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p. 3 Daily Plan- The passage is intended to be a text that can be used for Close Reading with three rereadings,
each with a different focus. Please use this page as your guide to the daily focus and plan. This text should be
difficult for your students to read, so you should be the one reading the text each time. Each rereading and
follow up activity should take around 20 mins.
p. 4 Non Fiction Text- either project this on your Smartboard (for example) or print this out and read it to
students.
p. 5 Sample Coding for 2nd Reading- this page is a reference for you as you are completing the Day 2 activities.
p. 6 Student Page- this can be copied for each student (two to a page, so just copy half the amount you need).
Students can then mark up their own text by circling bold words and underling the meaning of that vocabulary.
p. 7 Graphic Organizer for Day 2 - copy for each student. After discussing the text features with you and their
partners, they can fill out the graphic organizer on their own. The line number matches up to their own copy.
p. 8 Graphic Organizer for Day 3- copy for each student. After discussing details in the text with you and their
partners, they can fill out the graphic organizer on their own.
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 Daily Plan: All About Dinosaurs
Day 1/1st Read:
Read the text and discuss it with students. Make sure students have an overall understanding of
the text before getting ready to read it again the next day. This is simply to get to know the text
before digging deeper the next two days (no graphic organizer provided). Focus on: What did this
text teach you? {CCSS 1}
Day 2/2nd Read:
Tell students focus question of the day: What information did you learn from the text features?
Focus on: captions, bold words and illustrations {CCSS 5}
Review the non fiction text features with students and then reread the text. Then students should
discuss the text features with a partner and what they learned. Make a list together on the board
and then students can fill out the graphic organizer with the facts they learned. Mark up the text
by circling bold words, captions and illustrations. Underline the meanings of the bold words to ensure
students understand the meaning of the vocabulary in the text.
Day 3/3rd Read:
Tell students focus question of the day: What details does the author give to explain the main
topic?
{CCSS 8}
Reread the text. Then students should discuss the details they learned with a partner. Make a list
together on the board and then students can fill out the graphic organizer with the facts they
learned. Mark up the text by underling any new facts students learned and circling any other
words that were important details within the text.

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 All About Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs were alive millions of years ago when they ruled the Earth. People who
study dinosaurs are called paleontologists. We learn a lot about dinosaurs through
the finding of fossils that have been put back together to see how dinosaurs looked.
There were many different kinds of dinosaurs, including Triceratops and
Tyrannosaurus Rex, before they all became extinct, or are no longer living.
Triceratops was a dinosaur with three horns on its head. Those three horns were
used to protect the triceratops from other dinosaurs, such as the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
The triceratops was also known for its large skull and body. It was a plant eating
dinosaur, a herbivore.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex was a huge dinosaur that was known for being very violent. It
had only two legs, a huge head and a heavy, long tail. Although the arms of a
Tyrannosaurus Rex were small, they were very strong and had two clawed fingers on
each hand.
Triceratops had anywhere from
400-800 teeth in their lifetime. Once the Tyrannosaurus
Their teeth were constantly Rex turned 14 years old, its
replaced with new teeth which is body grew at a very quick
why they ended up having so many. pace, gaining over 1,000
pounds each year.

AC {Non Fiction}
 Sample Coding for 2nd Read:
All About Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs were alive millions of years ago when they ruled the Earth. People who
study dinosaurs are called paleontologists. We learn a lot about dinosaurs through
bold word
the finding of fossils that have been put back together to see how dinosaurs looked.
There were many different kinds of dinosaurs, including Triceratops and
Tyrannosaurus Rex, before they all became extinct, or are no longer living.
Triceratops was a dinosaur with three horns on its head. Those three horns were
used to protect the triceratops from other dinosaurs, such as the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
bold word
The triceratops was also known for its large skull and body. It was a plant eating
dinosaur, a herbivore.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex was a huge dinosaur that was known for being very violent. It
had only two legs, a huge head and a heavy, long tail. Although the arms of a
Tyrannosaurus Rex were small, they were very strong and had two clawed fingers on
illustration each hand. illustration
Triceratops had anywhere from caption
400-800 teeth in their lifetime. Once the Tyrannosaurus
Their teeth were constantly Rex turned 14 years old, its
replaced with new teeth which is body grew at a very quick
why they ended up having so many. pace, gaining over 1,000
pounds each year.

AC {Non Fiction}
Name:__________________________________________
All About Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs were alive millions of years ago when 1
they ruled the Earth. People who study dinosaurs 2
are called paleontologists. We learn a lot about 3
dinosaurs through the finding of fossils that have 4
been put back together to see how dinosaurs looked. 5
There were many different kinds of dinosaurs, 6
including Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus Rex, before 7
they all became extinct, or are no longer living. 8
Triceratops was a dinosaur with three horns on its 9
head. Those three horns were used to protect the 10
triceratops from other dinosaurs, such as the 11
Tyrannosaurus Rex. The triceratops was also known 12
for its large skull and body. It was a plant eating 13
dinosaur, a herbivore. 14
The Tyrannosaurus Rex was a huge dinosaur that 15
was known for being very violent. It had only two 16
legs, a huge head and a heavy, long tail. Although the17
arms of a Tyrannosaurus Rex were small, they 18
were very strong and had two clawed fingers on 19
each hand. 20
AC
Name:__________________________________________
All About Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs were alive millions of years ago when 1
they ruled the Earth. People who study dinosaurs 2
are called paleontologists. We learn a lot about 3
dinosaurs through the finding of fossils that have 4
been put back together to see how dinosaurs looked. 5
There were many different kinds of dinosaurs, 6
including Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus Rex, before 7
they all became extinct, or are no longer living. 8
Triceratops was a dinosaur with three horns on its 9
head. Those three horns were used to protect the 10
triceratops from other dinosaurs, such as the 11
Tyrannosaurus Rex. The triceratops was also known 12
for its large skull and body. It was a plant eating 13
dinosaur, a herbivore. 14
The Tyrannosaurus Rex was a huge dinosaur that 15
was known for being very violent. It had only two 16
legs, a huge head and a heavy, long tail. Although the 17
arms of a Tyrannosaurus Rex were small, they 18
were very strong and had two clawed fingers on 19
each hand. 20
AC
All About Dinosaurs Name: ___________________________________________
Directions: Draw a picture showing what information you learned from different text features using specific examples from the story.

Page #: __________ Page #: __________

Text Feature: ______________________________________ Text Feature: ______________________________________

I learned: I learned:

Page #: __________ Page #: __________

Text Feature: ______________________________________ Text Feature: ______________________________________

I learned: I learned:

AC 2nd Read- CCSS 5

All About Dinosaurs Name: ___________________________________________
Directions: Explain what information you learned from different text features using specific examples from the story.

Page #: __________ Page #: __________

Text Feature: ______________________________________ Text Feature: ______________________________________

I learned: I learned:

______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

Page #: __________ Page #: __________

Text Feature: ______________________________________ Text Feature: ______________________________________

I learned: I learned:

______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________

AC 2nd Read- CCSS 5

 Directions: Think about the story- draw pictures of three important
Name: __________________________
details from the story and explain the three details.

1. 2. 3.

All About Dinosaurs

What is the main topic? _____________________________________
How do these details relate to the main topic? Why did the author include them?

1. _____________________________________

2. _____________________________________

3. _____________________________________
3rd Read- CCSS 8
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