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| Book: Henry and Mudge Get the Cold Shivers (primary) |
"When Mudge the dog gets sick and goes to the vet, both he and Henry share some scary moments."
Enhances vocabulary and comprehension for this installment in Cynthia Rylant's delightful "Henry and Mudge" series. |
| Diagram: Human Heart |
labeled and unlabeled |
| Word Search: Heart and Circulation |
Unscramble the words, from "artery" to "ventricle", and then find them in the word search. |
| Assignment Forms: Teeth (all ages) |
Fun tooth-themed late homework notices, assignment notices, and grading sheet. |
| Banner: Just Say No to Drugs (color) |
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| Biography: Gertrude Belle Elion |
Biography of scientist Gertrude Belle Elion, a chemist who developed a number of lifesaving drugs. |
| Bone Diagrams: Back (labeled) |
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| Bone Diagrams: Foot (labeled) |
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| Bone Diagrams: Hand (labeled) |
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| Bone Diagrams: Hand (unlabeled) |
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| Bone Diagrams: Human Skeleton (labeled) |
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| Bone Diagrams: Human Thorax (unlabeled) |
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| Bone Diagrams: Human Thorax Diagram (labeled) |
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| Bone Diagrams: Knee and Leg (labeled) |
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| Bone Diagrams: Pelvis (labeled) |
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| Bone Diagrams: Shoulder and Arm (labeled) |
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| Bone Diagrams: Skull (unlabeled) |
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| Bone Diagrams: Skull, Front View (labeled) |
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| Bone Diagrams: Skull, Side View (labeled) |
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| Book Report Form: Teeth |
Two report forms guide students through the writing of book reports for fiction and non-fiction books about teeth. |
| Book: Al Capone Does My Shirts (upper elementary) |
Comprehension questions review Gennifer Choldenko's Newbery Honor novel about a boy growing up on Alcatraz Island. |
| Book: Arthur's Chicken Pox (elementary) |
Book comprehension and vocabulary enhancement for this installment of Marc Brown's popular "Arthur" series. Arthur is in school, dreaming of an upcoming trip to the circus, when he starts to feel sick. |
| Book: Arthur's Tooth (primary) |
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? |
| Book: Clifford's Loose Tooth (primary/elem) |
"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. |
| Book: Clifford, the Big Red Dog: Tummy Trouble (primary/elem) |
Enhances vocabulary and comprehension of Josephine Page's adaptation of Norman Bridwell's popular "Clifford, the Big Red Dog". |
| Book: Germs Make Me Sick! (elementary) |
Enhances vocabulary and comprehension for Melvin Berger's book about germs and health. |
| Book: Grandpa's Teeth (primary/elem) |
Enhances vocabulary and comprehension for Rod Clement's humorous book about teeth. |
| Book: Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox (primary) |
Enhances comprehension and vocabulary skills for the book by Grace Maccarone. |
| Book: Junie B. , Toothless Wonder (primary) |
"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. |
| Book: O. Henry's "The Two Thanksgiving Day Gents" |
Students read a classic short story of generosity and gluttony, then research and discuss health issues from the story and their own lives. A cornucopia of science, literature, and writing ideas, ideal for middle school or advanced upper elementary. |
| Book: One Morning in Maine (primary) |
Enhances comprehension of Robert McCloskey's tale of a girl with a loose tooth. |
| Book: The Circulatory System (elementary) |
Vocabulary and comprehension exercises enhance the book by Helen Frost. |
| Book: The Missing Tooth (primary) |
Enhances comprehension and vocabulary skills for Mary Packard's story about losing a tooth. |
| Book: The Muscular System (elementary) |
Vocabulary and comprehension exercises enhance the book by Helen Frost. |
| Book: The Nervous System (elementary) |
Vocabulary and comprehension exercises enhance the Helen Frost book. |
| Book: The Respiratory System (elementary) |
Vocabulary and comprehension exercises enhance the Helen Frost book. |
| Book: The Skeleton Inside You (primary/elem) |
Vocabulary and comprehension exercises enhance the Philip Balenstrino book. |
| Book: Your Teeth (primary/elem) |
Enhances comprehension and vocabulary for the Helen Frost book about dental health. Caution: This book may be difficult to find. |
| Booklet: Healthy Choices (primary) |
Short, easy to read sentences about health, and then space for students to write about their own healthy choices. |
| Bulletin Board: Tooth Charts and Activities |
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. |
| Certificate: Lost a Tooth (preschool,primary) |
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| Chart : Toothbrushing (primary) |
February is Children's Dental Health Month. Use these charts to help students track their toothbrushing habits. |
| Chart: Community Walk (primary/elem) |
Use four of the five senses to explore the community, tracking what can be seen, heard, smelled, and felt throughout a neighborhood on this handy chart. |
| Clip Art: Bread (coloring page) |
coloring page |
| Clip Art: Food Pyramid (coloring page) |
coloring page |
