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N E W Y O R K

T O R O N T O

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Teeth
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B Y J A C QU E L I N E C L A R K E
Teeth

Fresh & Fun: Teeth © Scholastic Teaching Resources
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Produced by Joan Novelli
Front cover, interior, and poster design by Kathy Massaro
Cover and interior art by Shelley Dieterichs
Poster art by Liisa Chauncy Guida
ISBN 0-439-05183-5
Copyright © 2000 Scholastic Inc.
All rights reserved.
o Avery Elizabeth for her timing upon coming into the world
o Joan Novelli, a fine editor, from whom I continue to learn and grow
hanks to Kara Hopkins for lending me her students and classroom;
to Abby Marchese for her artistic talent; and to Dr. Michael Fallon,
Dr. Anne Marie Fallon, and Dr.Ellen I. Logan, (D.V.M., Ph.D.)
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Contents
About This Book ..............................................................4
Language Arts
Unwrap a Read Aloud .................................................. 5
BOOK BREAK: Building a Unit Library .................. 5
Look What the Tooth Fairy Left! ............................ 6
BOOK BREAK: What Do the Fairies Do
With All Those Teeth? ................................................ 6
BOOK BREAK: My Tooth Is About to Fall Out ...... 7
Tooth Tales ........................................................................ 7
Teeth of a Different Kind............................................ 7
Pocket Chart Poem ........................................................ 8
Noteworthy Necklaces .................................................. 8
Brush, Brush, Brush Your Teeth .............................. 9
Math
A Mouthful of Math .................................................. 12
Lost Teeth Pictographs................................................ 13
Computer Connection .............................................. 13
BOOK BREAK: Arthur’s Tooth .................................... 13
Elephant Teeth .............................................................. 14
BOOK BREAK: Dr. DeSoto Goes to Africa ............ 14
Pump or Tube? .............................................................. 14
Counting Coins ............................................................ 15
What Color Is Your Toothbrush? .......................... 15
Say Cheese! Interactive Display.............................. 16
From Primary to Permanent .................................... 16
Science
BOOK BREAK: Franklin and the Tooth Fairy ...... 20
Teaching With the Poster:
“How Many Teeth?” .............................................. 20
Computer Connection .............................................. 21
BOOK BREAK: The Tusk Fairy .................................. 21
What Big Teeth You Have! ...................................... 21
BOOK BREAK: Let’s Find Out About Toothpaste 22
Toothpaste Taste Test .................................................. 22
Don’t Forget to Brush! ................................................ 23
Computer Connection .............................................. 23
BOOK BREAK: Little Bear Brushes His Teeth........ 23
Nature’s Toothbrushes ................................................ 23
Icky Sticky........................................................................ 24
Eggs-periment ................................................................ 24
Social Studies
The First Toothbrush.................................................. 27
By George, He Isn’t Smiling! .................................. 27
BOOK BREAK: Grandpa’s Teeth.................................. 27
Meet Dr. Lucy................................................................ 27
BOOK BREAK: Throw Your Tooth
on the Roof .................................................................. 28
Art, Music, and Movement
Traveling Teeth .............................................................. 30
Computer Connection .............................................. 30
Splatter Painting............................................................ 30
BOOK BREAK: Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy ...... 31
I Lost a Tooth Today! .................................................. 31
Tooth Fairy Take-Home Bag .................................. 32
Time to Brush Your Teeth! ...................................... 32
“How Many Teeth?” poster................33
Fresh & Fun: Teeth © Scholastic Teaching Resources
hen I was in elementary school, I remember Mrs. Starr, a dental hygienist,
making annual visits to each classroom in our school. She taught us how to
care for our teeth and stressed the importance of good dental health. I can still
see the big teeth model and oversized toothbrush and can still feel the anticipation as I
fought for a spot in front of the bathroom mirror to see the red stains left on my teeth by
the disclosure tablets.
When I got my first teaching job, it was in the same school district I attended as a child.
But by that point, there was no Mrs. Starr. As in many other school districts today, regular
visits from a dental hygienist were eliminated in budget cuts. So when dental health month
rolled around each year, somewhere in between Groundhog Day, Valentine’s Day, and
Presidents Day, I paid tribute to Mrs. Starr by teaching my students about their teeth.
“Teeth” is an especially relevant topic in grades K–2 because these are the years
students begin to lose theirs. The activities in this book—many shared by teachers across
the country—will help you draw upon this exciting time in students’ lives and give them
a fuller understanding of the changes they are going through. You’ll also find activities
that extend the topic into other areas of your curriculum. Highlights include:
Introduce your unit on teeth and/or Dental Health
Month by making a giant toothbrush door-decoration.
