What Big Teeth You Have! Lesson Plan

Academic Standards

Children will compare and contrast the teeth of different sharks and how they use them to catch and eat food.

ocean animals

less than/more than

chew, chunks, crush, sea, shark, shells

RI.K.1, RI.K.3, RF.K.3, RF.K.3.C, SL.K.2

Watch our video Get Close to Sharks! Afterward, ask, “Which shark did you think was the weirdest? Describe it!”

Not all sharks have huge, scary teeth! Read the magazine together. Then ask children to describe the different sharks’ teeth using the photos.
After reading, get kids up and moving with our Ocean Animal Dance Break video.
Finally, complete the Show What You Know skill sheet.

Children can build an ocean scene while practicing sight words with our game A Sea of Sight Words.
Children will practice the sh digraph while looking for hidden objects in our fun Sh Is for Shark skill sheet.

Materials: one Roll-a-Shark key skill sheet per game, one shark drawing skill sheet per player, number cube, pencils, crayons.

Children can play this game with a partner or by themselves. It’s great practice for reading a key, counting, fine motor skills, and learning about shark body parts.
If playing with a partner, kids can take turns rolling the number cube and drawing the appropriate part on their shark. Encourage them to look at the completed picture for reference. If playing alone, the player can simply keep rolling the number cube. The game ends when players have completed their sharks!
When children’s sharks are complete, have them write the shark’s name and color their picture!