Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores, Oh My!

What Teeth Can Tell Us About What We Eat

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Grades: 1&2

Oral Health Subjects: Professions, Careers, Community, Personal Oral Hygiene

Keywords: Community, Community Health Worker, Conversation, Dentist, Dental Hygienist, Doctor, Hygiene, Prevention, School Counselor, School Nurse, Teacher

Learning Goals:

Identify adults at home, at school, and in their community who can help them care for their teeth.
Recognize questions they can ask adults when they have concerns about their oral health.
Identify questions they can ask to help prevent oral health problems.

Educational Standards

National Health Education Standards:

1.2.4 – Describe health-promoting behaviors.

1.2.7 – Explain when it is important to seek health care.

3.2.1 – Identify characteristics of trusted adults and other individuals who support health and well-being.

3.2.2 – Demonstrate when and how to seek help from others at home, at school, or in the community.

3.2.3 – Locate school and community health helpers.

4.2.1 – Express thoughts, feelings, wants, and needs to support health and well-being of self and others.

5.2.2 – Recognize when help is needed for a health-related decision.

5.2.4 – Choose an option that supports health and well-being.

National English & Language Arts Standards:

English Language Arts — Grade 1

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.1 – Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.3 – Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.7 – Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.

English Language Arts — Grade 2

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.1 – Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.7 – Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.