Making Sense of Our World

10/10/2020 4:21:00 PM
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FACT: Newborn babies see everything upside down until the brain learns to process everything right side up.

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Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

  • According to the audio, what can we NOT do to learn about things?
  • Which sense helps us to feel cold?
According to the audio, what can we NOT do to learn about things?
  • taste them
  • smell them
  • destroy them
Which sense helps us to feel cold?
  • sight
  • taste
  • touch

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

Making Sense of Our World

By Juliana Sartor

How do we learn about the world around us? We can look at things, listen to things, and things. We can also smell and sometimes taste things to learn about them. We use our five senses to things !

We see with our eyes. This  is called sight. We see colors and shapes.

We listen with our ears. This sense is called hearing. We hear sounds and noises.

We feel with all parts of our skin. This sense is called touch. We feel heat, cold, and , or something pushing on us.

We smell with our nose. This sense is called smell. Some  smell good to us and others do not.

We taste with our tongue and mouth. This sense is called taste. It helps us know what is good to eat.

Using your five senses, what can you learn about the world around you? 

Read and answer the following questions.

Making Sense of Our World

By Juliana Sartor

What your nose knows. Image: newsinhealth.nih.gov

How do we learn about the world around us? We can look at things, listen to things, and touch things. We can also smell and sometimes taste things to learn about them. We use our five senses to figure things out!

We see with our eyes. This sense is called sight. We see colors and shapes.

We listen with our ears. This sense is called hearing. We hear sounds and noises.

We feel with all parts of our skin. This sense is called touch. We feel heat, cold, and pressure, or something pushing on us.

We smell with our nose. This sense is called smell. Some scents smell good to us and others do not.

We taste with our tongue and mouth. This sense is called taste. It helps us know what is good to eat.

Using your five senses, what can you learn about the world around you?

Based on the passage, what is NOT called a sense?

  • taste
  • smell
  • touch
  • scare
Based on the passage, how can we recognize a beautiful painting?
  • by our ears
  • by our skin
  • by our tongue
  • by our eyes

Our five senses may NOT help us to _____.

  • distinguish different flavor of food
  • recognize melodies of some familiar songs
  • describe beautiful places in the world
  • sing confidently in front of the crowd

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

  1. We can look at things, listen to things, and things.
  2. We use our five senses to things !
  3. This is called sight.
  4. We feel heat, cold, and , or something pushing on us.
  5. Some smell good to us and others do not.

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for the words in the text. 

  1. My cold is so bad I've lost my of smell.
  2. He the girl on the arm to get her attention.
  3. The air was filled with the of wild flowers.
  4. He put too much on the door handle and it snapped.
  5. It takes most people some time to new software.