Clifford Learns About Dinosaurs and So Do We! (This is also the caption on my bulletin board)
We learn about dinosaurs through literature, poetry, science, math, art, drama, and movement. Students will discover the characteristics of many kinds of dinosaurs. What they ate, fossils, the environment in which they lived, and how they became extinct. Students will learn about the people who study dinosaurs and the techniques they use to find information. We will be surprised by the kinds of plants that lived then and those that are alive today.
OBJECTIVE
Students will:
- Categorize dinosaurs into meat eaters and plant eaters
- Categorize dinosaurs by where they lived (water, land, air)
- Define fossils and describe their value to paleontologists
- Describe the job of a paleontologist
- Identify at least 10 kinds of dinosaurs
LESSONS FOR THIS UNIT
Lesson 1: Dinosaur Skeletons
Lesson 2: If You Meet a Dinosaur Book
(Adapted from If You Meet a Dragon by Joy Cowley)
SUPPORTING BOOKS
Books for Teaching About Dinosaurs
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Hello Reader!® Level 1: Big Red Apple
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Hello Reader!® Level 1: Big Red Apple
The wind blows an apple off a tree, a worm eats a tiny hole in it, a bird pecks at it, and a boy eats it, spitting out the seeds--from which an apple tree grows.
$3.99
Paperback Book | Grades K-2
Grades K-2 $3.99
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Dinosaur Cove #6: Stampede Of The Edmontosaurus
The Teacher Store 
Dinosaur Cove #6: Stampede Of The Edmontosaurus
by Rex StoneTom and Jamie can't believe their luck when they find a secret entrance to a prehistoric world filled with dinosaurs! They vow to have a new adventure every day.
$4.99
This time, there's trouble in Dino World. A meteor has fallen, and all the dinaosaurs are spooked. And when the boys wander into the path of a stampeding Edmontosurus pack, they think they're done for!
The adventure continues at www.schoalstic.com/dinosaurcove
Paperback Book | Grades 2-5
Grades 2-5 $4.99
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