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Thinking sheet · Stories and words
Five Senses Poem
Pick a place or a season and write one line for each sense. Then draw it.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Stories and words
- Kids practice
- sensory language, poetry, descriptive writing
What kids do
“Pick a place or a season. What do you see, hear, smell, taste and feel?”
- My topic (a beach, winter, the cafeteria…):
- One line for each sense
- Draw your poem
How to run it
- Bring in something to smell or taste for a warm-up, if allowed.
- Push past “I see a tree” to “I see a tree waving its arms.”
- Read the poems aloud with the drawings held up.
Talk about it
- Which sense was hardest to write about?
- Which line makes you feel like you’re there?
- How does a drawing show a smell or a sound?
Take it further
Write a second poem about the same place at a different time of day.
Pairs well with
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