How to brush your teeth writing activities can work perfectly into your dental health lessons! I usually try to fit a few dental health lessons into my February plans and when I can combine it with narrative writing, it's a winning combination!
Do you find that your students need some guidance with brushing their teeth? I teach in a low income school district and some of my students don't even have tooth brushes. I always like to teach this lesson in February, to go along with dental health month, but it could be a great back to school lesson too!
To start the lesson, I like to read a book about caring for your teeth to give my students some background for the lesson. I like this little book called Ready, Set, Brush!. It's a pop up book with little pieces that move like a toothbrush and a little wheel to show how much toothpaste to put on the brush. Kids love pop up books!
We also watch some videos on YouTube that teach kids all about proper brushing and why it's so important for healthy teeth.
Did you know that you can order free toothbrush and toothpaste samples from Colgate Bright Smiles? Be sure to put your order in early because it takes some time to receive it in the mail, but it's totally free! The kits change each year and sometimes they have a video or book that comes with it too!
After we have a good background on the importance of brushing our teeth, we work together to write the steps for how to brush your teeth on a large chart. The students help write the words with interactive writing.
Next I have the students write the steps for brushing their teeth. I have several differentiated templates and I sometimes let the students choose which one they want to use or I will assign templates to students according to their ability. I give them a small Tooth Word Bank to help them in their writing.
Finally we finish up with a cute Timmy The Tooth craft holding a toothbrush and toothpaste. I usually hang these out in the hall on the bulletin board for February dental health month!
I also gave each child a this free tooth brushing chart to help them remember to brush each night.
And of course, no lesson about teeth would be complete without mentioning the Tooth Fairy, right? Read about our magical visit from the tooth fairy here…she delivers toothbrushes and toothpaste to all the kids!
If you'd like to try this lesson in your classroom, you can take a better look at everything included here.
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