To make the bristles, cut strips from white garbage
bags and attach them to the top of your door frame
with tape. Make the handle out of construction or
bulletin board paper, and tape that across your door
frame, covering the taped end of the bristles. Use the
handle to display dental health messages, facts, or
trivia. Change it daily or weekly to spark students’
interest in what they are learning.
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Reproducible games and activity pages
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An easy-to-make pattern for a literacy-
based collaborative banner
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Hands-on math and science activities
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Collaborative books to make
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Pocket-chart poetry
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A reproducible story to share
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software and web site suggestions
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Building a Unit Library
Build literature connections in your classroom with these books about teeth.
Look for other suggestions in Book Breaks throughout this book.
Airmail to the Moon by Tom Birdseye (Holiday House, 1988). Somebody
stole Ora Mae Cotton’s tooth. When she finds out who, she’s gonna open
up a can of gotcha and send them airmail to the moon!
Andrew’s Loose Tooth by Robert Munsch (Cartwheel Books, 1998). Andrew
can’t eat his breakfast because he has a loose tooth. Despite the efforts of
his mother, father, and dentist to pull his tooth, it’s the Tooth Fairy that
comes to his rescue.
Doctor DeSoto by William Steig (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1982). As a mouse
and a dentist, Doctor DeSoto treats animals big and small. He won’t,
however, treat those dangerous to mice. What happens when a fox comes
calling?
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Unwrap a Read Aloud
ake it a classroom ritual to read a story about teeth
whenever a child loses a tooth in school. To make the
occasion even more special, create a gift-wrapped box to hold
an assortment of books from which the student can choose.
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Wrap the bottom and top of a large, square gift box
separately. Use shiny white paper.
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Decorate the lid with tooth-shaped stickers or drawings (or
photographs of grinning students). Wrap a big ribbon
around the top (or add a bow) for a festive touch.
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Place a collection of books about teeth inside the box. (See
Book Break.) When a child loses a tooth at school, let him or her
open the box and “unwrap” a book for you to share with the
class. Add new titles occasionally to keep the selection fresh.
Joy Lott
Alice Carlson Applied Learning Center
Fort Worth, Texas
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Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth by Lucy Bate (Crown Publishers, 1975). When Little
Rabbit loses a tooth, she isn’t so sure she wants to give it to the tooth fairy.
One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey (Puffin Books, 1952). Sal has
a loose tooth, and when it drops out she’s going to put it under her
pillow and wish a wish on it.
The Missing Tooth by Joanna Cole (Random House, 1988). Best friends Arlo
and Robby jeopardize their friendship by betting on who will be next to
lose a tooth.
The Mystery of the Missing Tooth by William H. Hooks (Bantam Doubleday,
1997). When Kara loses a tooth, she really loses it. Will a letter to the
Tooth Fairy help?
Look What the Tooth Fairy Left!
Let students use their imagination to decide what the tooth fairy left in
exchange for their tooth. The only catch: It must begin with a certain letter of
the alphabet. Then use students’ responses to make a colorful alphabet banner.
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Gather students in a circle on the carpet. Begin the game by saying Last
night the tooth fairy came and left me an apple. Next, the student sitting to
your left repeats what you’ve said and adds something beginning with the
next letter of the alphabet—for example, Last night the tooth fairy came
and left me an apple and a book. The game continues until you’ve gone
through the entire alphabet. If you have more than 25 students, start the
alphabet over again until every student has had a turn. If you have fewer
than 25 students, ask for volunteers to take a second turn.
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While playing the game, record the objects students chose for each letter
of the alphabet. Write each one on a sheet of paper. Let children illustrate
the pages, then arrange them in a row in alphabetical order. Tape papers
side to side to make an alphabet banner. Display at children’s eye level.
What Do the Fairies Do
With All Those Teeth?
by Michel Luppens (Firefly Books, 1996)
Share this story with students, then let them create a collaborative version of
the book. Give each student a copy of the tooth pattern. (See page 10.) Ask
students to draw a picture of what they think fairies do with the teeth they
collect. Invite students to write a sentence to go with their picture (or take
dictation). Have students cut out the tooth shapes, add a cover, and staple
pages together to make a book. Give your class book a title and add it to the
class library of books about teeth.
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My Tooth Is About to Fall Out
By Grace Maccarone (Scholastic, 1995)
Introduce the activity “Tooth Tales” by reading this book about a little girl
who worries where she might be when her tooth falls out.
Teeth of a Different Kind
Challenge students to solve these riddles to discover the many places they
can find teeth.
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You can find me on jackets, jeans, backpacks, and sleeping bags.
I say “zip.” What am I? (zipper)
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People use me to cut wood and metal. My blade is very sharp.
