do our senses help us learn?" The first part of our journey requires "frontloading"; accessing prior knowledge and developing new understandings about our five senses. We began with an exploration activity. I gave students a set of objects to explore and find connections. We came to the conclusion that the objects could be categorized by their connection to the five senses. During our discussion students made many interesting observations, posed questions and made comments on their own learning:
Leah - "We looked at that stuff to figure out what we would be learning about".
Laura - "The senses are all connected to our brain".
Jack - "When me and Max were working together to find five senses we were talking, working hard and staying on task".
"We have learned what sense goes with what body part".
Austin "When you were a baby and you tasted something you remember not to eat it".
Caroline "Now I know not to eat playdough because when I was a baby I tasted it and it was yucky and now my brain tells me it tastes bad".
Amani - "When you taste something it goes to your brain".
Leah - "Everything you do with your five senses goes to your brain and you remember".
Ben - "For safety" (Why do we have five senses?)
After completing the exploration activity we used "Five Senses" books to create a list of vocabulary. We sorted the words into categories and will be making a "dictionary" of senses words. Mrs. Hnatiuk will be in to discuss poster criteria and we will create a poster in small groups for each of the senses.
Our next step is to continue generating questions for students to explore. Students will also discuss and decide which sense they use most when they are learning by completing a survey. This should be a very interesting discussion. I know students will discover much about themselves!
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