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Dinosaurs Before Dark Magic Tree House Activities

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Look Inside · 10 pages

Magic Tree House #1: Dinosaurs Before Dark cover with cartoon drawings of a girl in pigtails and a boy in glasses on a hill
Title page that opens the unit
Promo for Love of Learning Live weekly live classes for homeschooling and co-op families, ages 5-15, with a class link
Publisher notice about live classes; not a student page
Unit instructions, materials list of dinosaur books, and an optional unit-long activity where students create a podcast
Teacher prep: gather books and plan the podcast project
Section divider titled 5-Day Lesson Plan, introducing the daily schedule, with a black-and-white drawing of two kids
Opens the day-by-day schedule section
Monday and Tuesday plans: Pterosaurs video, chapters 1-4, quizzes, vocabulary, drawing a pterodactyl and triceratops
Checklist for Days 1-2 of the unit
Wednesday and Thursday plans: two dinosaur videos, chapters 5-8, chapter quizzes, vocabulary words and drawing a T-rex
Checklist for Days 3-4 of the unit
Friday plan: fun facts video, chapters 9 and 10, chapter quiz, vocabulary, KWL Learned section and drawing dinosaurs
Final-day checklist to wrap up the book
Section divider titled Pre-Reading Activities with a black-and-white cartoon drawing of a girl and a boy
Marks the start of the worksheets used before reading
Before Reading: students write the title and author, predict the story from the covers, and note what may interest them
Day 1 warm-up for making predictions
KWL chart: students list what they know and want to know before reading, then what they learned after finishing it
Start on Day 1, finish on Day 5 as a reflection
Attributes
Subject

ELA, Reading

Grades

Grade 1, 2, 3

Types

Lesson Plans, Teacher Tools

File

PDF

Editable
No
Author
Heather Huhman
Rating
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About This Product

A 5-day NO PREP novel study of Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House #1). This comprehensive book companion includes a lesson plan, chapter comprehension questions, vocabulary practice, and many other activities. Perfect for first grade, second grade, and third grade classrooms, homeschool families, and cooperatives.

You can easily customize lessons based on student age, reading and comprehension level, interests, and learning style! Additionally, all worksheets can be completed in an interactive notebook or simply discussed aloud if you desire to reduce the number of pages you print.

THIS RESOURCE COVERS:

  • Art (drawing, coloring, arts & crafts)

  • Comprehension

  • English language arts

  • Geography

  • Grammar

  • History

  • Reading

  • Research

  • Social studies

  • Spelling

  • Writing

What's Included

A 5-day lesson plan

List of required materials and optional supplements

Curated videos

Chapter comprehension quizzes

Chapter vocabulary (2 options)

Pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading worksheets and activities

Interactive notebook pieces (6 options)

Book review reports (6 options)

Writing craftivity

Suggested project-based activity

Other activities

Resource Tags

dinosaurs before dark magic tree house book companion novel study dinosaurs

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