Using the five senses is a creative way to write descriptively. Learners read 25 words, both nouns and verbs, and place them into the category labeled with the correct sense.

Concepts

the five senses, sense of hearing, sense of sight, sense of smell, sense of taste, sense of touch

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• A great addition to your unit on sensory details
• Have class members come up with additional words and concepts to add to the word bank
• Use the list of sensory words to begin a poem with a lot of imagery

Classroom Considerations

• Pictures are in color, but printing in black and white shouldn't affect understanding

Pros

• Comes with an answer key for quick assessment
• Helps learners work on sensory skills as well as writing descriptive details

Cons

• None