How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?

Bibliographic Information: Yolen, J. (2007). How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?. Illus. Mark Teague. New York, NY: Scholastic.

Brief Annotation: This Book shows how if Dinosaurs were able to be at school, they'd probably be disruptive but then again, they could probably control themselves. The disruptive behaviors the dinosaurs portrayed are the typical disruptive behaviors you see in classrooms. Then the dinosaurs are portrayed as following the rule and behaving properly at school.

Genre: Animal Fantasy

Grade Level: K-3rd

Readers who will like this: Kids who love dinosaurs!

Response/Rating (1-4): 4, I really liked the rhyming which made this book a very smooth read and the illustrations were very eye catching!

One question you would ask before a read aloud: What do you think would happen if dinosaurs really did go to school?

Reading Strategies Connection:

a. Reading Strategy: Poetic Response

b. Strategy Description: Have the students write a poetic response to the book by creating a poem arguing how they think school would be like if dinosaurs did come to school. Their poem must take one side of the argument, either the positive or the negative side of allowing dinosaurs to be at school.

c. Rationale: This would be a good strategy to show they comprehended the story of the book. Then they will also get a chance to use their creative writing skills to write a poem in response to either it is a good idea of allowing or not allowing dinosaurs at school.