COLEGIO MANUELITA SAENZ IED

Acuerdo de creación No, 002 del 21 enero de 1980

Resolución de Aprobación 1297 de julio 16 de 2013
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“Paso a paso construimos excelencia”

MANUELITA SAENZ SCHOOL

MORNING SHIFT
THIRD LEVEL SECOND TERM
I FOUND A DINOSAUR
COMMUNICATIVE OBJECTIVES:
✓ To talk about dinosaur’s life.
✓ To take out information about
dinosaurs.
✓ To create a dinosaur.
✓ To talk about past events.

TASK 1 : What do you know about dinosaurs?

Every person has their own thoughts and beliefs about dinosaurs. Draw a mind map of your ideas about
dinosaurs. Write DINOSAURS in the middle of a page with arrows away from it. These arrows represent your
knowledge and understanding of dinosaurs. Write down everything that comes into your mind.

TASK 2. English forum: What is your favorite dinosaur and why?

My favorite dinosaur is _____________________________, because __________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Make a drawing:
TASK 3. Label each part of the dinosaurs using these words: claw, horn, spot, tail, leg, jaw, tusk and spike

Task 4. Match each adjective with a part of the dinosaur. There are more than one possibilty:

ADJECTIVE NOUN
1. Long a. Claw
2. Wide b. horn
3. Sharp c. spot
4. Dangerous d. tail
5. Cutting e. leg
6. Pointed f. tusk
7. Brown g. jaw
8. Big h. Spike

Task 5. Using the adjectives and the nouns describe the tyrannosaurus rex, the triceratops and the
tegosaurus:
Example:
The Tyrannosaurus rex had _two dangerous claws_ besides, it had _a big jaw_, ……
TASK 6: Read carefully. Do a drawing to explain each characteristic.

WHAT IS A DINOSAUR?

Millions of years ago, long before there were any people, there were dinosaurs. Dinosaurs were one of several
kinds of prehistoric reptiles that lived during the Mesozoic Era, the "Age of Reptiles." Here some
characteristics:

➢ Dinosaurs were reptiles and most hatched from eggs. No dinosaurs could fly
and none lived in the water.
➢ No one knows what color or patterns the dinosaurs were.
➢ Some walked on two legs (they were bipedal), some walked on four (they
were quadrupedal). Some could do both.
➢ Some were speedy (like Velociraptor), and some were slow and lumbering
(like Ankylosaurus).
➢ Some were armor-plated; some had horns, crests, spikes, or frills.
➢ Some had thick, bumpy skin, and some even had primitive feathers.
➢ Most dinosaurs were plant-eaters (also called herbivores). For example,
Triceratops was a plant-eating dinosaur.
➢ Some dinosaurs were meat-eaters (also called carnivores). For example, T. rex was a meat-eating
dinosaur.
➢ The dinosaurs dominated the Earth for over 165 million years during the Mesozoic Era, but
mysteriously went extinct 65 million years ago. Paleontologists study their fossil remains to learn about
the amazing prehistoric world of dinosaurs.
➢ Dinosaurs probably live on today as the birds. All that's left of the dinosaurs are fossils and,
perhaps,the birds. Dinosaur fossils have been found all over the world.

Did you understand the reading? Answer the following questions:

1. Could any dinosaurs fly?

2. Were there more dinosaur plant-eaters or meat-eaters?Name a well-known meat-eating dinosaur
that starts with the letter T.
3. Name a plant-eating dinosaur with three horns on its head.
4. What era did dinosaurs live in?
5. Describe the two ways dinosaurs moved.
6. What physical features did some dinosaurs have for protection?
7. What did most dinosaurs eat?
8. Provide an example of a plant-eating dinosaur.
9. What is a carnivore?
10. How long did dinosaurs dominate the Earth?
11. How do paleontologists study dinosaurs?
12. What is believed to be the modern-day descendants of dinosaurs?
13. Where have dinosaur fossils been discovered?
TASK 7. Listen, complete the activities and sing the song.

DINOSAUR SONG
A. Listen and Complete.

They used to ______, they used to ______

They used to _______ with a toothy grin.
______ ate _______, and some ate ______
Some walked around on just ______ _______.

Chorus
Oh, the __________, big as ______.
The dinosaurs, _______ like peas!
Jaws and ________ and _______ and ______,
That used to ________ and _______ and _________.

B. Organize the verses. The first one is done for you.

______ The volcanoes sizzled and the lava cooked.

______ They fought like dragons,
__1___ Some had feathers, some had scales
______ The earth sure shook,
______ Spikes and claws and whip-like tails.
Chorus

C. Correct the wrong word. The first is done for you

Tyrannosaurus Rex was a cute king, terrible

The Stegosaurus’ tail could really fight. ______________
Brachiosaurus liked to dance. ____________
Trachodon would drink and chomp.___________
Chorus

They ruled the moon a hundred million years ____________

with worries, cares, or fears. __________
then one night, they hit the soil _____________
now, they’re bones, gas, and oil. ____________

D. DINOSAUR SIMILES

Similes compare two things by using the words like or as. Think of things about dinosaurs. Write some similes
about them. Here are two examples about dinosaurs:

The dinosaur’s brain was as big as a pea.

E. Now your turn. Create four new similes. Pick the best and illustrate it.
 TASK 8. Just for fun! Make these activities related to the dinosaurs:

UNSCRAMBLE THE WORDS .......YOUR ANSWER...........

