Teeth (Kindergarten)

Why are our teeth so important?

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NM Standards:
Common Core State Standards for English
Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics
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(other than ELA and Math)
The ISTE NETS and Performance Indicators
for Teachers and Students

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Materials NM Standards (Inc. NMCCSS &
ISTE/NETS)

Math

How many teeth We will

does a person
create a
have?
teeth
diagram
using arts
and crafts.
Each child
will predict
how many
teeth a
person has

I will use a
power point to
explain to the
students how
to create their
diagram and
to explain to
them how to
count

This activity
will help the
child with
number sense
and counting

After the
student has
created their
diagram I will
be able to see
till what
number they
know how to
count

Count to answer "how many?" questions about

as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a
rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10
things in a scattered configuration; given a
number from 1-20, count out that many objects.

The
students
will have
paper and
colored
utensil to
create their
letter.

I will upload
their pictures/
letters to the
computer by
scanning them
and after their
scanned onto
the computer

This activity
will help the
children with
their ability to
describe
something in
writing or in a
picture. They

Once the
student has
presented their
letter to the
class I will
determine if
they were able
to explain

Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and

writing to narrate a single event or several
loosely linked events, tell about the events in the
order in which they occurred, and provide a
reaction to what happened.

How do you lose

your teeth?
Writing Write a letter to
the tooth fairy
using pictures
and/or letters
explaining to her

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or
Subject
Area

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Centers
(Activities)

Technology
Integration
(References,
Software
and/or
Resources)

Assessment
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Products or
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NM Standards:
Common Core State Standards for English
Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics
NM Content Standards with Benchmarks
(other than ELA and Math)
The ISTE NETS and Performance Indicators
for Teachers and Students

(Link to respective website is posted in the Course

Materials NM Standards (Inc. NMCCSS &
ISTE/NETS)

how you
lose/lost your
teeth

they students
will have a
chance of
presenting
their letter to
the class

will be able to
explain certain
details of the
event

what happens
in their story
and if the area
able to explain
the series of
events in their
story

The student will

use a model of a
tooth drawn on a
piece of yellow
paper to color it
in using tooth
brush and tooth
paste

The
students
are
supposed
to color in
the yellow
tooth with
tooth paste

I will be using Once the

a camera and students
taking pictures finished their
while the
art projects
student does they will show
their art work understanding
to make a
of shapes and
collage
colors
outside of the
classroom
with their art
and the
pictures

Their finished
product of the
art lesson will
determine
their
understanding
of the art
lesson.

Reading We will read the

book called
brush brush
brush by Alicia
Padron it will
help explain to

This books
contains a
poem that
we will
read as
class to be

For this
reading
activity we
will use an I
-pod to listen
to the poem

If the students With prompting and support, retell familiar

can remember stories, including key details.
what was
being read to
them, that will
determine if

Art

Once the
students are
done listening
to the story I
will ask the
students to

K-5 Benchmark 1A: Participate in the process of

making and looking at works of art to understand the
elements of art, such as:
Color, form, line, shape, size, space, texture and
value.

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or
Subject
Area

Thematic
Questions

Centers
(Activities)

Technology
Integration
(References,
Software
and/or
Resources)

Assessment
and/or Rubric
Scale

Student
Products or
Portfolio

NM Standards:
Common Core State Standards for English
Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics
NM Content Standards with Benchmarks
(other than ELA and Math)
The ISTE NETS and Performance Indicators
for Teachers and Students

(Link to respective website is posted in the Course

Materials NM Standards (Inc. NMCCSS &
ISTE/NETS)

the children why able to

and story
teeth brushing is understand
so important
how to
brush our
teeth
Science What are the
steps in brushing
our teeth? To do
this activity we
will learn do
step by step in
brushing our
teeth.

For this
For this
activity we activity we
will brush will be using a
our teeth. camera to take
Each
pictures of the
student will students. With
have their these pictures
own timer, we will create
tooth paste a poster board
and tooth that has step
brush
by step
instruction on
brushing your
teeth

recall one of they

the steps of
understood the
brushing your reading
teeth that was
mentioned in
the book.
With this
activity the
student will be
able to predict
what steps
come next .

Each child
will be able to
understand the
sequencing of
certain
procedures

K-4 Benchmark I: Use scientific methods to

observe, collect, record, analyze, predict, interpret,
and determine reasonableness of
Data.
Record observations and data with pictures,
numbers, and/or symbols.