Samantha Facciolo Week - 3/26/19-3/28/19

Period 3 Theme: Jungle Week

Book Title: The Five Sense

Author: Keith Faulkner
Illustrated by: Jonathan Lambert

Story Summary
This book is about the five senses. It talks about how an aardvark can
hear every sound, even the sound of ants moving. Then it explains the
sense ‘taste’ by describing the love a bear has for honey. For touch, it
explains how a baby monkey feels snug and warm in his mamas arms. For
smell it talks about how an elephant has an extremely long nose which
helps it smell. For sight, the book says a bush baby can see yummy bugs,
even in the middle of the night.

Story Facts
 ● This book has a page for each sense
● If you pull the tag on the side of the page, a picture will pop out
● The monkey cuddles with his mom to show touch
● The elephant's nose is long which is great for sense of smell
● The aardvark can hear every animal, even ants

Author Facts
● Keith Faulkner was born in 1948 (71 years old)
● He has written many children books
● Examples of books he has written: The Monster in my
Bedroom, Time to Play, Spelling Machine, & more.
● He has written 195 books
● Most popular book: The Wide-Mouthed Frog

Story Introduction
I will sit the kids down for circle time and read the title, the author, and
the illustrator. I will let them see the cover of the book and ask them “Do
you guys know when our five sense are?”

Story Stretching Questions

● What are the five senses? (no page number)
● What is good about an elephant having a long nose? (Page 3)
● Which animal cuddled up with their mom for warmth? (page 5)
● Which animal liked the taste of honey? (page 2)
● What animal had the best hearing and could even hear ants?
(page 4)
● Which sense do you think is the most important? (no page
number)

Story Review
● I will review the book with the kids by asking them follow up
questions. This book is perfect because it goes well for jungle
week, but it is also teaching the kids about our five senses. To
know if they are listening or not, I will point to stuff during the
book or pull things out of the book and see their expressions.
After I finish reading, I will ask them follow up questions to
make sure they had fun and also learned new things.