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Dinosaurs Theme Unit

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Short Reading Comprehensions
Short Readers
     Living Amongst Dinosaurs (Short Reader; Grades 5-7 Readability)

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Reading Comprehensions
Dr. Dinosaur Theme (Grades 1-3)

Meet Dr. Dinosaur! (Grades 1-3)      Dr. Dinosaur's Question (Grades 1-3)      Pictures in Rocks (Grades 1-3)      The Horrid Three-Horned Face (Grades 1-3)      The Dinosaur Bully (Grades 1-3)      Letters to Dr. Dinosaur (Grades 1-3)

The Dinocam (Grades 2-3)

Carmen the Camarasaurus Gets Her Wish (Grades 2-3)      A Treat for Trudy the Troodon (Grades 2-3)      Percy the Pterosaur's First Flight (Grades 2-3)

Fiction

Dino Dance (Grades 1-2)      Dinosaur Hunters - Ankylosaurus (Grade 2)      Marie's Race (Grades 2-3)      I Wish I Were ... (Grades 2-3)      The Teacher and Her Dino (Grades 2-3)      Meet Mr. T (Grades 2-3)      Dino Sore (Grade 3)      Snifflesnort (Grades 3-4)      Dinosaurs Don't Do Ballet, Pt. 1 (Grades 3-4)      Dinosaurs Don't Do Ballet, Pt. 2 (Grades 3-4)      Strength is a Strength (Grades 3-4)      A Brachiosaurus Rain Storm (Grades 3-4)      Hadrosaur Family (Grades 3-5)      The Flyer Colony (Grades 3-5)      Digging into the Past, Part 1 (Grades 6-7)      Digging into the Past, Part 2 (Grades 6-7)      Dinosaur Eggs (Hi/Lo Grades 3-4)

Non-Fiction
     Dinosaur Defense Strategies (Grades 3-4)
     Armor and Helmets-Decked Out Dinosaurs (Grades 3-4)
     Surprising Shrimp at the Burgess Shale (Grades 3-4)
     Where's the Beef? Giant Meat Eaters (Grades 3-5)
     An Ancient Swim Team-Sea Reptiles! (Grades 3-5)
     Stampeding Dinosaurs - The Hypsilophodont Family (Grades 3-5)
     An Aquarium from the Age of Fishes (Grades 3-5)
     Cretaceous Copycats - Bird Mimics (Grades 3-5)
     Happy Hadrosaurs! (Grades 3-5)
     Dinosaur Timeline (Grades 5-7)
     Extreme Dinosaurs (Grades 5-7)
     Why Did the Dinosaurs Die Out? (Grades 5-7)
     Life in the Triassic Period (Grades 5-7)
     Dinosaur Central (Grades 5-7)
     Tyrannosaurus Rex (Grades 5-7)
     Ankylosaurus (Grades 5-7)
     Allosaurus (Grades 5-7)
     Brachiosaurus (Grades 5-7)
     Pterosaurs (Grades 5-7)
     Triceratops (Grades 5-7)
     Hunting for Dinosaur Fossils (Grades 5-7)
     Terrible Lizards (Hi/Lo Grades 5-7)

Spanish
     Quisiera ser... (grades 2-3)
     LA MAESTRA Y SU DINOSAURIO (grades 2-3)
     Te presento al Sr. T (grades 2-3)
     Dino dolorido (grade 3)
     Escarbar en el pasado (primera parte) (grades 6-7)
     Mimos del Cretáceo: imitadores de aves (grades 3-5)
     ¿Por qué se extinguieron los dinosaurios? (grades 7-8)
     Lagartos terribles (grades 9-12)

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Graph Drawing Challenge Puzzle

Dinosaur Graph Puzzles

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Read and Color

Ten of the Biggest Dinosaurs That Ever Lived

Tyrant Lizard King: The T-Rex

Some Dinosaurs (PDF file)

Dinosaurs Came in Many Shapes! (October)

Dinosaurs (mini book)

Where Did the Dinosaurs Go?

