5 Senses

The five senses are an important area for students to learn about because it is a topic and an area that affects all of us. “A learning strategy is a series of steps that can be repeated over and over to solve a problem or to complete a task” (Echevarria). This will be a weeklong lesson plan over the five senses using different learning strategies for the students to use in order to receive and understand as much information as possible. Students will learn one sense a day. “Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC) is credited with the traditional classification of the five sense organs: sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing” (Scientificpsychic.com). “Our senses are the physical means by which all living things see, hear, smell, taste, and touch” (Thinkquest.org). This will be a second grade lesson plan. Students will use adequate social communication and advanced conversational skills. Since this is not the most difficult lesson plan, and it will be going into detail, the type of program used will be Sheltered Instruction, because little things like our senses, will benefit them greatly when their native language is used at minimum, and only for clarification. The stages of learning for these students are at intermediate, and at this stage students begin to tailor their English language skills to participate more in classroom activities (Echevarria, 15). Even though it does prove difficult to EL’s, the learning theory that will be used is Cognitive Learning Theory. “Most cognitive theorists do not try to explain all learning through a single theory but instead share a generally agreed upon philosophical orientation. Generally, cognitive psychologists believe that people are active learners who initiate experiences, seek out information to solve problems, and reorganize what they already know to achieve new insights” (Echevarria, 41). Some of the errors that may occur in the classroom are, students falling behind because of the language barrier, students not