Tooth Truth

Truth: Students LOVE studying teeth, LOVE losing teeth, LOVE wiggling their  teeth, LOVE wiggling their friends teeth,  LOVE talking about their teeth, LOVE talking  about their friends teeth...
Truth: I do not love teeth, do not love when they lose their teeth, do not love when they wiggle their teeth, do not love when they wiggle their friends teeth, do not love talking about their teeth and especially do not love talking about their friends teeth.
However, as the adult in the situation, and as a teacher of 1st graders (who are  continually losing those things),  I do love to see their excitement.  So...I stifle my impulse to run screaming...and pull out the teeth... lessons, crafts and activities that is... no teeth pulling here for me!
Q: What did the judge say to the dentist? A: Do you swear to pull the tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth?
We are finishing up our dental health unit this week.  This should have been completed the 2nd week of February. However...having been hit by the coldest winter EVER, we are really behind! Late starts, early outs, cancelled school... Don't get me wrong! I was very excited each and every time I got the text... I'm like a kid that way... but it has put us way behind!
We will be playing this game and reading the poem tomorrow to end our unit of study!
If you'd like to check it out, click here.

       

The Tooth Fairy will also visit

and leave a little note and gift

for each student.

Click here to get the 

freebie Tooth Fairy note.

I always leave a toothbrush

with this note. Sometimes

I leave small tubes of toothpaste

and dental floss as well.

Fiction and nonfiction book

with yucky teeth souvenir.

Tooth Fairy and writing from  First Grade Fever by Christie. We also do several activities from Sarah Cooley's packet including the egg/tooth decay experiment. The students are amazed at what  happens during this experiment! I forgot a picture, but believe me, it is cool and nasty all rolled into one!
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We kicked off our dental health study!

Super cute craftivity by Christie

at First Grade Fever!

I altered it a bit to save on time/

construction paper.

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Students write about what they

think the Tooth Fairy does with

all the teeth after she collects them.

I read The Tooth Witch to the

students after this writing assignment

is finished.  It's a cute story about

how the Tooth Fairy came to be and

what she does with all the teeth!

The students LOVE the 
Tooth Edition poster!
I have it in the hallway 
and other students stop all
the time to check it out!
I found this idea on Pinterest!

Fiction and Nonfiction Pair

Story Souvenir

Fake teeth

Good thing we are learning about

keeping our teeth healthy!

Hope it's not too late!

Congratulations Kelly!!

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everyone who entered!

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Random Picture

Only me.....

I was opening the umbrella to my 

table and chair in the hallway. 

The students sit there for listen to reading (Daily 5).

It was jammed and hard to open.

Anyway...I rammed the umbrella top right into my eye!

I mean...WHO points an umbrella or ANYTHING

right at their EYE to open it?!?!

The good news is the cornea wasn't gouged!

The white of my eye had scratches.

The bad news is I had to wear my glasses.

They are so OLD!

The kids kept telling me I don't look

like Mrs. Short!

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