Thursday, April 4, 2013

Digging Dinosaurs

Today's read aloud was titled Stomp, Dinosaur Stomp.  During circle time we also sang to the song "All Around the Swamp."
The Pteranodon's wings went FLAP,FLAP,FLAP,
FLAP,FLAP,FLAP,FLAP.FLAP,FLAP
The Pteranodon's wings went FLAP, FLAP, FLAP
All around the swamp.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex went GRRR,GRRR, GRRR,
GRRR, GRRR, GRRR, GRRR, GRRR, GRRR,
The Tyrannosaurus Rex went GRR, GRR, GRR,
All around the swamp.

The Triceratops horns went POKE, POKE, POKE
POKE, POKE, POKE, POKE, POKE, POKE,
The Triceratops horns went POKE, POKE ,POKE,
All around the swamp.

The Brontosaurus went MUNCH, MUNCH, MUNCH,
MUNCH, MUNCH, MUNCH, MUNCH,MUNCH, MUNCH
The Brontosaurus went MUNCH, MUNCH, MUNCH,
All around the swamp.

The Stegosaurus tail went SPIKE, SPIKE, SPIKE,
SPIKE, SPIKE, SPIKE, SPIKE, SPIKE, SPIKE,
The Stegosaurus tail went SPIKE, SPIKE, SPIKE,
All around the swamp

If your child has not already told you we had an egg appear in our classroom.  The children each took turns predicting what would hatch from the egg.  Some of the predictions include a tractor, a chick, and a bird.  After waiting and observing we found that a dinosaur hatched from the egg!  Everyone was very engaged in watching over the egg.

One of our dinosaur centers today involved making a fossil out of Model Magic and noodles.  The children pressed the noodles into the model magic to make a dinosaur body.  We will wait for our images to fossilize and then the children will be able to take their fossils home.  They loved this activity!! 



The children also used dinosaur stamps to stamp quantities today.  At my center the listened to the story Dinosaur Roar.  They were then given a page the had the sentence starter Dinosaur ____________. on it.  The children drew a picture of a dinosaur on their page and then told me an adjective that described their dinosaur.  I wrote the adjective in to complete their sentence.  I must say I was very proud of the effort the children put forth on this activity.  They have come a long way when it comes to drawing a recognizable picture.  I will assemble the pictures into a class book and read it to the children tomorrow.

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