What am I? (saw)
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You can use me in the fall to gather leaves into a pile. What am I? (rake)
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When your hair gets messy, I help to make it neat again.
What am I? (comb)
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Tooth Tales
tudents have amusing tales to tell about losing their teeth. Turn
these stories into a class book that becomes a yearlong project.
Photocopy the book at the end of the year for children to take home.
Set up for this activity by making copies of the tooth pattern (see
page 10) on sturdy paper. Staple the pages together and title the book
Tooth Tales. Let students sign their names to the cover as authors.
Write a copyright date (the school year) on the inside of the cover.
When a student loses a tooth, let him or her use a page in the
book to write or dictate a few sentences about what happened.
Students can draw pictures to go with their stories. Take time during
the year to let students read aloud their stories. Make the book
available for students to read during their free reading time.
Rosemary Lightbown
Ashton Elementary School
Cumberland, Rhode Island
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Pocket
Chart Poem
The rhythmic nature
and common subject
matter of the poem “I
Have a Loose Tooth”
make it a perfect shared
reading for young
children. Follow these
steps to set up pocket-
chart activities with the poem.
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Copy the poem on page 11 on sentence strips. Cut apart the strips word
by word.
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Write the words penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar on sentence
strips and cut each apart. Write the denominations 1¢, 5¢, 10¢, 25¢,
and $1.00 on sentence strips and cut each apart.
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Make picture cards for the following words: tooth (make seven), thread,
pillow, bed, fairy, nickel, dime, quarter, penny, dollar, and head.
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Set aside blank sentence strips and a marker.
Introduce the poem by asking students to share their experiences with loose
teeth. Place the poem in the pocket chart in rebus form (use the picture
cards in place of the corresponding words) and read it aloud. Reread the
poem, this time using word cards only.
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I Have a Loose Tooth
I have a loose tooth,
A wiggly, jiggly loose tooth,
I have a loose tooth a-hangin’ by a thread.
So I pulled my loose tooth,
My wiggly, jiggly loose tooth,
Put it ‘neath my pillow and then I went to bed.
The fairy took my loose tooth,
My wiggly, jiggly loose tooth,
And now I have a nickel and a hole inside my head.
—Author Unknown
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other items the tooth
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(other than money).
Let them help spell
the words on blank
sentence strips, then
take turns placing
those words in the
text in place of the
money words. Read
the poem aloud again.
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Have students match
words to pictures
and pictures to
words. Let them
practice matching the
pictures of coins
to money values
written in numbers
and then words (and
vice versa).
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Extend the text by
giving students their
own copy of the
poem. (See page 11.)
Let them try the
activities on the page.
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Noteworthy Necklaces
et students use a tooth template to cut out tooth shapes
from sturdy paper. Place the tooth shapes in a basket, along
with a hole punch and yarn cut for necklace size. As students
discover new information about teeth, they can write it on the
tooth shapes, decorate them, punch a hole at the top, and string
with yarn to make necklaces to wear. How many necklaces can
students collect during the unit?
Lori Vig
Varnum Elementary School
Lowell, Massachusetts
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Brush, Brush, Brush Your Teeth
hare this fingerplay with students to reinforce proper tooth care.
Brush, brush, brush your teeth,
Every time you eat.
Visit your dentist twice a year,
For a smile that can’t be beat!
Jacqueline M. Margraf
Wading River School
Wading River, New York
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How many times do you see the word tooth in this poem?
How many times do you see the word loose in this poem?
What letters are the same in tooth and loose?
What words in the poem rhyme with the word thread?
I Have a Loose Tooth
I have a loose tooth,
A wiggly, jiggly loose tooth,
I have a loose tooth a-hangin’ by a thread.
So I pulled my loose tooth,
My wiggly, jiggly loose tooth,
Put it ‘neath my pillow and then I went to bed.
The fairy took my loose tooth,
My wiggly, jiggly loose tooth,
And now I have a nickel and a hole inside my head.
—Author Unknown
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Let students use their
marshmallows to show
how many teeth they
have at different ages.
Let them guess first,
then share the facts
with them. Follow up
by having them show
how many teeth they
have now.
New Baby .......... 0 Teeth
Age 1 ................................ 12 Teeth
Age 2............................ 20Teeth
Age 6............................ 24 Teeth
Age 12.......................... 28 Teeth
Age 18.......................... 32 Teeth
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A Mouthful of Math
his math mat activity uses the concept of losing and gaining
teeth to give students a mouthful of math practice with
addition and subtraction.
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Gather these materials for each student: 10-20 mini-
marshmallows (the number is dependent upon the level of
your students); the reproducible math mat (see
page 17); crayons or markers.
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Give each child a set of materials.
Have children decorate the math
mats, adding details to the face.
