“Dig A Dinosaur”- Level G
I’m going to begin by sharing what I “think” the Fountas & Pinnell Reading Level is for one of many children’s favorite title, Dig A Dinosaur. Based on the characteristics I’ve noted below of Level G, this songbook would be most appropriate for ages 6 – 7 and first grade readers. (Of course, PreK through second graders love this book!)
• 2 sentences per page
• 4 lines of text per page
• repetition throughout
• rhyming structure
I have identified the various teaching points when using Dig A Dinosaur during your Shared Reading lessons below. *Please note my Blog dated October 25th at normagentner.com as to how to plan out your week with one of my Songbooks of Science!
• VOCABULARY: dinosaur, hundred, million, Tyrannosaurus, terrible, appetite,
Apatosaurus, thunder, meteors, earth
• INFLECTIONAL ENDINGS:
ed – ruled, weighed, sounded, walked, disappeared, blocked
s – years, eggs, stores, tons, plants, meteors, rocks
• CONTRACTION: they’re
• ADJECTIVES: forty million, terrible roar, thirty tons, big and strong, space rocks