Danny and the Dinosaur Lit Guide and More! Grades 1-3

by Ruth Solski

Overview

Children love learning about dinosaurs in their science lessons, transfer their love for dinosaurs into your reading program with the 30+ activities that can be used with any piece of literature about dinosaurs. A 12 page reproducible booklet on Danny and the Dinosaur, plus guided reading questions complete the resource.

Designed to enrich any reading program, these activities promote skills in reading comprehension, creative writing, word study, research and art.

Objectives:

1. To develop an interest and a love for reading fiction and non-fiction material.

2. To provide background knowledge and information on prehistoric times.

3. To develop independent work habits.

4. To reinforce learned skills and to introduce new skills.

5. To develop the student's ability to think and write creatively.

For the Teacher:

• Objectives
• List of Vocabulary
• List of Resources
• Teacher Input Suggestions
• List of Skills
• Teacher Evaluation Sheet
• Answer Key for Student Booklet
• Reproducible Blank Activity' Cards

For the Students:

• Novel Study for "Danny and the Dinosaur"
• Reproducible Student Booklet for "Danny and the Dinosaur"
• Individualized Reading Ideas
• Student Activity' Tracking Sheet
• Student Reading Record Sheet

Activity Centers:

• Research Activity' Cards
• Phonics Activity' Cards
• Word Study Activity' Cards
• Creative Writing Activity' Cards
• Reading Activity' Cards
• Art Activity' Cards

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781550355512
Publisher:	On the Mark Press
Publication date:	01/11/2006
Series:	In Literature
Pages:	66
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.14(d)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

From the beginning of Ruth's teaching career, she had written her own lessons and theme units. In the early years, she was inspired by a school board consultant and wrote curriculum with a team of teachers for her school board. With the encouragement from a friend she decided to self-publish. In 1986 Ruth started selling her classroom resources to teachers across Canada, under On The Mark Press.Today On The Mark Press consistently evolves to comply with current curriculum standards. We want our learning resources to give, teachers and parents an edge for planning and implementing learning. Our activity-based lessons have more focus on practical exercises rather than teaching instructions. These resources can be used from start to finish, choose specific exercises or simply use them to stimulate creativity in the classroom. Our future including providing our resources in print, PDF eBooks/Digital download, and links for lessons for Google Classroom. Ruth has authored over 500 books and Ruth's mission continues to be making learning fun for children and a teacher's workload lighter!