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Read aloud a story problem (see
samples below). Have students
place the marshmallows on the
math mats to show their
answers.
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Fargo Public Schools
Fargo, North Dakota
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How many teeth does he have all together?
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Cara has eight teeth. She loses two. How many does she
have left?
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Leon has five teeth on top and three on the bottom. How
many more teeth does he have on top than on bottom?
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Tasha lost two teeth on Monday and three teeth on
Tuesday. How many teeth did she lose all together?
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Go to the Internet
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become part of
an online project
that enables you
to find out how
many teeth have
been lost by
children around
the world:
www.internet
schoolhouse.com
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Lost Teeth Pictographs
tudents will gain practice in
organizing and interpreting
data using pictographs as they
keep track of the number of teeth
the class has lost each month.
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patterns. (See page 10.) Label with
the months of the school year and
laminate. Display in chronological order.
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Take a snapshot of each student (don’t fill the frame with the
face) and trim to about 3 inches square.
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Each time a child loses a tooth, let him or her tape the photo to
the tooth for that month. (You may want to make photocopies
of students’ pictures for those who lose more than one tooth
during the school year.)
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Once you have at least two months of data on your
pictographs, gather students around and ask: During which
month did we lose the most teeth? The least teeth? Did we lose
more teeth in _____ or _____? How many more teeth? How
many teeth have we lost all together this year?
Continue to ask these questions each month as students add new
data.
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Ashton School
Cumberland, Rhode Island
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Arthur’s Tooth
by Marc Brown (Little Brown & Co., 1985)
Read this book for those children in your class who are patiently waiting to
lose their first tooth. They’ll relate to Arthur, who still has all of his baby
teeth. After the book, talk with children about how we all grow, but at
different paces.
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Elephant Teeth
Show students a picture of an elephant and point out its tusks. Ask: Do you
know what part of an elephant’s body its tusks are? Tell students that an elephant’s
tusks are really its two upper incisor teeth. Have students find their own incisors
and touch them with their fingers. Explain to students that at the age of two, an
elephant’s tusks begin to grow and continue growing throughout its lifetime.
To help students visualize the length of an elephant’s tusks, cut a piece of
string (or yarn) that is ten feet in length and stretch it out on the floor. Tell
students that some older elephants have tusks that are this long. They can
weigh 125 pounds each!
Ask students to name objects that are shorter than an elephant’s tusks.
Can they think of any objects that are longer? Gather students around a
bathroom scale and add books to it until it reads 125 pounds. Ask students
to name objects that are lighter than an elephant’s tusk. Can they think of
any objects that are heavier?
Doctor DeSoto Goes to Africa
by William Steig (HarperCollins, 1992)
Dr. DeSoto, a mouse dentist, and his wife travel to Africa to help an elephant
with tusk trouble. What would your students do in Dr. DeSoto’s place?
Pump or Tube?
Show examples of toothpaste that comes in a
tube and in a pump. Discuss their similarities
and differences. Ask students to think about
which one they use at home. Graph the
information using a Venn diagram, as shown.
To create the Venn diagram, draw two
overlapping circles on a piece of posterboard.
Label the circles “Pump” and “Tube”.
Give each student a colored sticky dot. Ask students to respond to the
question by placing their dots in the appropriate circle. If a student uses
both types of toothpaste at home, have him or her place the dot in the
intersection of the circles.
Guide students in reading the graphic organizer by asking questions:
How many students use toothpaste that comes in a tube? How many students use
toothpaste that comes in a pump? Do more students use toothpaste that comes in
a pump or tube? How many more students use toothpaste that comes in a pump
(or tube)? If I had a company that makes toothpaste, do you think I should sell it
in pumps or tubes? Why?
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Tooth Pattern
Toothbrush
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such as an eraser, pencil,
or a blank mini-book.
Counting Coins
Give each student a copy of the small tooth-pattern shown on this page.
Have children write their name on the tooth. Place the tooth cutouts in a
container. At the end of each day pull a name out and read it to the class.
The student whose name is pulled puts the tooth under a pillow in the
classroom and leaves it there overnight. Before students come in the next day,
replace the cutout with a coin or several coins.
The next morning, gather students around the pillow and let the chosen
student lift it up to find the surprise. Have that child tell the value of the
coin or coins. Provide support where needed so all students can be successful.
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What Color Is Your Toothbrush?
n preparation for this activity, send home one toothbrush
graphing marker (see right) and have students color the
toothbrush to match their own. Meanwhile, create a ten-column
graph labeled with the following colors: red, blue, green, yellow,
brown, black, white, purple, orange, and pink. You may include
blank columns for additional choices, such as clear or more than
one color.
