Case Study: The Dinosaur Chase

Group Activity: After reading The Dinosaur Chase while asking and answering questions, the students will play “roll and retell” with their partner. Students will work with their reading partner and each have a roll and retell graphic organizer and a dice. The students will take turns and roll the dice. If it lands on one, the students will retell what the story is mostly about. If it lands on the number two they will discuss where the story takes place. If it lands on three they will discuss when the story takes place. If it lands on four they will retell who the main characters were. If they roll a five they will retell what happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the book. If they roll a six they will discuss what questions they …show more content…
Students will be introduced to the term “main message” and “lesson learned.” The students will answer questions, such as, “Does anyone know what a main message is?” “What about a lesson?” “What do you think the main message may mean?” “Can anybody explain why they think the main message of a story may be important?” The students will be shown objects that I have in my bag. They will be shown shampoo, soap, conditioner, and a wash cloth. The students will be asked to turn and talk to their partner and discuss what they think the main message of bringing in these items may be. After a few responses are heard, the students will be told that the main message is the lesson you learned from the story. The main message of the items in the bag was to keep yourself clean and have good hygiene! There will be the definition of “main message” on chart paper that is covered until this point. Students will be told that when we focus on retelling the main message, we ask questions such as, “What is this story really about? “How do I know?” “What is the author trying to tell me?” The teacher will model the process of how to find the main message in The Dinosaur Chase. The teacher will think out loud and state “Hmm, what was this story really about?” “How do I know?” “Well, Big Dinosaur was hungry and wanted to eat Little Dinosaur so he chased him around. Little Dinosaur was smart and kept tricking Big Dinosaur so he didn’t get eaten.” The students will be asked if they agree, disagree, or have anything to add. The responses will be written on chart paper to demonstrate explicitly. Students will always be asked to show evidence. Every new response will be documented on chart paper for the students to reference