Writing
Curated OER

Scent-Inspired Composition

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Our sense of smell has a wonderful way of bringing back memories. Unlock those memories with an olfactory-inspired writing prompt that challenges writers to tell a story about a specific smell and the memories it conjures.
Assessment
California Education Partners

My Five Senses by Aliki

For Students 1st Standards
An assessment designed to examine scholars' reading comprehension skills takes place over three days. Starting with a read-aloud of My Five Senses by Aliki, learners then take notes and discuss their most memorable moments with...
Activity
Nemours KidsHealth

Human Body Series - The Five Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Get your class up and moving with these engaging hands-on-activities that target their five senses. Children explore four different work stations that require them to look, smell, hear, touch, and taste as they record their responses...
Worksheet
T. Smith Publishing

Your Five Senses

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Using the five senses is a creative way to write descriptively. Learners read 25 words, both nouns and verbs, and place them into the category labeled with the correct sense.
Worksheet
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Kinds of Sentences

For Students 5th - 8th
Boost understanding of the four types of sentences with several exercises. To start off, read through the provided information about the types of sentences together. This will prepare your class to practice their new knowledge. Then,...
Lesson Plan
Brigham Young University

Out of the Dust: Cubing Strategy

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Imagine using a six-sided cube to encourage readers to analyze a topic in greater depth. Create a cube, label each of the six sides with one of Bloom's comprehension levels, and you're ready to launch a discussion of a text....
Worksheet
K12 Reader

Identifying Adjectives

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Support your bright young grammarians with identifying adjectives using these simple, yet effective skills practice worksheets. Presenting with a series of 18 sentences children are asked to first circle the...
Handout
Nosapo

Writing about a Meal

For Students 4th - 12th Standards
You don't need to be a food critic to describe your meal accurately! A series of activities introduce learners to vivid adjectives when writing about the taste, smell, and feel of food. After working with word choice, parts of a...
Worksheet
K12 Reader

Adjective Synonyms

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Practice identifying adjectives and using synonyms with one exercise! Learners find the adjective in each sentence and replace it with a synonym from the word bank when they rewrite the sentence.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Descriptive Writing: Color Description Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, students generate words that describe each of the 5 colors listed. Students write adjectives to tell what the color looks, feels, tastes, smells and sounds like.
Interactive
Curated OER

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Abstract Nouns and Concrete Nouns

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Practice identifying concrete and abstract nouns with a learning exercise that offers three different ways to show what enthusiastic grammarians know. First, pupils read a passage and identify the nouns; second, they think up three more...
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K12 Reader

It’s Elemental

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
This comprehension activity provides readers with an article about basic matter and then asks them to use this information to respond to a series of comprehension questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Cloze Passage: Our Sense of Sight

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this cloze worksheet, students read a passage and fill in blanks with words from a word list. The passage is about the sense of sight.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Writing a Memorable Poem

For Students 7th - 12th
Nascent poets carefully examine a color photograph and then respond to a series of questions. Using these responses, they craft a poem prompted by the image. A link to powerful photos is included so the exercise can be repeated.
Worksheet
Curated OER

It Makes Sense

For Students 4th - 6th
In this writing a poem worksheet, students choose a human emotion and write a poem following the directions to name its color, describe what it tastes like, what it smells like, what it looks like, what it sounds like, and what it feels...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating an Interesting Setting

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this setting worksheet, students fill out a chart for seeing, feeling, smelling, tasting, and hearing in a setting. Students complete 20 boxes total in the chart.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Setting Senses!

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this senses worksheet, students write what the setting of a story is, and then draw a picture of the setting. Students then imagine what it would be like to visit the setting, and list things they might see, hear, smell, feel and taste.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Action or Linking? - Test Your Knowledge of Linking Verbs

For Students 6th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students learn about using linking verbs in sentence writing. They then use what they read to answer the 12 problems on the worksheet. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Five Senses Word Search: 10 Words

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this five senses word puzzle worksheet, learners examine the 10 words in the word bank and locate them in the word search puzzle.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Standards Focus: Recognizing Vivid Details, Of Mice and Men

For Students 8th - 12th
In this recognizing details worksheet, learners read 3 excerpts from chapter 3 of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, underlining each word that evokes some sensory stimulation (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste). Students also respond to...
Worksheet
K12 Reader

Choose the Adjective

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Is this activity challenging or chewy? Allow your pupils to choose the correct adjective for 18 sentences in order to find out.
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Indigo Daya

Coping Skills

For Students 5th - 12th Standards
Adolescents experience strong amounts of stress during the formative teenage years. An excellent printable and worksheet can help learners discuss and develop coping skills for dealing with difficult times. 
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Rainforest Alliance

Growing a Rainforest in Our Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Give your classroom decor a boost with a rainforest themed mural highlighting what class members learned through their five senses—taste, touch, see, smell, and hear. Scholars create a rainforest filled with trees and animals using their...