Dinosaur stories

1. Dino break-in
2. The Dirty Great Dinosaur
3. Beginning, middle, end...
4. Dino tales

1. Digital dinosaurs
2. Dinosaur signs
3. Dinosaur movement
4. Dinosaur stories

1. Time travellers
2. Doyouthinkhesaurus?
3. Dino dancers
4. The bones of an idea

1. Remind children how information books helped us find out about dinosaurs. Show a fiction and non-fiction book. How are they different? Fiction books tell stories/they are made up. Ask children to imagine what might happen if they met a storybook dinosaur. What might happen at the beginning? What would they do? What would happen in the end?!
2. (After AL2) Show The Dirty Great Dinosaur, flicking through the pages or rereading to remind children of the plot. What did children think? Was it real or made up? Did they like the story? Why? What sort of dinosaur might it have been? What did children think of the ending? Would a dinosaur really eat spaghetti? Do all stories have to be realistic?
3. Share Linus the Vegetarian T. Rex. What happened in the beginning, middle and ending? What was surprising about the dinosaur?
4. Share Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp. Pick out some of the movement words. Can children ‘plod’, ‘bounce’ or ‘amble’ etc.? What might a dinosaur dance be like?
5. Share children’s favourite dinosaur story. What makes it their favourite?

Poetry/Rhyme of the Week: The Dino Hokey-Cokey (see resources): Introduce on Monday (send a copy home). Develop actions. Enjoy performing in the class dinosaur den

Essential text
The Dirty Great Dinosaur by Martin Waddell

Desirable text

Linus the Vegetarian T. Rex by Robert Neubecker

Websites
Dinosaur facts: Owls and Dinosaurs Group Reader from Hamilton Trust
Dinosaur raps from bbc.co.uk/cbeebies
Fossil dough instructions from littlepassports.com or Fossil dough instructions from smallstepforstem.com.
Dinosaur hats from lalymom.com

Resources
Time machine role play props.
Sticks, leaves, branches, rocks.
Stompy ‘dinosaur’ music, instruments.
Art straws