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3. Book will be read as a sing-along. We will have the book to go along as we sing the
traditional Bear Went over the Mountain song.
4. The book/song is about a bear that goes across a mountain and sees, hears, and smells
many different things along the way.
5. After singing the song and following along with the book, students can participate in a
class discussion identifying the different senses that they heard about or that the bear
identified. After, we will go on our own imaginary journey. Students will close their
eyes and I will read them a different story that I will have made up about a trip that they
go on, and for them to imagine all the different sounds, smells, and sights they encounter.
After this activity students will go back and briefly write about what they thought about
or encountered.
1. Aliki.(1989). My five senses. HarperCollins.
2. Appropriate for Preschool through first grade; Genre is nonfiction
3. This book would be good as a read-aloud as an introduction to the five senses.
4. This book describes each sense and what it does and which body part is used for it
5. With preschool, students can play an adapted version of Head shoulders knees and toes.
The words would be changed and they would touch the part of the body used throughout
the song. For example, it could go, I use my eyes so I can see, I can see! I use my ears
so I can hear, I can hear! Eyes, Nose, tongue, ears and hands! These are all of my senses!
Then it would be repeated again using nose, tongue, and hands.
1. Barrett, J. (1982). Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. Aladdin Picture Books.
2. Appropriate for first through third grade; Genre is fantasy
3. This book would be used as a read-aloud. This would be best used if there was extra class
time, or as a transition activity, as it is not necessarily an instructional book, but is fun
and goes along with theme.
4. This book is about a grandpa who tells his kids about a far off land call chew-andswallow. In this town, no one cooks or goes to the grocery store! All of their meals come
from the sky. The book describes how these people live, and how they make this new
source of food work.
5. This book would be used with the story pyramid. Students would outline major events,
and be able to describe cause and effects.
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