Reading

Read through this page together and see if you can discuss the questions below. 

1) What is this page telling us about? (When dinosaurs lived on Earth and what happened to them)

2) What does the word extinct mean? (No longer living)

3) How were the dinosaurs killed? (When an asteroid hit the Earth or by volcanoes)

4) Were all dinosaurs huge? (No some were only the size of a big bird)

1) Can you find and name the punctuation marks on this page? (Question marks, full stops, Capital letters)

2) What is the sub heading on this page? (The sub-heading on this page is ‘Land’. It tells us information about the dinosaurs that lived on the land)

3) What does a dinosaur use to keep its balance? (It's tail)

4) Why did the Ichthyosaurus have large eyes? (for finding food)

1) How many teeth does a Pterodactyl have?  (90)

Poetry

Words that rhyme have the same sound.

'Cheese' and 'peas' both have the same sound. You can write rhyming poems by using pairs or groups of words that use the same sounds. More information on rhyming found here.

Read the poem in the powerpoint. Can you find the rhyming words? Colour them in. 

Have a go at writing your own silly dinosaur poem either using the diplodocus Dan template or have a go at writing your own with your own name.