When students return to school the next day, have them place
their graphing markers in the appropriate columns. Use the
following questions to interpret the graph.
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What would be a good name for this graph? (Write a title on
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How many students have a red toothbrush? (Repeat and
substitute other colors.)
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Which color toothbrush is the most common? Least?
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How many more students have a ______ toothbrush than a
______ toothbrush? (Repeat using other examples.)
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Who might find the information on this graph helpful?
(toothbrush manufacturer, store owner) Why?
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Lamar Elementary
Lamar, South Carolina
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Say Cheese! Interactive Display
Tell students that one of the reasons we
take good care of our teeth is so we will
have a nice smile. Create an interactive
bulletin board that will help your
students show off their toothy grins—
and match pictures by attributes. Begin
by taking a close-up photograph of each
child smiling. Mount each photograph
on a piece of card stock. Carefully cut
each photograph in half between the
mouth and the nose. Staple the top half
of each photograph to a bulletin board
labeled “Say Cheese.” Attach Velcro dots
to the space below each photograph where the smile will go and to the back
of each smile. Invite students to visit the center and match their classmates’
smiles to the rest of their faces.
From Primary to Permanent
Use this math game to reinforce the concept of losing baby (primary) teeth
and gaining adult (permanent) teeth.
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one numbered die for every two students
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60 dried white beans for every two students
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one paper plate or bowl for every two students
To play, pair up students. Give each pair two copies of both game boards,
one of each type of dice, and a paper plate or bowl containing 60 beans.
Instruct students to fill each spot on their primary teeth game board with
teeth (beans). Players take turns rolling the dice and taking away teeth from
the baby teeth game board or adding teeth to the permanent teeth game
board. The plus/minus die determines whether they will add or take away
teeth, and the numbered die determines how many they will add or take
away. If a player rolls a minus sign and has no primary teeth left to take
away, his or her turn is lost. The same is true in the case of the addition sign
and the permanent teeth game board. Have children play until one player
loses all primary teeth (20) and gains all permanent teeth (32).
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Franklin and the Tooth Fairy
by Paulette Bourgeois (Scholastic Inc., 1996)
Ask students if they think turtles have teeth. Create a two-column graph,
labeled “Yes” and “No” to represent their responses. Read the book to find
the answer! (Students will discover that bears have teeth but turtles don’t.)
Follow up with the poster activity (below) to learn more.
Teaching With the Poster:
How Many Teeth?
This mini pocket-chart poster (page 33
invites children to discover how many
teeth some of their favorite animals have.
They’ll count and match picture, word, and
numeral cards as they complete the sentence
frames for an easy-to-learn rhyme.
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card and place it in the first blank.
Continue reading, letting the volunteer
count the animal’s teeth (top and
bottom) and find the corresponding
numeral cards.
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Guide the student in placing the cards in
the correct blanks. Reread the rhyme with students. Repeat the
procedure, using the remaining animal and numeral cards.
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Repeat the activity, substituting children’s names and the number of
teeth they have on top and on the bottom.
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Extend the activity by working with the pocket-chart cards individually.
For example, identify each animal as a carnivore, herbivore, or
omnivore. Help students see that what animals eat is related to the size
and shape of their teeth.
Or, sequence the animals according to the number of teeth. Ask students to
examine the relationship between the size of the animal and how many teeth
it has. Determine which animals have more teeth than your students. Which
have fewer? Determine which animals have an odd number of teeth. Which
have an even number of teeth?
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The pocket-chart
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numeral cards. To add
number cards to match
the numeral cards,
write the following
words on index cards
trimmed to size: zero,
zero, thirty, thirty,
twenty, twenty-two,
twenty, eighteen.
Add to the activity by
making new picture,
word, and number cards.
(Check old nature
magazines for pictures.)
Animals you might
consider follow. The first
number indicates teeth
on top, the second is
teeth on the bottom.
Fruit Bat (12, 12)
Hedgehog (18, 18)
Rabbit (14, 12)
Guinea Pig (10, 10)
Kangaroo (18, 14)
Giraffe (12, 20)
African Elephant (14, 12)
Tiger (16, 14)
Thanks to Ellen I. Logan,
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Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc., Science
and Technology Center, Topeka,
Kansas, for providing
information on animal dentistry.
Source: Veterinary Dentistry by
Robert B. Wiggs and Heidi B.
Lobprise (Lippincott-Raven,
1997).
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The Tusk Fairy
by Nicola Smee (Troll Associates, 1995)
This story features a little girl named Lizzie and her knitted elephant. The
elephant is well-loved and well-worn and falls victim to an accident, leaving
him unraveled. The only part of him that remains are his tusks. Grandma
comes to the rescue by suggesting that Lizzie put the tusks under her pillow.