Five Mighty Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs

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Alphabet

Dino Alphabet (1 of 2) Dino Alphabet (2 of 2)

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Plays:  Reader's Theater Scripts
     Dinosaur Survival School (Grades 1-3)

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Prehistoric Mammals

Prehistoric Mammals Theme Unit

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Conversations
Spanish
     Dinosaur Survival School - Spanish and English

French
     Dinosaur Survival School - French and English

German
     Dinosaur Survival School - German and English

Italian
     Dinosaur Survival School - Italian and English

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Board Game

Dinosaurs Vocabulary Board Game

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Book Units
    Bones and the Dinosaur Mystery (Grades 1-3)
    Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House) (Grades 2-3)

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Finish the Story
     Bone Diggers (Grades 2-3)
     Maggie's Museum Mystery (Grades 2-3)
     Excuse Me, Mr. Dinosaur (Grades 3-4)
     The Day the Dinosaur Egg Cracked! (Grades 3-6)
     A Very Large Visitor (Grades 4-6)

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Draw and Write

Dinosaurs Draw and Writes

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Dinosaurs Analogies

Dinosaurs Analogies

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Funda-blanks
     Dinosaurs (grades 2-3)

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Dinosaur Puzzles

Dinosaur Puzzles

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Dinosaur Puzzles (with pictures)

Unscramble names of dinosaurs      Fill-in missing letter (one missing letter)      Fill-in missing letter (two missing letters)      Circle names of dinosaurs (correct spelling)      Match names of dinosaurs with pictures      Dinosaurs word search      Dinosaurs with pictures puzzle book

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Dinosaurs Picture Puzzles

Picture Word Search

Cut and paste picture and write the word

Circle letters and write the word

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Writing

Replying to Letters

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Art Projects

Using shapes to draw dinosaurs (PDF file)

Triassic Dinosaurs (grades 2-6)      Dinosaur Fun - Make a dirorama, mobile, decorate pencils, or a bulletin board (PDF file)

Cretaceous Dinosaurs (grades 2-6)      Dinosaur Fun - Make a dirorama, mobile, decorate pencils, or a bulletin board (PDF file)

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Dinosaur Coloring Books

Cretaceous Dinosaurs Coloring Book (PDF file)

Triassic Dinosaurs Coloring Book (PDF file)

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Dinosaurs Word Wall

Pre-made dinosaurs word wall with all of the words (PDF file)      Make a custom dinosaurs word wall

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Dinosaurs Dot to dots (booklets - PDF files)
Spelling
     Spelling (challenging)
     Alphabet (lowercase letters)
     Alphabet (CAPITALIZED letters)
Counting
     Mixed: Each page count by a different number
     Count by 1's (easier)
     Count by 1's
     Count by 2's
     Count by 3's
     Count by 4's
     Count by 5's
     Count by 6's
     Count by 7's
     Count by 8's
     Count by 9's
     Count by 10's
     Count by 25's
     Completed drawings (no dot to dots)

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Dinosaurs Coloring Pages
     Dinosaurs coloring page #1
     Dinosaurs coloring page #2
     Dinosaurs coloring page #3
     Dinosaurs coloring page #4
     Dinosaurs coloring page #5
     Dinosaurs coloring page #6
     Dinosaurs coloring page #7
     Dinosaurs coloring page #8

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Write about a Dinosaur
A different dinosaur will be chosen for each of your students.
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Select the number of students in your class:

1 student 2 students 3 students 4 students 5 students 6 students 7 students 8 students 9 students 10 students 11 student 12 students 13 students 14 students 15 students 16 students 17 students 18 students 19 students 20 students 21 student 22 students 23 students 24 students 25 students 26 students 27 students 28 students 29 students 30 students 31 student 32 students 33 students 34 students 35 students 36 students 37 students 38 students 39 students

(Optional) Enter your class name to print on the header of each page:

Enter the title for the story starter:


Select the story starters:
Select as many as you like. Each student will be given one dinosaur and one story starter.

Grades 1-3:

	Give details about your dinosaur. Did it walk on one or two legs? Was it a meat eater or a plant eater? Tell which time period it lived in.
	If you could decide the coloring for this dinosaur, which would you choose? Tell why you think it would be best to have it be the color you chose.
	What do you think a day in the life of this dinosaur would be like? What would it do from the time it woke up in the morning until it went to sleep at night? Where would it sleep? Would it be with a group or by itself?
	Describe the food choices for this dinosaur.
	Where did this dinosaur live? Who are some of the people that have found the fossils from this dinosaur?
	How big was this dinosaur? What are some things from our time period that would compare to the size of this dinosaur?
	Imagine you can go back in time and see this dinosaur. Describe what happens to you as you travel. What do you see? Where on earth are you? How do you survive?

Grades 4-6:

	If this dinosaur were alive today, what would it eat?
	Where have this dinosaur’s fossils been found? Choose one place and tell how this area has changed since the time this dinosaur was alive.
	What are some of the predators that this dinosaur had to fear? How did this dinosaur protect itself?
	Imagine you are planning a trip to help a paleontologist. If you wanted to find fossils of this dinosaur where would you have to go? What do you take with you? When would you go?
	Did this dinosaur travel in groups or alone? Describe how this dinosaur lived its days.
	Compare this dinosaur with an animal of today. Tell how they are alike and how they are different.

Include your own:

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