1. Thursday – Taste
This is the first day of a five day lesson plan about the five senses. This lesson is geared towards the
sense of sight. This is for a 2nd grade class of 12 girls and 13 boys. The class consists of 5 African
American, 1 Chinese, 3 Hispanic and 16 Caucasian. Of these 25 students there are 4 who suffer an
Attention Deficient Disorder. 20 of the students are on or above the 2nd grade reading level, while 5 are
below. The students are typically well behaved and interested in learning.
The students already have a clear understanding of how to use Web Quests, computers and typing
software, how to work in a group setting, researching on the internet, and copy write laws.
89% of the class is visual, hands on learners, while the remaining 11% are better with reading
instructions. They love working in a group setting and giving presentations. Some of them are poor test
takers but overall do well in the classroom setting. They do not prefer textbooks but would rather
participate in class discussions, visual learning tools, reading aloud, updated/live material, and
researching from the internet.
The class will have a 100% better understanding of sense of taste by the end of the day.
Assignments:
The whole class will participate in the Tasty Buds experiment.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chtaste.html
The class will be in groups to complete this webquest. http://zunal.com/introduction.php?w=138926
We will do this SmartBoard activity as a whole.
http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=36316e95-0b06-4b40-a702-3168854a3fc8
Students will be asked to draw, label and color a diagram of the mouth and label the taste buds.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Taste+sense&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=LkWmUvPuD5TLkA
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When the class participates in the Tasty Buds experiment, I will provide all of the listed materials. For
the Webquest, I will present it to the class then divide them into groups. We will participate in the
SmartBoard activity as a class and everyone will have the opportunity to answer a question. For the
labeling of the mouth, there will be a poster at the front of class for the students to use as a guide. . All
students are required to keep quiet and pay attention during all activities. Every student is required to
participate in all of the assignments and activities.

2. At the end of the day I will ask the students to write a paragraph in their daily journals telling what they
enjoyed most and disliked most about the day. This will give me a better understanding of how to make
the lesson more enjoyable for next time.