1. Keeping Your Teeth Healthy and Strong
Teresa Gunter
2nd Grade

3. "Introduction" Keep your teeth strong and healthy!
Regular brushing is important, but you must take care to brush properly to keep your teeth and gums healthy.

4. Goal: Students will learn the correct names of their teeth, and the proper way to care for their teeth.
Objectives:
Students will:
Use a diagram of a mouth to identify the correct names of teeth with 80% accuracy.
View and match pictures with the correct terms showing children taking good care of their teeth with 100% accuracy.

5. Lesson Overview
Introduction: You use your teeth when you eat. Your teeth are not all the same. You use different teeth for different things. That’s way it is so important to keep them healthy and clean.
Directions: Read each question carefully and click on the correct answer. Once you have finished click on the button to go on.
Time: You have 30 minutes to complete this lesson.
Goals: Learn that people have two sets of teeth.
Recognize the proper way to brush your teeth.

6. What do teeth do? Which of the following statements are true?
Click on the tooth to answer the question.
You use your front teeth to bite into food.
You use your back teeth to chew with.
You should brush your teeth once a day.
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7. Your Right!!!!
Your front teeth are sharp. They help you bite into food.
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8. That’s Right!!!
Your back teeth are wide. They can help you chew food so you can swallow it easily.
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9. Not True!!
You should brush your teeth every morning. Brush them before you go to bed. Try very hard to brush your teeth after you eat.
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10. Does this look familiar?
Most kids start losing their baby teeth at ages 5 or six. Think about the first tooth you lost.
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11. Why do you lose teeth?
Your first teeth are your baby teeth. They grow in when you are small. They are also called primary teeth. Soon your baby teeth will begin to fall out. Don’t worry other teeth will grow in.
Primary Teeth
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12. The new teeth that grow in are called permanent teeth
The new teeth that grow in are called permanent teeth. Take good care of them. You should try to keep them for the rest of your life.
Permanent Teeth
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13. The order for brushing your teeth!
Step one
Clean the outsides of the upper teeth.
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14. The order for brushing your teeth!
Step two
Clean the outsides of the lower teeth.
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15. The order for brushing your teeth!
Step three
Clean the insides of the upper teeth.
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16. The order for brushing your teeth!
Step four
Clean the insides of the lower teeth.
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17. The order for brushing your teeth!
Step five
Clean the tops of the upper teeth.
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18. The order for brushing your teeth!
Step six
Clean the tops of the lower teeth.
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19. Check-up My front teeth___________ into food. first chew bite
Click on the correct word for each sentence.
My front teeth___________ into food.
first chew bite
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20. Check-up My ______________ teeth are primary teeth. first chew bite
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21. Additional Resources

22. Sorry that’s not correct!!! Use the hint below.
Your first teeth are your baby teeth. They grow in when you are small. They are also called primary teeth. Soon your baby teeth will begin to fall out. Don’t worry other teeth will grow in.
Primary Teeth
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23. You’re Right!!
Your first teeth are your baby teeth. They grow in when you are small. They are also called primary teeth. Soon your baby teeth will begin to fall out. Don’t worry other teeth will grow in.
Primary Teeth
Go Back

24. Sorry that’s incorrect!! Use the hint below.
Your back teeth are wide. They can help you chew food so you can swallow it easily.
Go Back

25. Sorry that’s incorrect!! Use the hint below.
Your back teeth are wide. They can help you chew food so you can swallow it easily.
Go Back

26. Your Right!!!!
Your front teeth are sharp. They help you bite into food.
Go Back

27. Sorry that’s incorrect! Use the hint below.
Your front teeth are sharp. They help you bite into food.
Go Back

28. Summative Assessment Look at the diagram and fill in the blanks with the correct words. Use the clues at the bottom for help.
2. ________ Teeth
1.________Teeth
Your first teeth are your baby teeth. They grow in when you are small.
You should try to keep them for the rest of your life.
Use your worksheets to write your answers.
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29. Summative Assessment 2. Clean the tops of the upper teeth. Step_______
Read the sentences, look at the pictures and write the correct answer.
For extra help move your mouse over the pictures.
Clean the outsides of the upper teeth Step________
Clean the tops of the upper teeth Step_______
3. Clean the tops of the lower teeth Step_________
Use your worksheets to write your answers.
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30. Follow-up Activities Additional Resources
Web link resources
COLGATE KIDS’ WORLD – NO CAVITIES CLUBHOUSE
Simply Teeth
SPARKLE CITY
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