Dinosaur

As promised, here are two worksheets on the word Dinosaur which your children can cut, paste and color.  As this is new sight word for them, the first worksheet is a simple puzzle that introduces the word “Dinosaur”. Have the children cut along the dotted lines and reassemble the picture appropriately.  They will need to glue their assembled puzzle down to a piece of construction paper.

The second sheet, when cut along the solid lines becomes a small book for the children to assemble and read.  The students may enjoy folding a strip of construction paper over their book for a cover, stapling it all together and then decorating it.  It is word #51 in the Reading Rocks series, so it assumes  the child does have a few sight words already mastered. Have them read their new Dinosaur book to everyone!

For teaching transference of your new word, when you read nightly to your child make a habit of pointing it out in the children’s literature. One of my favorite children’s books on this topic is Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Barton. It is an easy read and the illustrations are scrumptious. If you are a classroom teacher, this book comes in a “Big Book” format, which I highly recommend.  Now, on occasion ask your child to find and point to the word “Dinosaur” on a few of the pages. Don’t forget to reinforce correct responses with an ‘Awesome!’ or ‘Excellent, you found Dinosaur.’  It’s important to do this, in order for the child to understand that the word exists outside of an index card.

That’s it, Enjoy!