Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Gummy Worm Writing
This activity is designed to introduce descriptive writing. It can be used in grades 3-5. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Oceans: A Sensory Haiku
In this lesson plan, students use the ocean and their five senses as inspirations to create their own unique haikus. Lesson provides assessment criteria and a list of sources.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Word Game for Kids: The Idea Game for Kids
How can using your five senses help you tell a better story? Young writers brainstorm three sensory details about a personal topic before writing a story about it. If they need help with ideas, they can click the magic button for story...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Word Game for Kids: The Memory Game for Kids
Young writers brainstorm three sensory details about a personal memory before writing about it. If they need help with a memory, they can click the magic button to help spark their memory. Their writing should include sensory details.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Hershey Kiss Descriptive Essay
This is a fun instructional activity to demonstrate the power of words to describe a simple chocolate treat prior to writing a five-paragraph descriptive essay.
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Fiction teachers.com: How to Write a Mini Mystery
Use the ideas on this page to help your students create mini-mysteries.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Commanding a Robot Using Sound
Students continue their exploration of the human senses and their engineering counterparts, focusing on the auditory sense. Working in small groups, students design, create and run programs to control the motion of LEGO TaskBots. By...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: A Writers' Notebook
Virtually participate in a workshop of four high school teachers led by a renowned author. There are eight topics including "Hiding and Revealing with Language," "Using Sensory Description," and "Writing a Picture of Me".
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Peanut/peanut Butter
During this lesson students navigate the Internet to learn about the accomplishments of George Washington Carver. Students explore the history of peanuts and sample different types of peanuts. They use their five senses to write a...
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Teacher Resources: Air, Air, Everywhere Teacher's Activity Guide
This teaching guide includes 10 hands-on activities to teach about air quality and the importance of keeping our air clean. Students will complete activities that include simple sensory experiments to discover the characteristics of air,...
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