1. Wednesday – Touch
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 touch by the end of the day
Assignments:
The class will do the touch point discrimination experiment.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chtouch.html
The students will get into groups of four and discover what is in a box while they are blindfolded.
http://kidshealth.org/teen/babysitting_center/fun_kids/babysit_senses.html
The class will be broken up into groups to complete this webquest.
http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=54072
Everyone will participate as a class on this SmartBoard activity.
http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=6bc239ab-bba6-4fe6-a832-14df7be23431
The SmartBoard activity will be done as a whole class and everyone will have the opportunity to take a
turn answering a question. I will present the webquest and break the class into their groups. This will
also be the same group to do the blindfold experiment. I will provide all materials for this experiment.
Also, as a class we will take turns with the touch point discrimination experiment where I will provide all
of the pointers. 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.
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.