How To Have A Great Smile
A Dental Health Webquest for First Grade
By Lisa Maynes
 
 
Question:
What are we going to learn about on this webquest?
  Answer:
In this webquest, you are going to learn about the four
things need to do to have a great, healthy smile.
You will also see what can happen to your teeth
when you don't take care of them.
When you are done, you will write a
letter to the toothfairy
and tell her what you will do
to make sure you have good teeth to
leave under your pillow.
Let's get started!
 
 
 
 
 
There are 4 things you need to do to have a great, healthy smile!
Click on the picture to learn more!
 
 

       1. Brush your teeth 
 
       2..  See a dentist. 
 
 
 
     3. Floss. 
 
 
4.  Eat good, healthy food. 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
What happens to teeth when you don't take care of them?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Would the toothfairy like to
get teeth like this?
 
 
 
 
 
 
Now that you have learned about what you need to do to take care of your teeth and what can happen if you don't, write a letter to the toothfairy .  In this letter, you need to tell her what you are going to do to make
sure the teeth she gets are good ones!
 
Directions:  Write your letter to the toothfairy
When you are done, show it to your teacher
so she can send it for you.  You can also print
it out so that you can take it home and show
 someone special what you did!
*Note to teacher:  For this activity, you will need to
put an email address before you send it.  Doing this will
allow the children to receive a reply from the toothfairy!
 
 Click on the toothfairy
to write her a letter!
 
 
 
 
Now that you are done, here are some games and cool websites that you can visit!  These websites are  also where I found most of my information for this webquest.
Click on a picture to begin your journey!
Crest Sparkle City
Website
 
Mr. Reach
Website
 
 
American Dental Association Website
Includes:
Vist To The Dentist With Marty (Virtual Read-a-Long Story) and Match-A-Tooth game. 
Colgate Kids World Website
Includes:
To Tell The Tooth game, which has children determine healthy and unhealthy food choices
and lots of other fun activties!
Brushing and Flossing
Demo
A step-by-step look at the correct way to brush and floss your teeth!  Look under the heading "Smiles Central" to see the demo.
 
 
 
 
For Teachers:
Rubric for Toothfairy Writing
Activity
You can see from this rubric that I am
only concerned with looking at their knowledge
of dental care, not necessarily grammar.  You may
want to expand on this rubric if you are using it
for children older than first grade and/or students
who need more to do.
Students have all four components of how to have a healthy smile listed in their letter.
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Students have three of the four components of how to have a healthy smile listed in their letter to the toothfairy.
 
 
Students have two of the four components of how to have a healthy smile listed in their letter.
 
 
Students have none of the four components of how to have a healthy smile listed in their letter.