 Clip Art: Food Pyramid B&W |
food pyramid illustration |
 Clip Art: Food Pyramid Color |
food pyramid illustration |
| Clip Art: Food Pyramid Old Version (coloring page) |
coloring page |
 Clip Art: Food Pyramid Old Version B&W |
food pyramid illustration |
 Clip Art: Food Pyramid Old Version Color |
food pyramid illustration |
 Clip Art: Fruit: Realistic Grapes Color 1 |
food illustration |
| Clip Art: Vegetables: Broccoli (coloring page) |
coloring page |
| Clip Art: Vegetables: Carrot (coloring page) |
coloring page show a single carrot |
| Cloze Activity: Tooth Fairy (elementary) |
"Once upon a __, there lived a tooth fairy named Francie." |
| Game Board: Food Groups (b/w) |
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| Game Board: Food Groups (color) |
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| Comprehension: Blood and Circulation (upper elementary/ middle) |
Learn the differences between arteries, veins, and capillaries, as well as other functions of the circulatory system, with this fact-filled reading comprehension. |
| Comprehension: Braces (elem/ upper elem) |
A factual account of corrective dental braces followed by multiple choice questions and a writing activity. |
| Comprehension: Cavities (elementary) |
What causes cavities? How can they be prevented? This reading comprehension explains the basics. |
| Comprehension: Cells, Bones, and Muscles (elem/upper elem) |
Learn about cells, bones and muscles with three reading comprehension exercises and other activities. |
| Comprehension: Danny's Tooth (primary) |
Danny has lost his first tooth! A great mini-unit (comprehension, word search, etc.) for kids going through (or anticipating!) the same experience. |
| Comprehension: Digestive System (upper elem/middle) |
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. |
| Comprehension: Drugs (upper elem/middle) |
This reading comprehension provides a brief overview of drugs: legal and illegal, medicinal and recreational. |
| Poster: Diseases (elem/upper elem) |
A poster briefly outlines when "coughs and sneezes spread diseases" and when they don't. |
| Comprehension: Immune System (elem) |
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. |
| Comprehension: Immune System (upper elem/middle) |
Three reading comprehensions (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. |
| Comprehension: Know the Nose (elem/ upper elem) |
How many different smells can a human nose distinguish? This reading comprehension tells you! |
| Comprehension: Respiratory System (elem) |
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. |
| Comprehension: Respiratory System (upper elem/middle) |
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. |
| Comprehension: Skeletal System (upper elem/middle) |
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. |
| Comprehension: Staying Healthy (elem/upper elem) |
Four reading comprehensions and other activities on health maintenance topics. |
| Comprehension: Teeth (elementary) |
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. |
| Comprehension: Teeth (upper elem/middle) |
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. |
| Diagram: The Nervous System (upper elem) |
One labeled and one unlabeled diagram of the nervous system. |
| Crossword: Fruit |
1 DOWN: _EM_N |
| Cut and Paste: Match the Body Parts 1 |
Cut out the six body parts and paste them on the matching squares on the board. |
| Cut and Paste: Match the Body Parts 2 |
Cut out the six body parts and paste them on the matching squares on the board. |
| Diagram: The Digestive System |
Labeled and unlabeled. This simple diagram goes with our reading comprehension on the digestive system. |
| Diagram: The Respiratory System |
Labeled and unlabeled. This simple diagram goes with our reading comprehension on the respiratory system. |
| Did You Know? Human Heart |
Two pages of facts about the human heart, two cards per page. With color illustrations. |
| Dot to Dot: Toothbrush (alphabet) |
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| Short Report Form: Inventions - Stethoscope (color) |
Booklet form enables students to write a short report on the invention of the stethoscope. |
| Memory Game: Health |
Fun health pictures and words make these flashcards useful for healthactivities. |
| Mini-Unit: Dental Health (elem/upper elem) |
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". |
| Poetry Prompts: Teeth (upper elem) |
An introduction to some basic poetic structures (assonance and alliteration, tongue twisters, acrostics) using tooth themes. |
| Poster: Choose Healthy Options |
Part of our "Have a Great Day!" series. |
| Report Form: Teeth |
A toothsome page to write fabulous facts about teeth. Full page format for students to write a report on teeth. |
| Research and Report: Teeth |
Report planner, KWL, and a lined page to write a report about teeth. |
| Research Form: Dental Health Professions (upper elem/middle) |
Use this simple form to help organize the answers to three student-selected questions about any of the dental health professions. |
| Shapebook: Tooth |
[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! |
| Small Badges: Lost Tooth Club |
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| Spanish: Poster de vocabulario: La higiene (elementaria) |
Poster de vocabulario: higiene. Vocabulary poster. |
| Spelling: Dental Health |
Learn vocabulary with this fun set: a
word search, crossword, ABC order, and more. From "canines" to "permanent". |
| Think and Write: Defining Survival (upper elem/ middle) |
Defining the basics of survival needs, and taking creative approaches to survival situations. |
| Unit: Five Senses (primary/elem) |