1. RNSHO
.
Triceratops had three of these on its head.
2. FLILR
.
Triceratops had this large bony structure on the back of its head.
3. UROF SLEG
.
Triceratops walked on these.
4. ANTPSL
.
Triceratops ate these.
5. BAKE
.
Triceratops had this at the end of its snout and it was parrot-like.
6. SHDER
.
Triceratops may have lived in groups called _____.
7. SGEG
.
Like most dinosaurs, Triceratops hatched from these.
Task 9. LISTENING. SCIENTIFIC ARE MAKING DINOSAURS.
Task 9. LET’S PLAY.

Dinosaur Board Game

What were Name one What did Name 2 What does LOSE A How many
ROLL
the biggest movies about the word dinosaurs are
big dinosaurs AGAIN TURN
animals on dinosaurs. dinosaur alive now?
dinosaur. eat?
earth? mean?

SKIP 3
Answer the questions? True or false/yes or no.
SPACES
Can you name the dinosaurs?

What’s your The first A Was brach- Stegosaurus Dinosaur Name a

favorite dinosaur was triceratops iosaurus the had a brain dinosaur that
SKIP 2 eggs are
dinosaur? found in 1824 looks a bit heaviest like a ate meat?
SPACES tiny.
Why? . Yes or no. like a rhino. dinosaur? walnut. Yes or no.

Triceratops Brach- What does

had 6 horns iosaurus was brontosaurus
on his head. very small look like?
and short.

Where did Was the Volcanoes Dinosaurs Dinosaurs SKIP 5

dinosaurs smallest killed the
were very come from
dinosaur like
SPACES
live? dinosaurs.Or eggs.
a chicken?
smart.

T. Rex Dinosaurs ROLL What animal How many

has 4 arms are AGAIN looks like a legs did
and 4 legs. dinosaur? T-Re x have?
reptiles.

Dinosaurs Iguanas look Name your It was cold True or false

are like small when There were
favorite
dinosaurs. dinosaurs no bird
mammals. dinosaur.
Yes or no. lived. Yes/No dinosaurs.

GO Name a SKIP 4 Dinosaurs

lived in the
BACK 2 dinosaur SPACES desert. Yes
SPACES book. or no.

Dinosaurs Dinosaur Big eggs LOSE A

were very eggs are means big TURN
dinosaurs.
smart. delicious. Yes or no.

Name a Dinosaurs T. Tex had People killed

ROLL T. Rex There were
small cannot fly. all the
AGAIN stands on 4 some fish 60 sharp
dinosaur. True or dinosaurs. dinosaurs.
feet. teeth.
false.
Yes or no.

Children used Where do

to play with
dinosaurs.
Yes or no.
Dinosaurs Rule dinosaurs live
now?

What was SKIP 3 Who was the Stegosaurus GO T. Rex has Meteors
ROLL Most
the most biggest had bony children got a short killed the
dangerous
SPACES AGAIN BACK 4 dinosaurs.
dinosaur of plates on his hate tail. True or
dinosaur? all? back. T or F dinosaurs. SPACES false. Yes or no.
Yes or no.
 FINAL PROJECT “I FOUND A DINO”.
Did you know that fewer than 1% of all the dinosaurs that ever lived have been discovered? Imagine how exciting it
would be to discover the remains of a dinosaur that no one had heard of before. Or even better–what if you discovered
a new dinosaur egg? And what if the impossible happened and that egg was almost ready to hatch? You could expect a
very unusual pet!
These are all things you need to think about, because in this activity you are going to hatch your own personal dinosaur.
Follow the numbered steps to find out what to do.

STEP 1. What’s in the name?

DINO ROOTS Names for dinosaurs can be quite a mouthful. But
Root Root Root if you take a dinosaur's name apart, you will find
Meaning Meaning Meaning out that it is often a good description of the
Word Word Word
animal. The names are made up of Latin and
allo other eu well para beside Greek root words that have meanings of their
anato duck gnathus jaw physis form own. 1.
anklo crooked hadro large plateo flat
Use the Greek and Latin root words to figure out
anuro tail hypacro top pod, ped foot
the dinosaur names below:
apato deceptive hypselo, high proto first a. Brachiosaurus
hypsi b. Ankylosaurus
archaeo ancient ichthyo fish psittaco parrot c. Compsognathus
avi, avis bird iguano iguana pteryx wing d. Stegosaurus
e. Triceratops
bary heavy krito chosen raptor plunderer f. Allosaurus
brachio arm lopho crest, rex king g. Pachycephalosaurus
ridge
bronto thunder lystro shovel saur, lizard STEP 2. Ooh . . . your dinosaur egg just hatched!
sauro, Isn't the baby dinosaur cute? Look how small it is!
saurus But it won't be small for long!! Make a rough
sketch of what your dinosaur will look like when it
caudia tail masso bulk, body segno slow
grows up. (Remember, it should match its name.)
centro midway mega large spino spine
cephalo head metro measure stego roof STEP 3. How it looks like! Make notes of your
cerat, horn micro small steno slender ideas. Try to be realistic. For example, if your
cero dinosaur has very sharp teeth, it is probably a
meat-eater. You can look for more aspects.
chasmo opening mimus mimic tri three
coeli hollow nycho, claw troö wound STEP 4. When you are ready on a
nychus separate big piece of paper, make a
compso elegant opistho backward tyranno tyrant colorful drawing of your dinosaur.
di, diplo two ops face ultra extreme Put labels on the drawing to point out
its important features
dino, terrible ornitho bird urus tail
deino
docus beam ovo, ovi egg veloci speedy STEP 5. Prepare an oral presentation to share
don, tooth pachy thick vulcano volcano your new creation with your classmates.
dont
VIDEO RESOURCES:

1. Scientists are Making Dinosaurs! https://youtu.be/shrykDwcLDM?si=7NBk5fLdv8Unt0S4

2. Dinosaur song. https://youtu.be/W0FOZ0-VpcU?si=cAgRhN1cXkBNCwOS