Guided Reading Level K - Using Your 5 Senses (with Lesson Plan)

Book Snapshot
• Title: Using Your 5 Senses
• Genre: Nonfiction (informational)
• Subject: Science (Human Body) / Reading
• Primary Topic: Using senses to gather clues and understand
• Estimated Guided Reading Level (A–Z): K

What This Book Teaches Best
• How to observe like a detective by starting with a question and looking for an answer.
• How sight can gather evidence by noticing details like footprints and tiny clues.
• How hearing can provide information (like movement nearby) even when you can’t see.
• How smell, touch, and taste each give different kinds of information about the world.
• How thinking and logic connect clues “like pieces of a puzzle” to understand what happened.

Learning Goals
• Students will explain how asking questions helps begin solving a mystery.
• Students will identify what sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste can tell a person, using details from the text.
• Students will describe how a magnifying glass helps the eyes see “tiny details.”
• Students will explain how hearing can give information about something moving nearby.
• Students will describe how logic helps connect clues to make a clear picture of what happened.

Key Vocabulary From the Text
• detective — a person who looks for clues to solve.
• evidence — facts or clues that show what happened.
• magnifying — making something look bigger to see details.
• rhythmic — having a steady, repeating beat or pattern.
• observation — watching carefully and noticing details.

Discussion Prompts
• Pre-reading question: How can your senses help you find clues about the world?
• Comprehension questions: What does the book say sight helps you learn from a single footprint? How can hearing tell a detective something is moving nearby? According to the book, why are the five senses “keys to understanding the world”?

Printing Tips

1. Best Printing Method (Recommended)
   “Booklet” Printing (Best if Available)
   If your printer or PDF viewer supports Booklet Printing, use this.
   Settings to use:
   • Print mode: Booklet
   • Paper size: Letter or A4 (either works)
   • Orientation: Landscape
   • Print on both sides: Yes
   • Flip on: Short edge
   • Scaling: Fit to printable area
   • Booklet subset:
   o First test: Front sides only
   o Then: Back sides only
   This will automatically:
   • Pair pages correctly
   • Put the cover on the outside
   • Align everything for folding
   After printing, fold in half and staple along the spine.

2. If “Booklet” Printing Is NOT Available
   You can still print this correctly with manual duplex printing.
   Step-by-step:

3. Open the PDF.

4. Choose Print.

5. Set:
   o Orientation: Landscape
   o Pages per sheet: 1
   o Print on both sides: Yes
   o Flip on: Short edge

6. Print all pages.
   Because each PDF page already contains two facing book pages, the result will still fold cleanly into a book.