On Friday, as the class ate lunch, I asked Brandon
“What are you holding in your hand?” Brandon looked down at his hand and replied,
“Pizza, Ms. Jamison.” I asked him what color was his pizza and he answered,
“Brown.” I asked him to use his eyes and name some things on his pizza. He began to go down the list!
“This red thing (the tomato sauce), the green thing (green pepper), and more red things (pointing to the red pepper).” I said to Brandon, as the class was now observing,
“What does it taste like?”
Brandon, with a smile and his eyes stretched wide, looking into my eyes replied,
“It tastes good good!” I then asked him,
“The pizza in your hands, is it big or small?” His response,
“Big pizza.” I replied,
“Good job Brandon. You’re very smart.” I proceeded to ask him,
“Can you tell me what the pizza smells like?” Brandon paused for a moment and with a smile responded,
“Ms. Jamison, it smells like pizza!” Our students are so brilliant. Of course the pizza smells exactly how it is supposed to smell, like pizza! I complimented Brandon and told him he was brilliant. His response,
“I know. I love you Ms. Jamison.”
In addition to this being part of the class’s discussion on the five senses, I will add this to Brandon’s journal. Brandon’s parents are very involved with the activities of the classroom. Their involvement at home really reflects through Brandon’s personality in the classroom. Brandon is very confident and is not afraid to speak out during class discussion.
Monday, June 18, 2012 - Five Senses
Today the Bonsai II class worked on all five senses, but concentrated on touch and smell for our nature walk. Before we began our exploration, we discussed the senses and which body organs we use experience the senses. During our nature walk, we discovered different types of flowers and the class explored our sense of smell by smelling the flowers and describing their scent. Some students thought the some flower smelled horrible and turned their noses up while other flowers smelled very sweet. Some students even smelled cookies! The students were asked to close their eyes and describe the objects they smelled. The choices were flowers, rocks, and grass. Some students smelled flowers, a few smelled candy.
During our lunch and snack times, we tested out our sense of smell. We used our sense of sight to name the different foods. Throughout the day, we could hear the train passing by. We all love to hear the train and the students, because we are focusing on listening, stopped and listened attentively whenever they hear it passing. We asked them what part of the body do they hear sounds with and London shouted "my ears" while covering them.
For more exploration of touch, we tested the difference between cold and warm water. The students were asked to hold their hands under running water and asked to describe the temperature. We also collected pine cones and flowers during our nature walk. For our next experiment, we will compare how the petals of our flowers compare to the edges of our pine cones. We had lots of fun and the students did not want to stop exploring different objects. Our experiment managed to incorporate itself in our other activities throughout the day. The students love exploration!
Friday, June 22, 2012: Smell, Taste, & Sight.
On Friday, as the class ate lunch, I asked Brandon“What are you holding in your hand?” Brandon looked down at his hand and replied,
“Pizza, Ms. Jamison.” I asked him what color was his pizza and he answered,
“Brown.” I asked him to use his eyes and name some things on his pizza. He began to go down the list!
“This red thing (the tomato sauce), the green thing (green pepper), and more red things (pointing to the red pepper).” I said to Brandon, as the class was now observing,
“What does it taste like?”
Brandon, with a smile and his eyes stretched wide, looking into my eyes replied,
“It tastes good good!” I then asked him,
“The pizza in your hands, is it big or small?” His response,
“Big pizza.” I replied,
“Good job Brandon. You’re very smart.” I proceeded to ask him,
“Can you tell me what the pizza smells like?” Brandon paused for a moment and with a smile responded,
“Ms. Jamison, it smells like pizza!” Our students are so brilliant. Of course the pizza smells exactly how it is supposed to smell, like pizza! I complimented Brandon and told him he was brilliant. His response,
“I know. I love you Ms. Jamison.”
In addition to this being part of the class’s discussion on the five senses, I will add this to Brandon’s journal. Brandon’s parents are very involved with the activities of the classroom. Their involvement at home really reflects through Brandon’s personality in the classroom. Brandon is very confident and is not afraid to speak out during class discussion.
Monday, June 18, 2012 - Five Senses
Today the Bonsai II class worked on all five senses, but concentrated on touch and smell for our nature walk. Before we began our exploration, we discussed the senses and which body organs we use experience the senses. During our nature walk, we discovered different types of flowers and the class explored our sense of smell by smelling the flowers and describing their scent. Some students thought the some flower smelled horrible and turned their noses up while other flowers smelled very sweet. Some students even smelled cookies! The students were asked to close their eyes and describe the objects they smelled. The choices were flowers, rocks, and grass. Some students smelled flowers, a few smelled candy.During our lunch and snack times, we tested out our sense of smell. We used our sense of sight to name the different foods. Throughout the day, we could hear the train passing by. We all love to hear the train and the students, because we are focusing on listening, stopped and listened attentively whenever they hear it passing. We asked them what part of the body do they hear sounds with and London shouted "my ears" while covering them.
For more exploration of touch, we tested the difference between cold and warm water. The students were asked to hold their hands under running water and asked to describe the temperature. We also collected pine cones and flowers during our nature walk. For our next experiment, we will compare how the petals of our flowers compare to the edges of our pine cones. We had lots of fun and the students did not want to stop exploring different objects. Our experiment managed to incorporate itself in our other activities throughout the day. The students love exploration!