Brushing Your Teeth
Ages 10+ · 5 minutes
Learn to brush your teeth!
Discuss how, when and why to brush your teeth!
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Standards alignment
Alaska
- SL.5.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Colorado
- RWC20-GR.5-S.1-GLE.1 — Collaborate in discussions that serve various purposes and address various situations.
Florida
- SC.K2.CS-CP.2.2 (Discontinued after 2024-2025) — Perform a simple task (e.g., making a sandwich and brushing teeth) breaking it into small steps.
Georgia
- ELAGSE5SL1.c — Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.
Indiana
- 2.CC.6 — Give and follow oral directions with three or more steps.
Iowa
- SL.4.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
- SL.4.3 — Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.
Kansas
- SL.4.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on Grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
- SL.4.8 — Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being and that are basic to a particular topic.
Maine
- SL.2.3.a — Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats.
- SL.2.3.b — Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
Minnesota
- 4.1.4.4 — Explain events, concepts or steps in a procedure, including what happened and why, based on specific details, in informational text.
Mississippi
- L.4.1.5 — Using informational text, investigate how scientific fields, medical specialties, and research methods help us find new ways to maintain a healthy body and lifestyle (e.g. diet, exercise, vaccines, and mental health).
Missouri
- 4.SL.1.A.c — following and restating multi-step instructions that involve a short related sequence of actions, according to classroom expectations
Nebraska
- LA.5.SL.1.e — Complete a task following multi-step directions.
- LA.5.SL.1 — Prepare for and participate in structured discussions and collaborations about 5th grade topics and texts.
New Jersey
- SL.4.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
New Mexico
- SL.1.NM.7 — Follow simple written and oral instructions.
New York
- 4SL1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners, expressing ideas clearly, and building on those of others.
- 4SL1c — Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others.
North Dakota
- 4.C.6 — Engage in a range of discussions by using active listening skills, posing and responding to specific questions.
Oklahoma
- 2.1.L.2 — Students will follow multi-step oral directions.
- 5.1.L.1 — Students will actively listen using agreed-upon discussion rules with awareness of verbal and nonverbal cues.
Oregon
- 5.SL.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
- 5.SL.1c — Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.
Pennsylvania
- 3.5.3-5.C — Follow directions to complete a technological task.
South Dakota
- SL.CCRA.1 — Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
- SL.CCRA.2 — Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Texas
- 5.1B — follow, restate, and give oral instructions that include multiple action steps;
- 4.1B — follow, restate, and give oral instructions that involve a series of related sequences of action;
- 5.1A — listen actively to interpret verbal and non-verbal messages, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments;
Virginia
- 5.C.1.A.i — Prepare for and participate in a range of sustained collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade five topics and texts. This includes listening actively and speaking using agreed-upon discussion rules.
West Virginia
- ELA.5.30 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing ideas clearly.
- ELA.5.30.c — Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.
Wisconsin
- ELA.5.SL.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher led) with diverse partners on topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing one's thinking clearly.