Ms. Solano's Kindergarten Class: Dinosaur ROAR! {week one}

This giant egg was left in our classroom.

What on earth could be inside???

With this great little activity from Deanna Jump's Dinosaur Unit, the students and I had so much fun trying to figure it out. Look at how adorable these turned out.

Then.....BAM! Man, it was mayhem when we walked back into the classroom from technology to find this ROARING dino! They were so excited!

We made our Paleontologist Journal to keep all of our work in over the next 10 days. I love the detail my Littles put into their cover.

This poem, from Deanna Jump's Dinosaur Unit was glued inside the cover of the journal. I had them go on a search for uppercase letters, HFW, and rhyming words while learning the poem to share with mom and dad when the journal goes home.

I found dinosaur stamps at U.S. Constructive Playthings for $2 a bag. In addition to planning math activities using them, I had the kids illustrate a setting for their dino stamps.

I NEVER thought of discussing Pangaea with kindergarteners. But what a fantastic discussion we had about plate tectonics. They AMAZE me!!!

The first dinosaur we talked about was the Brachiosaurus. I read several books and then we filled in this bubble map as a whole group. Then we made a super cute paper plate brachiosaurus to hang in the hall.