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what’s in a name?
The word “dinosaur”comes from the Greek :
“deinos” (terrible, powerful) + “sauros” (lizard)
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Dinosaur Train
Use the name of a dinosaur to create your own acrostic poem
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Sample: Pteranodon
(“winged” and “toothless”)
Your dinosaur:
P teranodon
T oothless
E ats fish
R eptile
A lways flying
N ever walking
O cean
D ives for food
O ld
N o longer on earth
Draw your dinosaur!
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what’s in a name?
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Imagine what these dinosaurs
looked and acted like by understanding their names
Dinosaur name
Head features
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Corythosaurus
Microceratops
Pachyrhinosaurus
Stegosaurus
Triceratops
Body features
Baryonyx
Brachiosaurus
Spinosaurus
What it means
Helmet lizard
Small-horned head
Thick-nosed lizard
Roof lizard
Three-horned head
Heavy claw
Arm lizard
Spiny lizard
Unusual teeth
Astrodon
Deinodon
Microdontosaurus
Unusual feet
Deinonychus
Velocipes
Brachypodosaurus
Distinctive behavior
Maiasaura
Tyrannosaurus rex
Velociraptor
Star tooth
Terrible tooth
Tiny-tooth lizard
Terrible claw
Swift foot
Short-footed lizard
Good mother lizard
Tyrant lizard king
Speedy robber
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Dinosaur Train
Create your own
dinosaur name !
Greek root + “saurus” =
your dinosaur
anato
avi
bronto
compso
crypto
cyon
draco
felis
hippos
lana
lyco
mega
nodo
pedi
phyllo
plateo
pyro
salto
seismo
tetra
vulcano
zygo
duck
bird
thunder
elegant
hidden
dog
dragon
cat
horse
woolly
wolf
huge
lumpy
foot
leaf
flat
fire
leaping
earthquake
four
volcano
joined
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