Animal teeth activity

Today we tried our hand at a little opinion writing. But first let me back up. This year in our state we are getting our feet wet with the ELA Common Core Standards. We’ve been doing the Math Standards for the last couple of years. My firsties had a good time listening to the story and completing the follow up activity. I just love this book! Here are a few pictures of the page spreads. After reading the book we discussed what it would be like to have some of the teeth we’d read about. Then…

Chomp on some life science learning with this toothy worksheet! What do you think these animals eat? Take a look at their teeth for clues.

We’re attempting to get a head start on our land animals science for the year, and this week we learned about teeth. Teeth you say? That’s right, how can you tell whether an animal is an herbivore or…

This activity featuring printable animal teeth put upon the faces of print-outs of kids is great for young children learning about how our mouths and teeth function!There are six sheets total--thr

Today we tried our hand at a little opinion writing. But first let me back up. This year in our state we are getting our feet wet with the ELA Common Core Standards. We’ve been doing the Math Standards for the last couple of years. My firsties had a good time listening to the story and completing the follow up activity. I just love this book! Here are a few pictures of the page spreads. After reading the book we discussed what it would be like to have some of the teeth we’d read about. Then…

Writing Activity & Craft for Book, What If You Had Animal Teeth? by Sandra Markle (from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas)

Wow! I got such a great response from my activity! Click here if you missed it. Thanks so much for all of your wonderful comments! I’ve assembled the patterns…now I didn’t make teeth for all the animals…just the ones I thought my students would like and the ones I could successfully make with my shape tools in Power Point . I am not an artist. If anyone makes the other patterns, please share. Click the picture to grab your copy! I hope your students have fun with this activity!

What if you had Animal Teeth creative writing. (Cute and the kids loved it.) Thanks for the templates and idea Yolanda L. Arnold at oceansoffirstgrade.blogspot.com .

Animals have teeth that are well adapted to how and what they eat – bark, seeds, insects, fish, grass, meat. Can you match the animal to its teeth?

Free printable tooth maze activity sheet for kids. The maze and solution are available as free PDF downloads.

What if You Had Animal Teeth?!

This is a super cute lesson I taught in collaboration with the Grade 3 teacher at my school. It's based on the book "What if You Had Animal Teeth" by Sandra Markle. The students read the book with their classroom teacher and then researched different types of animal teeth. Then drew a final sketch of the teeth they would use in their art project. For the lesson, I referred to the lesson posted HERE on the blog "First Grade Wow". Nancy includes a Google doc link to some handy templates which…

Use Scholastic News to build a lesson on animal teeth that mixes reading, writing and science!