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Integrated Lesson George Washingtons Teeth

Presidents: George Washington












































Submitted by: Brittany Geren, Kristin Buholtz, Tonya Williams, Brandy
Shipp, Laura Chase and Jessica Thompson

Grade Level: 2
nd
Grade Subject/Topic: Language Arts

Objectives:
The students will describe the order of events in George
Washingtons Teeth and use text features to locate specific
information.
The student will create a timeline that describes the order of
events using designated time periods; colonial times.
The student will describe and demonstrate personal health habits
such as brushing and flossing their teeth.

Lesson Plan:
Introduction (Anticipatory Set/Motivation):
How many of you remembered to brush your teeth this morning? Did
you know that during the colonial period that people used crushed
bricks to brush their teeth? Do you think this is a good method? Today
we will be reading George Washingtons Teeth. This book is about what
really happened to our first president and his teeth.


Process:
1. Introduce lesson by catching attention with teeth brushing discussion
2. Read George Washingtons Teeth
3. Discuss the timeline in the back of the book and elements of a timeline
4. Model the creation of a timeline, including elements and relevant
vocabulary in regards to timelines. This would be a guided practice
activity as the students engage in the modeling of creating the timeline
5. Students will create their own timeline of important life and tooth
related events.
6. To recap the importance of dental hygiene we will learn and sing the
Brush Your Teeth song as a class to close the lesson.

Information Giving: I will explain to the class that they will be making a
timeline of tooth related events, particularly when they have lost their teeth,
such as the one at the back of the book George Washingtons Teeth. I will
provide the materials and explain how to make the timeline and how a timeline
reflects certain events and times in life and in a sequential order.


Modeling: This is where we would be showing students how to do a timeline on
the board utilizing the SmartBoard or a PowerPoint.


Check for Understanding: The teacher can ask questions while giving the
lesson. Another way the teacher can check for understanding is having the
students verbalize what they are supposed to be doing, prior to the activity.


Rationale: The purpose of this
lesson is to have the students
describe the order of events in
George Washingtons Teeth by
creating a timeline and to have the
students describe and demonstrate
personal health habits regarding
their teeth.

TEKS Achieved:
Second Grade Language Arts-
14C- describe the order of events
in a text
14D- Use text features to locate
specific information in text.
Second Grade Social Studies-
2A- Describe the order of events
by using designations of time
periods such as historical and
present times
Second Grade Health-
1B- Describe and demonstrate
personal health habits such as
brushing and flossing teeth.
Blooms Taxonomy:
Knowledge/Remember
Comprehension/Understand
Application
Create

Differentiated Learning:
Auditory
Visual/Spatial
Logical/Math
Verbal/Linguistic
Intrapersonal
Classroom Strategies:
Hands-On
Independent Activities
Simulation
Charts/Graphs/Maps
Lecture
Problem Solving
Whole-group

Materials/Equipment:
George Washingtons Teeth by
Deborah Chandra, construction
paper, markers


Curriculum Integration:
Math
Social Studies
Reading
Health

Integrated Lesson George Washingtons Teeth
Guided Practice: The teacher
will complete a sample timeline
similar to the one in the back of,
George Washingtons Teeth, on the
whiteboard. Using magnetic pictures of events from the book, the teacher will
guide students as to where to place the events and label the sample timeline.


Independent Practice: The students will complete individual timelines on
important events in their own lives, including when they have lost their teeth.



Closure / Culminating Activity:
Learn and sing the Brush Your Teeth song to reiterate the importance of
dental hygiene.
Brush Your Teeth Song (to the tune of Row, row, row your boat)
Brush, brush, brush your teeth. Brush them up and down. Brush in front,
brush in back, brush them all around.
Accommodations:
1. (for a child with special needs)
This accommodation will change depending on the specific special need of the
child, however, saying that my student has autism I will let him work with a
partner that he gets along well with in class on the timeline. I will also offer
extra assistance to the student by helping him construct his timeline in the
correct order.
2. (for a student that is an ELL)
The accommodation that I would use for my ELL student would be to provide
pictures relating to the book George Washingtons Teeth with the words
describing the pictures in that students language, such as Spanish. For
example, a couple of pictures with words that would be posted for the ELL
student would be teeth and timeline.

Enrichment/Extension: This is where we would have students look in a
mirror and could their teeth. They would then draw the teeth in their mouth.
This would also show the diversity of what teeth have been lost in the
classroom.

Assessment/Evaluation: The first form of evaluation is by observation.
As the students are working on their timeline the teacher can walk around the
room to make sure each student understands the material. A second form of
assessment can be having the students create a second timeline on a different
topic.

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