Dear caregivers, I am excited for you to explore the Dinosaurs book bag with your first grader.

The purpose of this book bag is to provide a set of books that help your child deeply explore a topic. I have included both fiction and nonfiction texts. The fiction books are fun picture books that relate to these enormous creatures. The nonfiction books provide fun facts about dinosaurs. I have created activities that will extend the lessons of the books included. I encourage you to work with your child on these activities and provide the support they need to complete them. I have included 4 books in this book bag. The 4 books are: How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?, A Dinosaur Named Tiny, Dinosaur Fossils, and On the trail of Incredible Dinosaurs. I have included one book, How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?, that your child should attempt to read independently. You or another reader may need to assist your child in reading the three other texts. Your child may also need assistance with reading the directions for each activity. I have included a small plush dinosaur that your child may use as a cuddly buddy as you read to them. Your child could also practice reading to their cuddly buddy if you are unable to closely listen when they would like to practice reading independently. The instructions for each book are as follows:
How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?: Directions on attached activity card. A Dinosaur Called Tiny: Directions on attached activity card.

Dinosaur Fossils: Directions on attached activity card. On the trail of Incredible Dinosaurs: Explore this book for fun! Look at the amazing pictures and read the amazing facts of your choice . If you have any questions about any of these activities, please contact me by email at alyssa.shroyer@gmail.com. Happy reading! Miss Shroyer

Checklist Please return the following contents of the book bag! How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? A Dinosaur Called Tiny Dinosaur Fossils On the trail of Incredible Dinosaurs Plush dinosaur stuffed animal

How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?

By: Jane Yolen and Mark Teague Directions: Have your first grader read How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? independently. Find the word that rhymes with the given word. Once you find the word that is given to you on this worksheet in How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?, the rhyming word will follow. These words are in order of where they appear in the book. Write the word that rhymes on the line. Objective: Recognize rhyming words in a fictional picture book. 1. school 2. bus 3. punch 4. bell 5. chair 6. turn 7. noise 8. hand 9. friends 10. door __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________

A Dinosaur Called Tiny

By: Alan Durant Illustrated by: Jo Simpson Directions: Have an adult or big brother or sister read A Dinosaur Called Tiny to you. After the story has been read to you, draw pictures in each of the three boxes below illustrating what happened in the story. The first box is space for a picture of what happened at the beginning. The middle box is space for a picture of what happened in the middle of the story. The last box is space for a picture of what happened at the end of the story. Objective: Recall events from a picture book in chronological order and rearticulate them through drawing. Beginning Middle End

Dinosaur Fossils
By: Leonie Bennett Directions: Read Dinosaur Fossils with an adult or older brother or sister. In the back of Dinosaur Fossils is a Glossary. The Glossary defines words we may not use very often. These words are in bold print throughout the story, and they are: bonehead, footprints, minerals, scientists, skeleton, and skull. Write a short story about a dinosaur on an adventure using 3 of the 6 new vocabulary words in the Word Bank. Make sure to give your story a title! Cross off the three words you used to keep track. After you write a short story, draw a picture of your story at the bottom in the blank box. Objective: Apply new vocabulary words related to dinosaurs to creative writing. *ELL modification: described at bottom. bonehead scientists Word Bank footprints skeleton minerals skull

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Here is a picture of my story!

*ELL modification: I would tailor the modification for the students specific needs. Directions would be given in the students first language, and the student would also be encouraged to write in this language. If the student has a solid English vocabulary, but has been struggling to write complete sentences, I would encourage the student to write as many English words as possible and to focus mostly on the picture to describe the story. If they would feel most comfortable drawing a picture and verbalizing the story for me to record, I would be happy to record their ideas in English.