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Students sort evidence using picture sorting mats (bird-hipped vs. lizard-hipped dinosaurs, warm- vs. cold-blooded, feathers vs. scales), record fossil counts, review dinosaur fact cards, research both sides of the bird-dinosaur evolution question, and write a minimum five-paragraph report comparing and contrasting…
Choose a dinosaur design, cut out and color the two body-side pieces and the legs, glue the body pieces to cardboard back-to-back, cut along the dotted lines, and insert the body into the slotted legs to assemble a standing model.
Cut apart and prepare matching memory cards (image side plus a fact side), then play a memory-match game, using short fact clues and an answer key to identify each dinosaur.
The two-page activity has four work areas labeled Stegosaurus, Apatosaurus, Gigantosaurus and Plesiosaurus, each with an animal illustration. Only the Stegosaurus area includes a faint skeleton to trace. Students arrange different pasta shapes to create their own skeleton designs in the remaining spaces. Supply additional skeleton references if learners need anatomical guidance.
Recall/discuss prior knowledge, read five pre-reading trivia facts, read an informational passage about dinosaurs (definition, the Age of Dinosaurs, hip-based classification, fossil evidence), answer multiple-choice and short-answer comprehension questions, write a 5-8 sentence creative paragraph as a paleontologist…
Roll play dough into a snake to form each numeral, then make play-dough dinosaur eggs and place the correct number of eggs into a ten frame on the mat.
Follow step-by-step drawing instructions to sketch each labeled prehistoric creature and practice pronouncing its name using the phonetic guide.
Students answer prompts (what part of the fossil would be discovered first and why, what it ate, which era it is from, what they would name it and why) and draw what they imagine the dinosaur looked like on a skeleton outline.
Participate in teacher-led center and whole-group activities: sensory-table dinosaur digs, art projects (dinosaur tracks, fossils, dioramas, paper-mache eggs, stencils), math activities (counting, classification, patterning, estimation), circle-time discussions, movement/outdoor games (Dinosaur Tag, Dinosaur Hide and…
Students fill in a comparison data table (scientific name, kingdom, phylum, diet type, speed, habitat, typical food, unusual traits, size/mass, predators, time period, egg-laying) for Stegosaurus and Brachiosaurus, then draw and color a picture of each dinosaur, informed by a short 'Earth Science Tidbit' on sauropods.
Cut apart, glue back-to-back, and laminate paired cards; then play a memory-matching game, flipping two cards at a time to find matching pairs of creature names.
Free download Cut out puzzle pieces for each number 1-20 and paste/glue them together to complete the puzzle for that number.
Colorable ('custom craft') multiplication fact card set for the x2 times table, dinosaur-themed
Students participate in a class book discussion answering comprehension questions about the story, complete related crafts/activities (e.g. dinosaur footprint craft, dino feet craft, paper-plate dinosaur), read a non-fiction passage about the Diplodocus, complete a dot-to-dot, a story jigsaw puzzle, and…
Practice multiplication facts for the 7-times table using a colorable dinosaur-themed craft card.
Free download Cut out dinosaur puzzle pieces and paste/assemble them (exact mechanic not described beyond the cover title and repeated author line).
Students fill in a comparison data table (scientific name, kingdom, phylum, diet type, speed, habitat, typical food, snout presence, size/mass, predators, time period, egg-laying) for Dilophosaurus and Macronaria, then draw and color a picture of each dinosaur.
Free download Students cut out puzzle pieces numbered within each ten-block (e.g., 1-10, 11-20, ... 91-100) and paste them in the correct order onto the corresponding 'paste here' page.
Practice multiplication facts for the 10-times table using a colorable dinosaur-themed craft card.
Use a dot marker or Q-tip to fill in dinosaur-themed outline designs; on the tracing versions, also trace the printed dinosaur name.
Use dot painting (e.g., Q-tip or dot markers) to fill in dinosaur-themed outline designs.
A cross-curricular grammar and art resource teaching objective pronouns through a directed-drawing activity in which students draw 12 dinosaurs/prehistoric creatures and then write sentences using an objective pronoun about each.
Practice multiplication facts for the 9-times table using a colorable dinosaur-themed craft card.
Colorable ('custom craft') multiplication fact card set for the x3 times table, dinosaur-themed