GIPS TIE Program: goldensower08: Tooth Fairy's First Night


Grand Island, Nebraska

Tooth Fairy's First Night by Anne Bowen/Reading Level 2.9

Verbal/Linguistic
Write your own story about a child losing a tooth and the Tooth Fairy visiting.

Visual/Spatial
a) Draw a picture of what you think the Tooth Fairy looks like.
b) Make a poster showing how to take care of your teeth.

Logical/Mathematical
a) Ask your classmates how many teeth they have lost. Write down their answers. Make a graph comparing how many teeth the boys have lost and how many the girls have lost.
b) Find out if your classmates received money from the Tooth Fairy and how much. Comparing the amounts they received answer these questions:
   What was the largest amount of money received?
   What was the smalled amount received?
   What is the average amount?
   How does that compare to any money you have gotten from the Tooth Fairy?

Naturalist
Ask your classmates which tooth they lost first. Looking at the answers you received from your classmates can you figure out which teeth most children loose first?

Musical
Compose a song about taking care of your teeth. Here are some on a web site that might give you some ideas.

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems38.html

Bodily/Kinesthetic
a) Create your own treasure hunt game for your classroom. Hide the clues and have some friends try to find the treasure. (Possible prize: a homemade bookmark)
b) Act out a skit showing what to do to take care of your teeth.

Intrapersonal
a) Journal about the day you lost your first tooth. Were you excited? worried? happy or sad? Did the Tooth Fairy visit your home?
b) Look at the bottom of the website about the author, Anne Bowen. http://www.annebowenbooks.com/annebowenbio.html
She lists some of the things she likes, doesn≠t like and likes to do. Make list of those things you like and don≠t like. Which books and authors do you like?

Interpersonal
Interview some of your classmates about when they lost their first tooth. How did they feel? Did the Tooth Fairy bring them a gift?

Here are web sites for some games about teeth and tooth care:

http://www.ada.org/public/games/games.asp

http://www.cunningdental.com/fun-n-games.html

http://dentistry.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&;sdn=dentistry&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colgate.com%2Fapp%2FKids-World%2FUS%2FHomePage.cvsp

If you enjoyed this book about a Tooth Fairy you might like to go to this web site and read more stories about Tooth Fairies.

http://www.cunningdental.com/CDG-STORY-TIME.html

Did you know that children who lose their teeth in different parts of the world do different things with their teeth? Look at this site to see what some of those things are:

http://www.toothfairys.net/aroundtheworld.htm

http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~tokyo3/e/teeth_e.html

The author of Tooth Fairy's First Night, Anne Bowen, was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Read more about her at this website:
http://annebowenbooks.com/annebowenbio.html

Teachers:
Here is a site to print off dental care books for your students.

http://www.cunningdental.com/ActivitiesBook.html