Brush Teeth Sequence

Students sequence tooth-brushing steps and turn them into how-to writing, using picture cards, transition words, model procedures and editing checklists.
Grades
Pre-K–1, Elementary
Pages
46
File type
PDF
Preparation
Print ready

Updated Dec 12, 2023

Subject
ELA, P.E. & Health
Topic
Brushing teeth, How-to writing
Resource types
Writing Prompts, Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets, Activities
Preparation
Print ready
Standards
W.1.2

Product description

From the author

How to Brush Your Teeth: Writing and Sequencing

This 46-page PDF supports early how-to writing with picture sequencing, transition words and drafting choices. Choose the pages that match your writers, then display their completed procedures on a bulletin board.

Included materials

  • How-to writing and transition-word reference pages

  • Early-writer and experienced-writer editing checklists

  • Sample procedure and six color sequence cards, with and without text

  • Vocabulary word strips and a word-tracing page

  • An identify-the-needed-items worksheet

  • Six black-and-white sequence cards, with and without text, plus an envelope template

  • Full-page and half-page illustrated booklets, writing frames and blank-book assembly pages

  • A child-brushing cutout topper and final-draft paper

The file is a fixed printable PDF. It does not include editable templates, pre-writing stroke sheets or toothpaste-flavor prompts.

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Creator contact: simplyschoolgirl1@gmail.com

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Arrange procedural steps in a logical sequence

  • Use transition words to connect directions

  • Revise a how-to text for clarity, conventions, and completeness

Teaching tips

  • Let emerging writers order the picture or sentence cards before drafting.

  • Choose the editing checklist that matches the writer’s current expectations rather than assigning both.

Skills covered

  • Procedural writing — directions explain how to complete a task.

  • Sequencing — steps remain in a workable order.

  • Revision — checklists guide clarity and conventions.

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How does the set support different writing levels?

It includes varied drafting and response pages plus separate editing checklists for early and more experienced writers.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • W.1.2

Core concepts

  • How-to writing

  • Tooth-brushing sequence

  • Transition words

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