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Name: Charlotte Froehlich and Natalie Lutz Lesson Title: Teeth Talk
Date: Grade Level: PRSK
Standard(s)/Guideline(s): Pa9 Identify and describe the function of body parts. Pa12 Independently complete personal care tasks.
Pre-assessment of current knowledge: Students have had experiences in their own lives with their teeth. This is the hook lesson to gauge other information
they have on the subject of teeth.
One/Two Assessed Instructional Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as data Academic Language:
Objective(s): The student will be to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) and Dentist, teeth, cavities, tooth paste, pronounce, mouth
able to... skill?)
- Describe various We will use a K-W-L chart to see what the students knew Procedural steps:
characteristics of teeth before the book read, what they took away from it, and - Begin by having student sit in a circle and smile. Ask
- Identify the purposes of what information they want to explore. We will use a check them what they notice about each others smile.
teeth, specifically sheet to aggregate our data. Then discuss the one thing everyone has in
pronunciation and eating. common: teeth
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or compile - We will ask what the students know about teeth and
your evidence into a class or group view? Give specific allow that to foster discussion. We will ask questions
Safety Considerations: numeric data.) such as:
We will use a pie chart to assess how to group the students o Does anyone know how many teeth they
None when dividing up for future activities. have?
o What happens if you dont brush your teeth?
Differentiation: o Who is the person who makes sure your
teeth are healthy
Student Grouping: o Etc.
Whole Group- Circle time - We will document the answers on the Know
portion of the K-W-L. Then we will collect questions
students have and document them on the Wonder
portion of the K-W-L chart.
- We will introduce the book Going to the Dentist by
Anne Civardi. After the book read we will focus on
the fact that teeth are used for pronunciation and
eating.
- After reading the book we will see if there were any
answers to the things they wondered. After that we
will document on the K-W-L topics they still want to
learn.
Adult Roles:
- Facilitate the activity
- Read the book Going to the Dentist
- Foster discussion
- Document on the K-W-L chart
Civardi, A., Cartwright, S., & Bates, M. (2009). Going to the dentist. London: Usborne Publishing.
Reflection: (What have you learned about your students? How will this inform future instruction?)