Lesson Package | Dental Health Bundle for Kindergarten

Description

Through hands-on lessons and engaging activities, students learn about dental hygiene, tooth decay, and the different functions of teeth. The unit integrates science, literacy, and math through experiments, crafts, shared reading, and themed learning centers. Designed for preschool, Pre-K, and kindergarten, it includes lesson plans, slides, writing activities, and interactive games.

Common Core

L.K.1a – print many upper- and lowercase letters
RF.K.1d – recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet
RF.K.2d – isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)
RF.K.3 – know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words
RF.K.3b – associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels
RF.K.3c – read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does)
RF.K.4 – read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding
W.K.2 – use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic
K.CC.A.2 – count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1)
K.CC.A.3 – write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects)
K.CC.B.5 – count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects
K.NBT.A.1 – compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 = 10 + 8); understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones
K.OA.A.1 – represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

LA.K.2.B.i – identifying and matching the common sounds that letters represent
LA.K.2.B.iv – identifying and reading at least 25 high-frequency words from a research-based list
LA.K.2.C.iii – demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by: spelling high-frequency words from a research-based list
LA.K.2.D.v – demonstrate print awareness by: identifying all uppercase and lowercase letters
LA.K.2.E – develop handwriting by accurately forming all uppercase and lowercase letters using appropriate directionality.
LA.K.5.B – generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information with adult assistance
LA.K.5.G – evaluate details to determine what is most important with adult assistance
LA.K.5.H – synthesize information to create new understanding with adult assistance
LA.K.6.B – provide an oral, pictorial, or written response to a text
MA.K.2.A – count forward and backward to at least 20 with and without objects
MA.K.2.B – read, write, and represent whole numbers from 0 to at least 20 with and without objects or pictures
MA.K.2.D – recognize instantly the quantity of a small group of objects in organized and random arrangements
MA.K.3.A – model the action of joining to represent addition and the action of separating to represent subtraction