Twelve pages of brainstorming, short report forms, and more on the five basic senses. |
| Unit: Food Pyramid (elem/upper elem) |
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. |
| Unit: Hair (upper elem/middle) |
This unit contains reading comprehensions, science experiments, graphing, creative activities, and much more, all related to the topic of hair. |
| Unit: The Human Heart (upper elementary) |
A reading comprehension, a vocabulary list, and a diagram (labeled and unlabeled) are used in this thorough mini-unit on the human heart. |
| Word Crypto: Nutrition theme (elem/upper elem) |
Fill in the missing letters from each nutrition-themed word; then use the letters to decode the secret message! Vocabulary fun. |
| Word Crypto: Nutrition theme (primary/elem) - clues |
Fill in the missing letters from each nutrition-themed word; then use the letters to decode the secret message! Vocabulary fun. This easier version provides a word bank. |
| Word Search: My Body |
[created with abctools] Find "arm", "eyes", and other basic body vocabulary in this body-shaped word search. |
| Word Search: Nervous System |
[made with abctools] From "brain" to "vertebrae". |
| Word Wall: Dental Health |
From "cavity" to "smile", these vocabulary
building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice. |
| Word Wall: Dental/Teeth (pictures) |
From "dentist" to "tooth decay". These vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice. |
| Worksheet: Brushing Up on my Math 1 (pre-k/primary) |
Simple addition and subtraction practice with numbers 1-10, with a dental theme. |
| Worksheet: Brushing Up on my Math 2 (pre-k/primary) |
Addition and subtraction practice with numbers 11-20, with a dental theme. |
| Worksheet: Human Systems (upper elem/middle) |
Choose the correct answer, then follow directions to fill in the puzzle and answer the riddle. |
| Chart: Avoiding Bad Choices (primary/elem) |
Fill in the chart with activities that you know are bad choices that should be avoided. This project is a good tie-in with anti-drug activities. |
| Chart: Avoiding Bad Choices (upper elem/middle) |
"One important bad choice you should avoid is getting involved with drugs. You can and should make good choices instead." |
| Chart: Making Good Choices (primary/elem) |
Fill in the chart with activities that you enjoy that are good choices. This project is a good tie-in with anti-drug activities. |
| Chart: Making Good Choices (upper elem/middle) |
"It is important to make good choices. A good choice is one that has a good consequence. One important good choice you can make is the choice to be drug free. Look at the choices below. Fill in more good choices in the chart." |
| Draw and Write: Drugs (elem/upper elem) |
Complete the targeted prompts ("I would never use drugs because..."). This is a good tie-in with anti-drug activities. |
| Matching: Good Choices (primary) |
Print two copies and match the "good choices" pictures. This is a good tie-in for a drug awareness unit. |
| Project: Anti-Drug Slogan, Symbol, Button (primary) |
Create a slogan, symbol, and button for an anti-drug campaign. |
| Project: Anti-Drug Slogan, Symbol, etc (upper elem/middle) |
"Anti-drug campaigns use symbols and slogans to help people know about and remember their message. For example, the Red Ribbon Week campaign uses the red ribbon as a symbol. The slogan “Just say no!” helps children remember the lessons their teachers and parents have taught them concerning drugs. Now it is your turn to come up with some new symbols and slogans." Lots of creative project ideas. |
| Project: Make Good Choices T-Shirt (multi-age) |
Design a t-shirt with a slogan for making good choices. This project is a good tie-in with anti-drug activities. |
| Project: NO DRUGS Poster |
This poster has a "No Drugs" sign already on it; students should fill in the rest of the poster with pictures, texts, collages, etc. |
| Project: NO SMOKING Poster |
This poster has a "No Smoking" sign already on it; students should fill in the rest of the poster with pictures, texts, collages, etc. |
| Booklet: Food and Nutrition (primary) |
When Pat's class studied food
he thought it was neat
to learn all the things that
his friends liked to eat. |
| Comprehension: Sweet Potato (primary) |
"Sweet potatoes are orange with brown skin." A simple reading comprehension about this root vegetable. |
| Poster: Vitamin A |
What is this vitamin good for? What foods is it found in? |
| Poster: Vitamin B1 |
What is this vitamin good for? What foods is it found in? |
| Poster: Vitamin C |
What is this vitamin good for? What foods is it found in? |
| Poster: Vitamin D |
What is this vitamin good for? What foods is it found in? |
| Poster: Vitamin E |
What is this vitamin good for? What foods is it found in? |
| Poster: Vitamin K |
What is this vitamin good for? What foods is it found in? |
| PowerPoint Template: Food Pyramid |
PowerPoint Required: Save this template to your computer to add your own text |
| Worksheet: Vitamin A |
Choose the best answer for these vitamin-related questions. |
| Worksheet: Vitamin B |
Choose the best answer for these vitamin-related questions. |
| Worksheet: Vitamin C |
Choose the best answer for these vitamin-related questions. |
| Worksheet: Vitamin D |
Choose the best answer for these vitamin-related questions. |
| Worksheet: Vitamin E |
Choose the best answer for these vitamin-related questions. |
| Comprehension: The Heart (upper elementary/ middle) |
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. |
| Worksheet: Vitamin K |
Choose the best answer for these vitamin-related questions. |
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