How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?

Book Description
What if a dinosaur catches the flu? Does he whimper and whine
between each “At-choo"? Does he drop dirty tissues all over the
floor? Does he fling his medicine out of the door?
Just like kids, little dinosaurs hate being sick. And going to the
doctor can be pretty scary.
How DO dinosaurs get well soon? They drink lots of juice, and
they get lots of rest; they’re good at the doctor’s, ’cause doctors
know best.
Yolen and Teague capture children’s fears about being sick and
put them to rest with playful read-aloud verse and amusing pictures.

Before reading
1. Talk about the worst day that they were sick.

2. Are you afraid of seeing the doctor or taking the

medicine?

3. Do you like to get a shot when you are sick?

 After Reading
1. What do you do when you get sick?
□ go to see the doctor
□ take the temperature
□ take a day off
□ drop dirty tissues all over the floor
□ fling all the medicine out of the floor
□ put on the mask
□ use the hankie on mouth and on nose
□ push back each drink
□ spit the pills in the sink
2. How do you get well soon when you get sick?
□ drink lots of juice
□ drink lots of water
□ take lots of rest
□ take the medicine
□ get a shot
□ swing the body
□ give a big hug to your parents
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3. What can people do to stay healthy and not get
sick?
□ wash hands with soap and water
□ eat apples every day
(An apple a day keeps the doctor away.)
□ drink a lot of water
□ eat more fruit and vegetables
□ get enough sleep
□ cover your nose and mouth when you cough
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4. Are there any dinosaurs in the book that act like
you when you are sick? Which one(s)?

5. What do they do to make you think of yourself?

6. Do you do any of the same things that the dinosaurs

did? Do you do anything different?
7. What does this dinosaur in the book refer to?
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 Good behaviors / Bad behaviors

Good behaviors Bad behaviors

Health Problems (Disease)

Doctor: What’s the matter? (What’s wrong?)

Patient: I have a _________. (I get the ________.)
Doctor: Get some rest and take the medicine.
I hope you get well soon.
Grammar: simple present tense
Circle the correct verb
1. My mother and father eat/eats breakfast every day.
2. My mother drink/drinks tea with her breakfast.
3. I take/takes a bath every morning.
4. My sister take/takes a shower.
5. I hurt/hurts my leg when I play football.
6. We walk/walks to school together every morning.
7. The class begin/begins at 9:00 every day.
8. It stop/stops at 12:00 for lunch.
9. We eat/eats in the classroom.
10. My friend and I go/goes home at 3:00 every afternoon.
Write down the correct verb
1. brush She __________ her teeth every night.
2. fix He __________ his car.
3. teach Jean __________ English.
4. wash Eric seldom __________ the dishes.
5. kiss She always __________ her kids goodnight.
6. catch He ____________ the flu.
7. try He ____________ his best.
8. enjoy She ____________ the show.
9. play My friend ____________ music.
10. cry Our baby ____________ at night.
11. study Jack ___________ at the library every day.
12. worry Mom always __________ about you.
13. go She ___________ to see a doctor.
14. have He ___________ a fever.
Writing
A Dinosaur is Sick

What’s the matter with the dinosaur?

Does a dinosaur _______________________________
____________________________________________
Does________________________________________
____________________________________________
Does________________________________________
____________________________________________
The dinosaur has to ____________________________
The dinosaur _________________________________
Little dinosaur, little dinosaur, I hope you get well soon.
 Vocabulary
whimper v. (especially of an animal) to make a series of small, weak
sounds, expressing pain or unhappiness
whine v. to make a long, high, sad sound
drop v. to fall or to allow something to fall
tissue n. soft paper that is used for cleaning, especially your nose,
and is thrown away after use
 Could you please pass me the tissue?
fling v. to throw something or someone suddenly and with a lot of
force
medicine n. a substance, especially in the form of a liquid or a pill, that
is a treatment for illness or injury
 Take two spoonfuls of medicine at mealtimes.
flip v. If you flip something, you turn it over quickly one or more
times, and if something flips, it turns over quickly.
dump v. to put down or drop something in a careless way
pail n. a bucket
wail v. to make a long, high cry, usually because of pain or sadness
drag v. 1. to move something by pulling it along a surface, usually
the ground
2. to make someone go somewhere they do not want to go
wide adv having a larger distance from one side to the other,
. especially in comparison with the length of something; not
narrow
scream v. to cry or say something loudly and usually on a high note,
especially because of strong emotions such as fear,
excitement, or anger
mean adj. 1. frightening and likely to become violent
 a mean and angry mob
2. unkind or unpleasant
 Stop being so mean to me!
3. not willing to give or share things, especially money
 He's too mean to buy her a ring.
4. a mean number is an average number
  Their mean weight was 76.4 kilos.
hide v. to put something or someone in a place where that thing
or person cannot be seen or found, or to put yourself
somewhere where you cannot be seen or found
spit v. to force out something from the mouth, especially saliva
If someone spits, they force an amount of liquid out of
their mouth, often to show hatred or contempt.
pill n. a small solid piece of medicine that a person swallows
without chewing
sink n. a bowl that is attached to the wall in a kitchen or bathroom
in which you wash dishes or your hands, etc.
v. 1. to (cause something or someone to) go down below the
surface
 It's good to sink into a hot tub at the end of a hard day's
work.
2. to (cause something or someone to) fall or move to a
lower level
stink n. a strong unpleasant smell
v. to smell very unpleasant, smell bad
 “Stinky tofu” is a famous food in Taiwan.
snuggle v. to move yourself into a warm and comfortable position,
especially one in which your body is against another person
or covered by something
 The children snuggle up to their mother to get warm.
whisper v. to speak very quietly, using the breath but not the voice, so
that only the person close to you can hear you
tiptoe v. to walk on your toes with the heel of your foot lifted off the
ground, especially in order not to make a noise