The next morning, Lizzie discovers that the Tusk Fairy (Grandma, who has
been knitting all night) has paid them a visit. After reading the book, let
students tell why they think the Tusk Fairy didn’t take the elephant’s teeth.
(This may be an appropriate time to discuss the ivory ban.)
What Big Teeth You Have!
Help students see that the ways animals use their teeth are different from the
ways people do. Review what people use their teeth for. (primarily for
breaking down food into smaller pieces) Explain that animals use their teeth as
tools, for defense and protection, and to capture their prey.
To help students understand these concepts, label three charts with
“Tools,” “Defense and Protection,” and “Capture Their Prey.” Write these
sentences on sentence strips:
A walrus uses its tusks to pull its large body out of water.
Dogs will bite if provoked.
Some cats use their teeth to carry their young from place to place.
Sharks use their hollow fangs to inject poison.
Some rodents use their teeth to crack open shells.
Some bats use their sharp teeth to pierce insect bodies.
Some rabbits use their teeth to gnaw roots.
An elephant uses its tusks to kill a lion that is attacking its young.
Beavers use their teeth to make homes for themselves.
Alligators use their pointed front teeth for catching fish, snakes,
turtles, small mammals, and birds.
Hang the charts on a bulletin board. Read one of the sentence strips and ask
students if it is an example of an animal using its teeth as a tool, for defense
and protection, or to capture its prey. Tack the sentence strips on the
appropriate chart. To extend the activity, challenge students to look for
further examples of the ways animals use their teeth as you read
informational books about animals. When they discover one, have them
write it on a sentence strip and add it to the appropriate chart.
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Month. For
information on
how to care for
a pet’s teeth,
check out Pet
Dental at
www.petdental.
com. To ask
questions of a
pet dentist, visit
Dr. Bellows at
www.dentalvet.
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Let’s Find Out About Toothpaste
by Kathy Barabas (Scholastic, 1997)
Use this book to introduce the next activity—“Toothpaste Taste Test.”
Students will learn what toothpaste is made from and how it is made. As the
book illustrates, part of the process involves taste-testing toothpaste in a lab.
Toothpaste Taste Test
Invite your students to become taste
testers of three different kinds of
toothpaste. Begin by labeling the tubes
A, B, and C. Give each student a paper
plate also marked with A, B, and C.
Squeeze a small amount of each
toothpaste next to the corresponding letter
on the plate. Provide students with cups of
water for drinking in between each taste test.
Once students have tried all three brands of
toothpaste, have them circle the letter on their paper plate that represents
the one they preferred. Create a graph to display the results of the test. (See
illustration.) Make multiple copies of the toothpaste tube pattern (left) for
students to use as graph markers. (Have them color the tubes and record
their name and the name of the toothpaste.) Gather students around the
graph and ask the following questions:
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How many students liked toothpaste B the best?
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How many students liked toothpaste C the best?
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Which toothpaste was the least popular?
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____? (Continue with other examples.)
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Who might find the information on this graph helpful? (toothpaste
manufacturer, store owner)
SAFETY TIP: Remind students to taste, not swallow, the toothpaste samples.
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student an apple after
lunch. Ask students to
describe how their
teeth feel before and
after eating the apple.
Plan to combine this
activity with Don’t
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(See above.)
Little Bear Brushes His Teeth
by Jutta Langreuter and Vera Sobat (Millbrook Press, 1997)
Little Bear likes to play soldier, but he doesn’t like to brush his teeth. Then
Mama tells him about the battle he needs to fight against the little bits of
food that stick to his teeth. Use this book to review what students must do
to rid their teeth of sticky foods.
Nature’s Toothbrushes
Show students an apple. Can they guess why it is called nature’s toothbrush?
Take a closer look at apples and other foods that are good for your teeth.
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Explain that an apple scrubs your teeth as you eat it. Ask: How do you
think an apple can scrub your teeth? (Its crunchy texture helps clean teeth.)
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example, carrots and celery.
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Ask students to think of times when it might be helpful for them to
have one of nature’s toothbrushes handy. For example, an apple at the
end of lunch helps clean other food from teeth. Crunchy fruits and
vegetables make tooth-healthy snacks, too.
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Don’t Forget to Brush!
alk with students about the importance of brushing their
teeth at least twice a day and flossing at bedtime. Help
children learn more about their dental health habits with the chart
on page 26. Give each child a copy of the chart. Have students
complete the charts at home and return them to school the
following week. Discuss results: What did students learn?
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Powell Valley School
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American Dental
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Colgate No
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www.colgate.
com/kids-world/
main.cgi
Pediatric Dental
Health:
pages.ivillage.
com/ps/kids
dental/index.htm
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Icky Sticky
Set up this experiment to let students discover
the effects of sticky food on their teeth.
