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Dinosaurs Theme Unit

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Short Reading Comprehensions
Short Readers
     The Mystery of Tyrannosaurus Rex's Short Arms (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)

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Reading Comprehensions
Dr. Dinosaur Theme

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)

Fiction

Dino Sore (Grade 3)      Snifflesnort (Grades 3-4)

Non-Fiction
     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)

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Art Project

Using shapes to draw dinosaurs (PDF file)

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Dinosaurs Dot to dots (booklets - PDF files)
Spelling
     Spelling (challenging)
Alphabet
     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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Names of Dinosaurs - Puzzles
     Names of Dinosaurs - Spelling Maze
     Names of Dinosaurs - Word Search (10 Words)
     Names of Dinosaurs - Word Search (lowercase)
     Names of Dinosaurs - Basics Word Search (Larger Word Search!)
     Crack the Code
     Fill in the Missing Letter
     Unscramble the Words
     Circle the Correct Word
     Fill in the Missing Vowels
     Fill in the Words Puzzle

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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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