We
LOVE Those Healthy SMILES
Dental
Health Study
We
brush and floss to keep our smiles shiny and
bright, but . . .
Oh
NO! It's Mr. Tooth Decay
trying
to take our bright smiles away.
Super
Tooth and her toothbrush save the
day!
Take
care of your teeth and your smiles will
stay.
Students
holding projects made during our study of teeth.
Students wrote stories about teeth in tooth shaped
books. We made tooth pillows out of felt. A pocket
on the back can hold a lost tooth or a special
surprise!
Tooth
Fairy Gallery
Dental
Health Literacy Stations
Children
are assigned to go in pairs to one Literacy station
each day.
Rotation
through all of the stations takes two
weeks.
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Reading
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Math
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Browsing
Box - familiar books
Add
tooth books
No
Tooth, No Quarter
A
Quarter From the Tooth
Fairy
Loose
Tooth
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Tooth
Story Problems
Students
create a picture using mini tooth
stickers. Write an addition or subtraction
story problem to match picture created. Be
sure to add a number
sentence.
Collect
illustrated stories for class
book
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Phonics
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Health
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Read
and Sort ee ~ ea /e/
Students
read word cards on which an ee or ea word
is written. Sort words onto mini pocket
chart. Copy words using thin markers
sorted onto a piece of manilla paper which
has been folded in half. Circle the
digraph ee or ea in each word
written.
Teacher
quick check for
accuracy.
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Toothbrush
Book
Materials: Blank
book shaped like a toothbrush - pages of
the book are the "bristles"
Write
a rule for dental health on each page of
the book. Illustrate
Turn
in for health grade
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Writing
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Computers
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Tooth
Shaped Blank Books
Children
create tooth related stories in blank
tooth shaped books which are stapled at
the top.
Add
TOOTH WORD BANK to writing
station
Possible
prompts:
How
I lost my first tooth . . .
The
Tooth Fairy
A
trip to the dentist
How
I take care of my teeth . .
.
Share
with class
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Keyboarding
Practice
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Science
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Creative
Arts
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Happy
Tooth/Sad Tooth
Fold
a 12 x 18 manilla paper in half. Trace a
tooth shape at the top of both sides. Add
features to each tooth to create a 'happy
tooth" and a "sad tooth." Read an sort
statements into appropriate
categories.
Ex:
I brush my teeth.
I
eat lots of candy.
Turn
in for Science/Health
assessment.
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Toothy
Grins
Add
mirrors to Creative Arts Station. Draw a
picture of yourself with your teeth
showing. Do you have permanent teeth, baby
teeth or "windows" in your mouth? Draw a
picture of yourself when you were a baby.
Draw a picture of you as a grownup. Make
sure each picture features you with a big
grin! Label your pictures.
Share
with class - add to portfolio
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Listening
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Literacy
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Little
Rabbit's Loose Tooth
Children
listen to story on tape.
Respond:
I know I am growing up . .
.
Share
with class
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Contraction
Memory
Children
cut copied contraction word cards apart
and gluestick onto construction paper
rectangles to create a memory game. Play
game with partner, matching contraction
with two words used to create it
Store
in ziploc bag - take home for
practice
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