Edited extract from Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs Circle the /or/ graphemes and write the words in the correct column
Nan thought she ought to sort out the attic. She let Harry help. Harry saw an old torn box all grey with dust. He lifted the lid... DINOSAURS! Harry took the dinosaurs downstairs. They were a bit worn out. He unbent the bent ones. He fixed all the broken ones. He got up on a chair and washed them in the sink. He left them to dry on the draining board. Nan came to see and say, “Just what do you think you are up to. I hope you are not getting all that water on the floor?” “Dinosaurs don’t like boxes,” said Harry. “They want to be in a bucket. They want to keep warm. Sam came in from watching TV. She said it was stupid always fussing over so much junk. “Dinosaurs aren’t junk,” Harry said. Harry learnt all their names so he could call them.
Edited extract from Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs Circle the /or/ graphemes and write the words in the correct column
Nan thought she ought to sort out the attic. She let Harry help. Harry saw an old torn box all grey with dust. He lifted the lid... DINOSAURS! Harry took the dinosaurs downstairs. They were a bit worn out. He unbent the bent ones. He fixed all the broken ones. He got up on a chair and washed them in the sink. He left them to dry on the draining board. Nan came to see and say, “Just what do you think you are up to. I hope you are not getting all that water on the floor?” “Dinosaurs don’t like boxes,” said Harry. “They want to be in a bucket. They want to keep warm. Sam came in from watching TV. She said it was stupid always fussing over so much junk. “Dinosaurs aren’t junk,” Harry said. Harry learnt all their names so he could call them.
Edited extract from Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs Circle the /or/ graphemes and write the words in the correct column
Nan thought she ought to sort out the attic. She let Harry help. Harry saw an old torn box all grey with dust. He lifted the lid... DINOSAURS! Harry took the dinosaurs downstairs. They were a bit worn out. He unbent the bent ones. He fixed all the broken ones. He got up on a chair and washed them in the sink. He left them to dry on the draining board. Nan came to see and say, “Just what do you think you are up to. I hope you are not getting all that water on the floor?” “Dinosaurs don’t like boxes,” said Harry. “They want to be in a bucket. They want to keep warm. Sam came in from watching TV. She said it was stupid always fussing over so much junk. “Dinosaurs aren’t junk,” Harry said. Harry learnt all their names so he could call them. (19 including repetitions)
Pronounced: tie-RAN-oh-sore-us Meaning of name: tyrant lizard Length: 12m (1¼ buses) Height: 5.6m Weight: 7000kg Teeth: 60 saw-edged, bone-crushing, pointed teeth Diet: carnivorous Food: other animals How it moved: on 2 legs When it lived: Late Cretaceous (67 - 65 million years ago) Found in: Canada, USA, Canada, USA
Scelidosaurus
Pronounced: skel-EYE-doh-sore-us Meaning of name: limb lizard Length: 4m (just over ½ a bus Diet: herbivorous When it lived: Early Jurassic
(208 - 194 million years ago) Found in: England, United Kingdom
Pronounced: STEG-oh-SORE-us Meaning of name: roof lizard Length: 9m (1 bus) Diet: herbivorous When it lived: Late Jurassic (156 - 144 million years ago) Found in: USA
Triceratops
Pronounced: tri-SERRA-tops Meaning of name: three-horned face Length: 9m (1 bus)Height: 3m Weight: 5500kg Teeth: horny beak and shearing teeth Diet: herbivorous Food: tough palm fronds How it moved: on 4 legs When it lived: Late Cretaceous (67 - 65 million years ago) Found in: USA, USA
Pronounced: ANK-ee-sore-us Meaning of name: near lizard Length: 2m (2 metre sticks) Diet: herbivorous When it lived: Early Jurassic (190 million years ago) Found in: USA
Apatosaurus
Pronounced: ah-PAT-oh-sore-us Meaning of name: deceptive lizard Length: 21m (3 buses)Diet: herbivorous When it lived: Late Jurassic (154 - 145 million years ago) Found in: USA
Adjectives and noun phrasesAn adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun (person, place, thing or feeling).
The scary dinosaur The cold forest The gentle diplodocus
Dinosaurs had a special diet. She wished she could see a real dinosaur.
The Tyrannosaurus was an excellent hunter.
An expanded noun phrase often contains adjectives that tell us more about a noun.Apatosaurus was as long as 3 buses The stegosaurus walked along with big,
heavy steps.The forest was becoming darker and colder. Duckbill saw a meat-eater; it looked huge
and fiercePterosaurs ruled the skies and could be large
or small, thin or fat.In prehistoric times there were many strange
looking trees and plantsPterosaur’s wings were rather leathery flaps
of skin which hung from one enormously long finger on each hand
The duckbilled dinosaurs were gentle plant-eating creatures.
About Scelidosaurus Scelidosaurus lived a very long time ago during the Early Jurassic Period. It is one of the first armoured dinosaurs to have appeared on Earth.
This dinosaur was discovered in 1859. It had a beak-like mouth and bony horns around its head. Running down its back were another set of bony studs, or nodes.The hind legs of Scelidosaurus were longer than its front legs, making its back slant up towards its rear as it walked. Scelidosaurus was a plant-eater, and probably spent most of its life in search of food.
