Moan means a low noise an animal or person makes in their throats if they are afraid or sad. ' Now let’s practice what we’ve learned.' Repeat this process for each vocabulary word. Then refer to the text to show how the word was used in context. Does anyone remember how this word was used in the text?Ĭall on students to answer the question. If you hear a vocabulary word while I am reading, raise your hand.Ĥ. Make sure to listen for today’s vocabulary words and to think about how they are used in the story.

Introduce the three vocabulary words you have chosen.īefore we read the story, I want to introduce some new words that we will come across. Today we are going to read a story entitled How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?.Ģ.

Write the vocabulary words on the board or on chart paper.

(Apr.Select three Tier Two vocabulary words to teach your students. This rib-tickling bedtime fare packs plenty of appeal. As the endpapers reveal, there's a cast of 10 dinosaurs featured here, and sharp eyes will enjoy spotting their proper names tucked into each illustration. Under his sure direction, the sight gag never grows stale, and the sight of a T-Rex puckering up for a kiss, or an enormous Stegosaurus crammed into a tiny bed and daintily turning off the light switch with the tip of his tail, is sure to elicit giggles. He chooses the winged Pteranodon (spelled out in ABC blocks on the bedroom floor) as the character who throws his teddy bear while flying about the room for ''Does he swing his neck from side to side'' it's the snake-headed Apatosaurus who does the swinging. Set to a lilting bedtime beat, this rollicking rumpus of a tale ups the humor ante in a familiar scenario by substituting dinosaurs for children: ''How does a dinosaur say good night when Papa comes in to turn off the light?'' In a series of snappy lines, Yolen (Off We Go!, reviewed above Queen's Own Fool, reviewed below) highlights a variety of postponement antics, some familiar (moping, sulking and demanding ''one book more!''), some of a distinctly dinosaur variety-''Does a dinosaur slam his tail and pout? Does he throw his teddy bear all about?'' Teague makes hay with the text, and as always his illustrations are a flurry of sly madcap inspiration.

How does the dinosaur say goodnight