We have been eating worms and rocks- that’s right… GUMMY worms and POP rocks to explore our 5 senses!
We have been having the time of our lives exploring our 5 senses. For the last 5 years running I have started my year with the 5 Senses because it is so interesting and concrete.
Interesting + Concrete = High Engagement & Success!
![5 Senses reading pack that will make them BEG to read. This pack has true differentiation. Emergent readers are provided for the end of Kinder and start of first grade levels. Easy reading passages are provided for higher readers or to use mid to end of first grade. I am telling you, this pack has everything. Reading, writing, activities, and tests!](https://lh6.ggpht.com/-WVStemlfAco/UiqMrbhaTkI/AAAAAAAAGZo/xZLLRQyvvyc/Exploring%252520your%2525205%252520senses%252520with%252520gummy%252520worms%252520and%252520other%252520cool%252520ideas_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800)
We have been doing the best activities, reading, and writing every day for the past 3 weeks. We ate worms…gummy worms of course!
We read little books that were heavy on sight words and sentence structure patterns.
![5 Senses reading pack that will make them BEG to read. This pack has true differentiation. Emergent readers are provided for the end of Kinder and start of first grade levels. Easy reading passages are provided for higher readers or to use mid to end of first grade. I am telling you, this pack has everything. Reading, writing, activities, and tests!](https://lh4.ggpht.com/-RrX3ELsaEJE/UiqMsu6fjXI/AAAAAAAAGZ4/vGj4W2h4g-E/IMG_4565_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
We made Anchor Charts and wrote in our journals:
And we wrote some more…
The journals above are the ones I used at the start of the year in tandem with the easy readers. If I were teaching this unit later in the year, then I would have used the fluency reading pages and the Option 2 journal pages as seen below:
We sniffed and giggle and sneezed…
![This 5 Senses reading pack that will have them BEGGING for more. This pack has true differentiation. Emergent readers are provided for the end of Kinder and start of first grade levels. Easy reading passages are provided for higher readers or to use mid to end of first grade. I am telling you, this pack has everything. Reading, writing, activities, and tests!](https://lh3.ggpht.com/-YCg7yA0F78w/UiqNCLhY7xI/AAAAAAAAGdY/bjxbc3G-d10/IMG_4517_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
My higher students got to do fluency in guided reading.
![This 5 Senses reading pack that will have them BEGGING for more. This pack has true differentiation. Emergent readers are provided for the end of Kinder and start of first grade levels. Easy reading passages are provided for higher readers or to use mid to end of first grade. I am telling you, this pack has everything. Reading, writing, activities, and tests!](https://lh3.ggpht.com/-bXQpcUzBB0Q/UiqND4JBYKI/AAAAAAAAGdo/pNdTc5RI1yM/Slide11_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800)
Scream so your mom can be there when the rock hits you.
Duck so the rock hits someone else.
My brain says move, but my feet are too slow. The rock hits me in the eye.
Speaking of rocks, we also ate rocks. Pop Rocks.
I thought I was so cool thinking of the Pop Rocks idea about 8 years ago when I taught second grade and then I knew I was cool when Abby blogged about it last year. This told me two things: Abby and I share a brain (love it) and that teachers are the most creative bunch of people out there!
For each of the 5 senses you will find:
an Anchor Chart
a Little Book (Sight Word Reading)
an Activity
Word Work
Fluency Passage
Brainstorming or Smart Charts
Writing pages in 3 formats
and Assessment Options
It’s a big pack folks! Over 100 pages of sensory fun!
Tomorrow we are going to be taking one of these tests. I think I might let the kids decide which test they want to take!
![This 5 Senses reading pack that will have them BEGGING for more. This pack has true differentiation. Emergent readers are provided for the end of Kinder and start of first grade levels. Easy reading passages are provided for higher readers or to use mid to end of first grade. I am telling you, this pack has everything. Reading, writing, activities, and tests!](https://lh3.ggpht.com/-I2b257WambY/UiqNH3RJ8wI/AAAAAAAAGeY/vF46SXhc0i4/Slide23_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800)
![High interest informational reading for kinder, first and second graders. This unit has true differentiation! Emergent readers and passages are both provided. Journal pages are designed for the lows and highs.](https://lh3.ggpht.com/-E_2lDJ6qQnA/UiqNJb4jgaI/AAAAAAAAGeo/FHbjU6rQCtk/High%252520interest%252520informational%252520reading%252520for%252520first%252520and%252520second%252520graders_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
Now this unit is easy on the eyes and my students grew into readers this first month of school. Even kids who could not read 10 sight words at the start of school were rocking this text upon their first reading attempt!!! I could have cried when my little foster child, who was a non-reader, read this book with joy and confidence! I.could.have.cried. (Maybe I did a little).
![This 5 Senses reading pack that will have them BEGGING for more. This pack has true differentiation. Emergent readers are provided for the end of Kinder and start of first grade levels. Easy reading passages are provided for higher readers or to use mid to end of first grade. I am telling you, this pack has everything. Reading, writing, activities, and tests!](https://lh6.ggpht.com/-FtvbTsajf74/UiqNMt4FBeI/AAAAAAAAGfE/DZqULMXafUY/IMG_4567_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
When you download the preview on TpT you will get this page for free. Enjoy my sweet friends!
When you download the preview on TpT you will get this page for free. Simply print the last page. Enjoy my sweet friends!