Imagine a giant with teeth as long as your hands and a mouth that’s big enough to swallow you whole – that was Tyrannosaurus. It was one of the largest meat-eating animals the world has ever known, and that’s why it was called king of the dinosaurs.However, fossil-hunters have found part of a meat-eating dinosaur even bigger that Tyrannosaurus. They’ve called it Gigantosaurus, which means ‘giant southern lizard.’
Carnivore: A meat eating animal. See also Omnivore and Herbivore.
Chisel: A metal tool which can be used to chip away at the rock containing fossils.
Dinosaur: an extinct, chiefly terrestrial reptile that lived in the Mesozoic Era. Some dinosaurs were the largest known land animals.
Era: A very long period of time which is somehow different from other periods of time. Two or more geological periods comprise an Era, which is hundreds of millions of years in duration.
Forelimbs: Arms; basically just limbs in the front, or fore.
Fossils: The preserved remains of dinosaurs and other ancient creatures that have turned to stone over the ages due to the pressure deep beneath the earth.
Frill: The bony "crown" on the head of a ceratopsian dinosaur, like a TriceratopsWeek 1 Friday Composition 1
Geological Period: A period of time that is part of an Era. (For example the Jurassic period).
Mesozoic Era: An Era when dinosaurs lived on the Earth between 251 million years ago and 65 million years ago. It is divided into the Triassic, Jurassic, and the Cretaceous geological periods (See also Era, Geological Period).
Triassic Period: The time period when dinosaurs first evolved, between 251 and 199 million years ago.
Jurassic Period: The time period when the super continent of pagea began to break apart between 199 and 145 million years ago. Dinosaurs were the dominant land animals of this period.
Cretaceous Period: The time period when dinosaurs were at risk of extinction between 145 and 65 million years ago. This period also saw great diversification among insects and the beginnings of the rise of mammals and birds.
http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/fossils/intro/form.htmHOW DO FOSSILS FORM?
Not many plants and animals are lucky enough be turned into fossils.When an animal or plant dies its remains usually rot away to nothing. Sometimes though, when the conditions are just right and its remains can be buried quickly, it may be fossilised. There are several different ways fossils are formed. Here we go through the five steps of fossilisation to make a typical 'mould and cast' fossil.
An animal dies; its skeleton settles on the sea floor and is buried by sediment.
An animal dies and its body sinks to the sea floor. The soft parts of the animal rot away, leaving only its skeleton. The skeleton is buried by sediment (like mud or sand) falling from the ocean above. The sea floor is an ideal place for fossilisation, which explains why many fossils are marine (from animals that lived in the sea). Land animals may die and be swept out to sea to be buried in the same way.
The sediment surrounding the skeleton thickens and begins to turn to stone.The skeleton continues to be buried as sediment is added to the surface of the sea floor. As the sea floor sinks, pressure increases in the lower layers of sediment and it turns it into hard rock.
The skeleton dissolves and a mould is formed.Now buried at depth and surrounded by stone, the skeleton is dissolved by ground water. This leaves a cavity (or hole) preserving the shape of the original skeleton. This cavity is known as a natural mould.
Minerals crystallise inside the mould and a cast is formed.Water rich in minerals enters the mould, and fills the cavity. The minerals deposited in the mould form a cast of the mould. This cast has the same shape as the original skeleton, but none of its internal features.
The fossil is exposed on the Earth's surface. Millions of years later, the rock surrounding the skeleton rises to the Earth's surface (this happens during mountain building, earthquakes and other earth processes). The rock is worn away by wind and rain, and the fossil is now exposed, waiting to be found!
PAST TENSE: Edited extract from Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs Harry saw an old torn box all grey with dust. He lifted the lid... DINOSAURS! Harry took the dinosaurs downstairs. They were a bit worn out. He unbent the bent ones. He fixed all the broken ones. He got up on a chair and washed them in the sink. He left them to dry on the draining board. Sam came in from watching TV. She said it was stupid always fussing over so much junk. “Dinosaurs aren’t junk,” Harry said. Harry learnt all their names so he could call them. ___________________________________________________________________________
PRESENT TENSE: Extract from How do Fossils Form?
Minerals crystallise inside the mould and a cast is formed.Water rich in minerals enters the mould, and fills the cavity. The minerals deposited in the mould form a cast of the mould. This cast has the same shape as the original skeleton, but none of its internal features.
PAST TENSE: Edited extract from Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs Harry saw an old torn box all grey with dust. He lifted the lid... DINOSAURS! Harry took the dinosaurs downstairs. They were a bit worn out. He unbent the bent ones. He fixed all the broken ones. He got up on a chair and washed them in the sink. He left them to dry on the draining board. Sam came in from watching TV. She said it was stupid always fussing over so much junk. “Dinosaurs aren’t junk,” Harry said. Harry learned all their names so he could call them. ___________________________________________________________________________
PRESENT TENSE: Extract from How do Fossils Form?
Minerals crystallise inside the mould and a cast is formed.Water rich in minerals enters the mould, and fills the cavity. The minerals deposited in the mould form a cast of the mould. This cast has the same shape as the original skeleton, but none of its internal features.
