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Henry Warner, age 8
Jessica D’Auria, age 9
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Spencer Gordon, age 11
Dinosaurs are big big big
To find them you must dig dig dig.
Some had spikes, some had scales
That was protection hard as nails.
We know that they hatched from eggs
Some flew, some walked on legs.
My favorite is triceratops
That ate the prehistoric crops.
Why Dinosaurs are Extinct
Once upon a time there lived
a dinosaur named Bob. He was a
magician. One day, Bob wanted to
put on a magic show, so he wrote
down two magic words on a leaf
because they didn’t have paper
back then, and went to the magic
show. For his first act he was going
to pull a raptor out of his hat, but
said the wrong magic words and
made all dinosaurs go extinct.
Idalia Archilla, age 9
Kiya Belt Gadgil, age 9
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Liana Jia, age 8
Moriah Van Wyk, age 13
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My dinosaur,
With his tiny arms,
Can not eat
His Lucky Charms.
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Ace Bateman, age 8
Kira Braun, age 10
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Ava Kay, age 7
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Dino I.D.
You’ve learned that dinosaurs come in many shapes and sizes. Match each name and clue
on the left to the correct dinosaur. Then write the letter on the line next to the dinosaur.
1. Tyrannosaurus Rex (50ft)
A. Three horns and a bony neck
frill identify this dinosaur.
2. Oviraptor (6ft)
B. This is one of the tallest
known dinosaurs from
completed skeletons. Its long
neck could stretch over the
roof of a four-story building.
C. Duck-billed hadrosaur with a
crest on the top of its head.
D. One of the longest and most
frightening meat-eating
(carnivorous) dinosaurs that
ever lived. Its powerful
jaws were lined with large
sharp teeth.
3. Stegosaurus (29ft)
4. Corythosaurus (33ft)
E. Smaller dinosaur that was
known as an “egg stealer.”
F. The four long spines on the
end of this dinosaur’s tail
could be used in a fight.
Its brain was about the size
of a walnut.
5. Brachiosaurus (75ft)
6. Triceratops (30ft)
Dinosaur Diner
Have fun as you solve the “dino division”
word problems. Write your quotient (answer)
on the line.
A. A group of 10 dinosaurs went out to eat. All of them needed to get
to the diner by car. Each car held 5 dinosaurs. How many cars did
they take? _____
B. The diner can seat 20 dinosaurs. Each table seats 2. How many
tables are in the diner? _____
C. The cook took 45 minutes to make 5 fern surprise salads. How long
did it take to make each fern surprise salad, if the cook spent the
same amount of time on each one? _____
D. Stella Stegosaurus gave half of her french fries to Rex. There were
16 fries altogether. How many fries did each of them get? _____
E. There are 55 items on the menu. Each page has the same number
of items. The menu has 5 pages. How many items are listed on
each page? _____
b
Credits: Created and Designed by Carol Prime; Additional Design and Production by Jim Webb
Draw a Dino
Follow these steps to draw a dinosaur.
“ER” Endings
1. a small lake
2. fog or dew
3. buddy or friend
4. package of bread
5. nighttime
“butterfly bug”
6. pronoun (female)
Column 2
pond
ponder
1. think about
2. title for a man
3. more faded
4. slip-on shoe
5. mom
6. see-through
Answer key
Page b. Dino I.D. 1. D; 2. E; 3. F; 4. C; 5. B; 6. A. Dinosaur Diner A. 2; B. 10; C. 9 minutes; D. 8; E. 11.
Page c: ER Endings 2. mist—mister, 3. pal—paler, 4. loaf—loafer, 5. moth—mother, 6. she—sheer
In Column 1, write a word that
fits the definition on the left.
Then add “er” to that word and
write the new word in Column
2. The new word should fit the
definition on the right. The first
one is done for you.
Column 1
c
Fantasy or Reality?
Today dinosaurs exist only in books. Some books tell
about dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago (reality).
Others tell make-believe stories in which dinosaurs talk,
go to diners, and help at home with chores (fantasy).
In fact, you will see both kinds of dinosaurs in these
activity pages. Review the information on pages 2 and
3 of your Zoobooks. Then write Fantasy or Reality on
the line after each statement about dinosaurs.
1.Early cavemen trained and kept small dinosaurs
as pets. ____________
2.Some dinosaurs moved slowly and carefully,
while others probably could run very fast.
____________
3.The tiny brains and slow intelligence of most dinosaurs made it easy for cavemen to capture them for food. ____________
4.All dinosaurs were very big animals. _____________
5.All dinosaurs were members of the lizard/reptile family and only prepared worms for dinner. ___________
6.Scientists think that some dinosaurs were warm-blooded. ___________
Dinosaur Details Go on a Dinosaur Dig!
There are 10 dinosaurs hiding in this prehistoric puzzle. Look forward, backward, up,
down, and sideways. Check your Zoobooks for dinosaur names if you need help.
Answer key
d
Page d. Fantasy or Reality 1. Fantasy, 2. Reality,
3. Fantasy, 4, Fantasy, 5. Fantasy, 6. Reality