Bridgewater College Teacher Education Program Lesson Plan

Name:
Kathleen Leigh
Subject/Grade
Level:

Lesson Title:

Unit:

The Sense of Smell

Scientific
Investigation,
Reasoning, and
Logic.

Science/K

Date or Lesson
#:
#5

Virginia SOL/National Standard:

K.2 The student will investigate and understand that humans have senses that allow them to seek, find, take in,
and react or respond to information in order to learn about their surroundings. Key concepts include
a) the five senses and corresponding sensing organs;
b) sensory descriptors used to describe common objects and phenomena.

Essential Knowledge:

match each sensing organ (nose) with its associated sense.

match sensory descriptors with the senses (smell: strong, faint, bad, and good.)

Measurable Lesson Objective(s):

Students will be able to recall that their nose is the body part that they smell .
Students will be able to describe what an object smells like with one of the four vocabulary words:
strong, faint, bad, and good.
Materials/Technologies/Resources Needed:
Tiny cups
Cotton balls
Gingerbread essential oil
Garlic extract
Peppermint extract
Brown paint
Red paint
Green paint
Gingerbread man coloring sheet

5 Senses Vocabulary Poster/Organizer

Index cards with each of the vocabulary words written
Mr. Potato Head Bulletin Boad
Assessment (Formative and/or Summative):
Students will answer the question: What body part do we use to smell with? by choosing the
correct body part for Mr. Potato Head and by verbally answering the question.
Students will create and say a sentence with one of the vocabulary words when asked at least
twice during the lesson.
Anticipatory Set (Hook & Agenda):

Teacher will:

Students will:

Hello class, today were

continuing to learn about our 5
senses. Were going to learn
about the sense of smell today.
Have you ever been in the
kitchen while something is
cooking in the oven?

Hopefully: Yes!

Me too, in fact, one of my

favorite things about cooking,
isnt eating the food, its the
smell that fills the house!

Accommodatio
ns/Differentiati
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Anticipated
Time:

Accommodatio
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Anticipate
d Time:

2 minutes

cake! brownies Ham

enchiladas

What are some things that you

have smelled in the kitchen?
Today I have several things from
my kitchen that we are going to
smell, and then paint a picture.
Access /Review Prior Knowledge:

Teacher will:
*Go to bulletin board. Mr. Potato
Head should only have his eyes
and hands on.* Which body part
would Mr. Potato Head would use
to smell? Can you point to it?

Students will:

* Point to nose (students may

point to where the nose is
supposed to be, teacher will
redirect said students to the

4 minutes

Thats right, what do we call

that?
Can you move his nose onto the
correct place?

options at the bottom left of

bulletin board)
His nose

*Move to correct spot.

Thats right! We all use our nose

to smell. Everyone point to your
nose, take a big sniff, and then
say we smell with our nose.
Now, what are some things that
you can smell?

*sniff* we smell with our nose

Grass Dog skunk

Teaching Process & Modeling (Content is presented, accessed or built)
Guided Practice & Checking for Understanding
Independent Practice
There is no prescribed order to this section; you must tailor the order to the students and the content. This should be the
longest portion of your lesson plan.

Teacher will:

Students will:

Today we have four new

describing words that we are
going to learn.
Can you repeat them after me?

Good, Bad, Faint, Strong

Good, Bad, Faint, Strong

Can you help me sound out the
word Good? g-oo-d Good. Does
anyone already know what the
word good means?
Right, if something is good it
means that we like it, or that it is
what we want.

g-oo-d good
It means that youre being
really nice
That you like something

Cookies

Can you think of something that

might smell good?
Right!
Can you help me sound out the
word bad? B-a-d, Bad. Does
anyone already know what the

B-a-d Bad
When youre mean

Accommodatio
ns/Differentiati
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Anticipate
d Time:
9 min.

word bad means?

When something is yucky

Right, its the opposite of good.

If something smells bad that
means that we do not want it.

A skunk

Can you think of something that

smells bad?

Probably: Good

*Pass around plastic cup with

cotton ball and gingerbread
scent*
Does this smell good or bad?
I think it smells good, it reminds
me of cookies and pies.

Probably: Bad

*Pass around cup with garlic

extract*
Does this smell good or bad?
Right, it smells icky by itself.
Just like good and bad are
opposites, our next two
vocabulary words Strong and
Faint are opposites.

S-t-r-o-ng,Strong

Can you help me sound out the

word Strong? S-t-r-o-ng
Strong
If something smells strongly it
means that you can smell it
really well.
Hold an open bottle of
peppermint extract, and allow
each student to smell it. Do the
same for garlic extract
These are strong smells.
Can everyone say This is a
strong smell
Next, can you all help me sound
out the word Faint. F-ai-n-t. Faint.
Faint is the opposite of strong, so

Hopefully students will show

some sort of reaction.
This is a strong smell

F-ai-n-t. Faint

if something smells faint, that

means we cant smell it very
well.
I am going to add just a little bit
of the peppermint oil to a cotton
ball.

Faint

Strong.

Now smell it. This is a faint

smell.
You cant smell it as well as the
open bottle.

Example: Bad. A skunk smells

bad

Lets compare the two. First

smell the cotton ball does this
smell strong or faint?

Good. The nutmeg

smelled good

Now smell the open bottle. Does

this smell strong or faint?
Now we need to put our words up
on the chart.
*As each student puts word on
chart we will repeat the word,
and I will ask the student to think
of something that word
describes. *

OK, now were going to create a

painting, but Ive mixed the
peppermint smell with the red
and green paint, and the
gingerbread smell with the brown
paint so that they smell good.
Smell them.
When you paint your picture with
this paint, it will smell like
gingerbread and peppermint!
And, guess what were going to
paint?
*Begin to unveil coloring page in
flourish*
Right! And youre painting will

Students smell paint.

Hopefully: A gingerbread man!

*Students paint their picture.

8 min

smell just like one.

Remember to write your name at
the top.

Closure:

Teacher will:

Students will:

I want you all to say a

sentence that describes
something we smelled today.

The peppermint oil smells

good

Accommodatio
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Anticipate
d Time:
2 min

The Garlic oil smelled

strongly
The paint smelled faintly

Declarative Summary Statement: Today we learned that we smell with our nose. We learned that
we can use the words good, bad, strong, or faint to describe what something smells like.
Activity If Extra Time Remains or Technology Fails:
Teacher will:

Students will:

Play 5 senses song

Sing along with hand motions

Accommodatio
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Note: Attach or provide hyperlink to all handouts, external documents, resources, etc.

Anticipate
d Time:
3 minutes