Objectives
Identify the three basic kinds of teeth and tell about their
shapes
Demonstrate the correct way to brush and floss teeth
Create a graph to keep track of lost teeth
Make a classroom book so that other children will know all about their
teeth
My front teeth are for biting.
My bottom teeth are for munching.
My pointed teeth are for tearing.
My back teeth are for crunching!
My incisors are for biting.
My bottom teeth are for munching.
My canines are for tearing.
My molars are for crunching!
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Books We'll Be Reading
All about Your Skin, Hair, and Teeth by Donna Baile
Andrew's Loose Tooth by Robert N. Munsch
Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy by Marc Brown
Arthur's Loose Tooth by Lillian Hoban
Arthur's Tooth by Marc Brown
The Bear's Toothache by David M. McPhail
Dear Tooth Fairy : The True Story of How the Tooth Fairy
Came to Be by Kathy Mellentin
Franklin and the Tooth Fairy by Paulette Bourgeois
Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth by Lucy Bat
Doctor De Soto by William Steig
The Tooth Fairy by Sharon Peters
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~What does the tooth fairy do with all those teeth?
Have children write or draw the answer on tooth shaped paper.
~On a small tooth shape papers have each child write some things they
can do to keep
their teeth healthy. Punch a hole in the teeth and make a healthy teeth
necklace.
~Keep a week long journal of how many times you brush your teeth.
~Tooth Decay Materials: eggshell, Sprite (or another clear soda), clear
cup
Drop the eggshell into the soda. Make a chart of predictions of what
will happen to the egg.
The next day take the eggshell out and ask the students why they think
it is so soft.
~Make a graph of your classes favorite tooth paste
~Make a class chart of teeth healthy and unhealthy treats
Make a large set of teeth out of large marshmallows as a class
project.
Assign some students to flatten marshmallows for incisors, flatten and
clip corners of
the marshmallows for the canines and indent the molars by pressing
a paper wad in the middle. Attach them in the correct order; three
molars on the side on the ends, one canine on each side and four
incisors across the front. Let dry and use the model to point out how
food can get
stuck in ridges and spaces. Practice flossing with some yarn.
The Tooth Fairy Came Last Night
Yesterday I lost a tooth
When I ate a lime.
The tooth fairy came last night
And she left me a _______________.
Yesterday I lost a tooth
When I ate a pickle.
The tooth fairy came last night
And she left me a _______________.
Yesterday I lost a tooth
Just like cousin Jenny.
The tooth fairy came last night
And she left me a _______________.
Yesterday I lost a tooth
It fell on the fence.
The tooth fairy came last night
And she left me a _______________.
Yesterday I lost a tooth
It fell on my collar.
The tooth fairy came last night
And she left me a _______________.
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Vocabulary Words
Canine: a tooth used with the incisor to bite into food;
also called an eyetooth.
- Cementum: lies over the dentin
in a tooth's root.
- Crown: the part of a tooth
which is exposed.
- Deciduous: another name for
baby teeth.
- Dentin: a yellow substance that
surrounds the pulp and is harder than bone.
- Enamel: a very hard covering on
a tooth; it lies over the dentin.
- Incisor: a sharp-edged cutting
tooth.
- Molar: a tooth used to crush
food; it develops as the jaw grows bigger.
- Permanent: final set of adult
teeth that replace baby teeth.
- Premolar: a tooth used to crush
and grind food; it has a flat surface.
- Pulp: the innermost layer of a
tooth.
- Root: the part of a tooth that
extends into the bone and is not exposed.
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