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touching, some sticky, some not—for
example, honey, caramels, marshmallows,
raisins, jelly, carrots, apples, celery, water, grapes.
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Arrange the plates in groups so that sticky foods are together and non-
sticky foods are together. Label the groups 1 and 2. Give each child a
copy of the record sheet on page 25. Have students touch the foods and
record words that describe them. (Let them wash hands between foods.)
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to imagine eating the different foods. Ask: What would your teeth feel like
if you ate the foods in the sticky group? How would you clean them? Would it
be harder to remove sticky or non-sticky food from your teeth? Why? What
does this teach us about taking care of our teeth?
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Children may be
surprised to learn that
chewing gum can
actually be good for
their teeth. Chewing gum
promotes the flow of
saliva, which helps to
rinse food particles
from the mouth and
prevent caries. Of
course, gum with sugar
presents its own
problems. That’s why
some dentists
recommend that Xylitol-
containing gum is the
best sort of gum to
chew. Xylitol gum is
naturally sweet (some
artificial sweeteners can
influence behavior in
some children), and, like
other gum, will promote
the flow of saliva. In
general, however,
brushing is much more
important in promoting
dental health than any
gum-chewing.
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students that the egg represents a tooth. The vinegar
represents the acid that forms as a byproduct when bacteria
(plaque) feed on sugary foods. (It is the acid, not the sugar,
that causes tooth decay.) Leave the egg in the jar overnight.
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around for students to observe. Ask students to describe what
happened to the egg. (The vinegar will have eaten through
the egg s shell.) Guide students to understand that bacteria
can do the same thing to their teeth and that’s why it’s
important to brush and floss regularly.
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St. John Elementary
Plaquemine, Louisiana
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The First Toothbrush
Help students identify the first toothbrush by playing this game. They’ll be
surprised to find out that the earliest toothbrushes were small twigs!
Place a small twig in a bag and tell students that the first toothbrush is
hidden in this bag. Tell them it is something they have seen before, yet
would never think of as a toothbrush. Challenge them to guess the object by
asking yes or no questions about the object’s shape, color, size, and texture.
Allow students to ask twenty questions before revealing the object. Students
can guess the object at any time.
By George, He Isn’t Smiling!
Show students the picture of George Washington on the one-dollar bill. Ask
them to tell you why they think he isn’t smiling. Share with students the
following story:
George Washington wore false teeth. His first pair was made out of
hippopotamus ivory. On the day that his portrait was being painted for
the one-dollar bill, the false teeth he was wearing did not fit well and he
was in great pain.
Ask students to think about why some people wear false teeth (dentures).
Brainstorm things people can do to help keep teeth healthy.
Grandpa’s Teeth
by Rod Clement (HarperCollins, 1998)
In this humorous tale, Grandpa’s false teeth have mysteriously disappeared,
and he suspects everyone.
Meet Dr. Lucy
Incorporate some history into your study of dental health by introducing
students to Lucy Hobbs, the first female dentist. Use the reproducible on
page 29 to share several facts about Lucy. You might display a different fact
each day (you can use the toothbrush door-decoration for this; see page 4).
Let children respond by completing the activity sheet to share information
about themselves.
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used as toothbrushes,
the ends were
mashed to increase
their cleaning
surface.
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The toothbrush was
invented over 500
years ago.
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The bristles of a
toothbrush were
originally made from
cow or hog hair.
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Some tribes in
Australia and Africa
still use twigs to clean
their teeth.
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Monkeys and apes
clean their teeth by
picking them with
twigs.
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Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth
Traditions From Around the World
by Selby B. Beeler (Houghton Mifflin, 1998)
Teeth are the same all over the world, but the traditions associated with
losing a tooth are quite different. As you begin your study of teeth, hang a
world map on your wall or bulletin board. Each day read about a different
tooth tradition from the book, then mark the spot on the map where the
tradition originated. Share other information about the geographical area
and have students compare themselves to the students who live there.
Culminate the activity by having each student write about his or her family’s
tooth traditions. Put the stories together, create a cover entitled “Tooth
Traditions From Room _____,” and bind to make a book.
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Meet Dr. Lucy
Lucy Hobbs was born in 1833
in upstate New York.
Lucy’s childhood dream was
to become a doctor.
During the time that Lucy lived,
it was not easy for a woman
to become a doctor or a
dentist. Lucy worked with
other dentists who taught her
the skills she needed to know.
Lucy graduated from dental
school in 1866 and became
the first female dentist.
Lucy’s patients called her
Dr. Lucy.
I was born in ________________
in __________________________ .
