Describing the

Setting

AGENDA Talk about how to use our 5 Senses to

describe the setting of a story or place.

Introduce the SETTING TREE MAP

Read aloud: Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon!

Tonights Homework Assignment

To be

TERRIFIC, youve got to be

SPECIFIC!

To be SPECIFIC, use your 5 senses to help you describe!

What does it LOOK like?

What does it SOUND like?

What does it FEEL like?

What does it SMELL like?

What does it TASTE like?

What if you were taking a

morning hike in the forest?

I spotted an

ancient, massive

redwood tree.

I caught sight of

a sleek red fox

digging a

burrow.

I heard the loud

cry of a red-

tailed hawk.

I listened peacefully

to a babbling brook.

I could feel a gentle

breeze blowing

across my cheek.

I poked at the

squishy moss along

the rocky trail.

I could smell

the crisp pine

mountain air.

I sniffed the sweet

aroma of a pink

foxglove flower.

I sipped cold, crisp,

refreshing water

from a mountain

stream.

I unwisely

devoured handful

of poisonous

berries!

Setting Tree Map TITLE

SEE HEAR FEEL SMELL TASTE 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3

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Together lets read a story and create a Setting

Tree Map!!

CLEAN YOUR ROOM, HARVEY

MOON! By Pat Cummings

ASSIGNMENT

Create a Setting Tree Map to describe YOUR CLASSROOM using your five senses. Make sure to list three things that you observe in your classroom using each of your senses: see, hear, touch, smell, and taste. Your title is: My Classroom