Learn about the "My Pyramid" food guide! This mini-unit features a reading comprehension, Venn diagram, and several short answer and essay writing prompts, designed to promote understanding and creative thinking.
Learn the differences between arteries, veins, and capillaries, as well as other functions of the circulatory system, with this fact-filled reading comprehension.
"One of Junie B. Jones's top front teeth is loose! Only Junie B. is not that thrilled about this development. Because what if she looks like toothless Uncle Lou? And what's all this tooth fairy business?"
This unit enhances the Barbara Park book with vocabulary and comprehension skills development.
Three reading comprehensions (Your Respiratory System, Diseases of the Respiratory System, Take Care of your Respiratory System) clearly and simply explain how the respiratory system works and how to keep it working.
Two reading comprehensions (Your Immune System, Keeping Your Immune System Healthy) clearly and simply explain how the immune system works and how to keep it working.
Start the year with this bulletin board and chart the number of lost teeth among your students all year. Pages for recording lost teeth every month, certificates for lost teeth, class survey of results, and monthly graph included.
[member-created with abctools] Here are a list of key words having to do with dental health. Trace and cut out for a great shapebook, or hang them up, use them for vocabulary, put in your writing center to help with spelling. Have fun!
This unit is a great enhancement to a nutrition lesson, and also works well as a "stand alone". Based on the 2005 food pyramid guide, and featuring imaginative writing prompts, real-life nutrition analysis, graphing, and more.
February is Children's Dental Health month, but any time of year is appropriate for this unit, which includes a reading comprehension, and several science experiments perfectly designed to get children interested in the health of these "visible bones".
From "dentist" to "tooth decay". These vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice.
What is the difference between enamel and dentine? How can you tell a molar from an incisor? What are they for? Learn these answers and more with this reading comprehension.
How big is a heart? How does it work? What are the parts called? Learn the answers to these questions and more with this fact-filled reading comprehension.
Book comprehension and vocabulary enhancement for this installment of Marc Brown's popular "Arthur" series. Arthur is the only one in his class who hasn't lost a tooth yet. Will one ever come out?
Three reading comprehension selections (Your Immune System, Immune System Disease, Keeping Your Immune System Healthy) clearly and simply explain how the immune system works and how to keep it working. Each selection is followed by 5 multiple choice questions and 4 questions that require brief written responses. (11 pages)
Three reading comprehensions (Your Skeleton, Diseases of the Skeleton, Take Care of Your Skeleton) clearly and simply explain how the skeletal system works and how to keep it working.
Three reading comprehensions (Your Digestive System, Diseases of the Digestive System, Take Care of Your Digestive System) clearly and simply explain how the Digestive system works and how to keep it working.
Three reading comprehensions (Your Respiratory System, Diseases of the Respiratory System, Take Care of your Respiratory System) clearly and simply explain how the respiratory system works and how to keep it working.
"Clifford is anxious for his loose tooth to fall out because he is hoping for a treat from the Tooth Fairy."
Enhances vocabulary and comprehension of this book from Norman Bridwell's popular "Clifford" series.
A medium difficulty set of vocabulary activities using ten words associated with the human nervous system: spelling list, practice, test form, crossword puzzle, word search.
An advanced set of vocabulary activities using twelve words associated with the human nervous system: spelling list, practice, test form, crossword puzzle, word search.
An illustrated two page explanation of the endocrine system with a set of completion, true/false, and short answer questions. Part of an abcteach series on systems of the human body and how our body works.
Four reading comprehensions (Your Mouth and Your Teeth, What Happens with Teeth, Tools for Your Teeth, and The Dentist) on the topic of dental hygiene.