How Do You Measure a Dinosaur? 6-pack Author: Trish Puharich ISBN: 9780478120431 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 2 Reading Level: M Strategy/Skill: Fact and opinion, Sequencing, Text structure Genre: Procedure Theme/Topic: Math, Problem Solving, School and Community Classification: Fiction Fluency: Early-Fluent

Book Summary

A group of children use math to help them draw a life-sized tyrannosaurus.

Features of the Book

• Compound adjectives – “full-sized” and “hardtop.”
• Past-tense verbs – “wrote,” “drew,” and “copied.”
• The list of items needed for the task on page 3.
• The definite introduction, middle, and conclusion.
• The text presented as numbered steps.
• The use of mathematical language – “grid,” “squares,” “inch,” “yard,” “bigger,” “smaller,” and “taller.”
• The use of multisyllabic words – “dinosaur,” “tyrannosaurus,” and “disappeared.”
• The use of parentheses.

Purpose

How Do You Measure a Dinosaur? can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce and reinforce the following skills and strategies:

• discussing the organizational structure of the text
• critically analyzing the information contained within a nonfiction story for accuracy
• developing the skill of writing in a sequential manner
• writing about the steps in a procedure

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