I dream about becoming
____________________________ .
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is a person who
taught me how to
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Something I was first at was
____________________________ .
It made me feel ______________ !
I call my dentist
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Splatter Painting
With this activity students will enjoy dipping their toothbrushes into
something other than toothpaste. Prepare your center or work area by
covering it with newspaper, laying
down sheets of white paper, and
setting out a few colors of water-
based paint. Make sure students are
wearing art smocks and invite them
to visit the center a few at a time.
Show them how to dip
toothbrushes into different colors
of paint and flick the bristles with
their fingers to create paint splatters
on the paper.
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hen a student loses a tooth in school, provide him or her
with a special tooth carrier to assure safe travel from
classroom to pillow.
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Collect one film canister for each student. Using a paper
punch, make two holes directly across from one another on the
main part of the canister.
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Put a piece of yarn or string through each hole and tie the
ends together to form a necklace.
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Let children decorate the outside of the canisters—for example,
by covering them with adhesive paper and then affixing tiny
tooth stickers.
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When a student loses a tooth, he or she can pop the tooth
inside the canister, close the top, and slip it on like a necklace
for safekeeping.
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Fairmont Primary School
Fresno, California
Wendy L.Weiner
Parkview School
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Brenda Hodge
Jolman School
Muskegon, Michigan
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tooth-saver
necklaces from
Oriental Trading
Company. Order
online at
www.oriental.com.
The necklaces
come in packages
of 144 and at the
time this book was
printed cost under
$4. (To order by
phone, call 800-
228-2269.)
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Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy
by Marc Brown (Random House, 1988)
Arthur tries to trick the tooth fairy by putting a fake tooth under his pillow.
Share the story, then have students follow the recipe (right) to make
toothpaste putty that they can use to create their own fake teeth. Tooth Fairy
by Audrey Wood (Child’s Play, Ltd.) is another good choice for this activity,
as it features a character who tries a similar trick. For added fun, bring a
pillow into the classroom and let students put their fake teeth under it.
Before school the next day, place a note from the tooth fairy under the
pillow with the following rhyme:
I thought at first that they were real,
And almost left a prize.
But at closer look I knew the truth
For I am very wise!
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hen students lose a tooth, let them trade it
for another. Use the pattern here to create
tooth-shaped badges. (Enlarge it first.) Attach a
treat to the back of each tooth, such as an eraser or
a piece of Xylitol-sweetened chewing gum. (See Tip,
page 24.) When a child loses a tooth, he or she can
take a badge from the basket, decorate it, and
wear it proudly! (Tape the badge to the child’s shirt
or string it from yarn to make a necklace.)
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Parkview School
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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it becomes putty-like.
Let students use it
immediately to form
fake teeth. Let the
teeth dry overnight.
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Name __________________
I lost a tooth today!
Ask me to tell you
about it.
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Time to Brush Your Teeth!
Play Raffi’s “Brush Your Teeth” from Simply Singable Songs for the Very Young
(Shoreline Records, 1976) for students. When students hear the brushing
sound in the song (ch, ch, ch, ch, etc.), let them pretend to brush their teeth.
After listening to the song several times, gather students around a clock.
Use the hands to show the times mentioned in the song (12:45 a.m.; 1:45
a.m.; 2:45 a.m.; 3:45 a.m.; and 4:45 a.m.). Ask students if those are the
times of day when we brush our teeth. Ask them what we are usually doing
during those times. Tell students that they should brush their teeth at least
twice a day (morning and night). Let students use a clock to show what
times these might be.
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tudents will anxiously await the loss of their next tooth,
knowing they will be able to take home the Tooth Fairy Bag.
Start with a plain canvas bag (available at craft stores). Use
fabric crayons to label the bag “The Tooth Fairy Bag.” Let children
take turns adding tooth-themed decorations and tips for keeping
teeth healthy. Fill the bag with tooth-related treasures such as:
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Books (see Book Break, page 5 and throughout this book)
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Poems (including the one on page 11)
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Stationery and a pen to write a letter to the tooth fairy
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Sticks of Xylitol-sweetened gum (see Tip, page 24)
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Healthy snacks
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Instructions and materials for doing one of the activities in
this book with a family member
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A journal to record how the tooth was lost.
When a student loses a tooth, send the Tooth Fairy Bag home with
him or her overnight.
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Mary Tsukamoto Elementary School
Sacramento, California
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students will take the
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they lose a tooth, or
just the first time that
school year. If you
have students who
have not lost a tooth
as the end of the year
approaches, you will
want to make
arrangements to send
the bag home in
anticipation of a lost
tooth. (You may want
to remind children of
this periodically so that
they do not worry
about getting a
chance.)
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Open wide, _____________.
Let’s count your teeth!
_______ on top,
_______ underneath.
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