Dental Health Mini Unit

Title: Toothbrush Checklist

Subject: Health, Science

Grade: First

QCC Objectives:

Topic: Dental Care

Standard: Recognizes practices for proper dental hygiene.

Topic: Science Inquiry, Process Skills and Problem Solving

Standard: Asks questions, makes and keeps simple records of observations, sorts and classifies objects, communicates with others, makes predictions, uses estimation and measurement, and makes sketches and diagrams to explain ideas.

Specific Lesson Objectives:

The students will:

• learn the important reasons for brushing their teeth.

Materials:

• Construction paper (1 colored and 1 white for each student)
• Tooth brushing checklist
• Scissors

Procedures: Before class, trace an outline of a large toothbrush. Have students cut out the toothbrush. Students will paste a tooth-brushing checklist on the bristle part of the toothbrush. The student will then tear “bristles” from the white piece of construction paper. The students will then glue the “bristles” on to the toothbrush. Students will take these home and check off each time they brush their teeth for the month of February.