The Dinosaur That Pooped a Planet
Danny and his dino buddy blast off into space—but oops! Someone forgot to pack Dino's lunch. With a rumbling tummy and no snacks in sight, Dino starts munching on everything: satellites, space stations, and even their rocket ship! Now stranded among the stars, Danny and Dino must find a way back home. The solution will have you and your students giggling!
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story grammar
Main Character: Danny
Setting: outer space
Initiating Event: they forgot their lunch and the dinosaur was so hungry, he ate their spaceship
Feelings: Danny felt sad and the dinosaur felt guilty
Plan: the dinosaur thought of a plan that involved it's butt
Action: the dinosaur pooped
Consequence: the poop propelled them back to Earth
Ending: Danny and the dinosaur made it back to Earth, and the poop formed a poop planet
summary (SWBST)
Somebody: Danny and his dinosaur
Wanted: to go on a space adventure
But: they forgot their lunches and the dinosaur was so hungry he ate their spaceship
So: they dinosaur came up with a plan to help get them home
Then: the dinosaurs poop propelled them back to Earth and the poop formed a new planet
Past Tense Verbs
liked, packed, ignored, pressed, started, yelled, looked, gobbled, swallowed, headed, absorbed, landed, formed, promised, chewed, chomped, dotted, shoved, munched, broke, guzzled, dropped, watched, cried, needed, brewed, powered, hopped, pooped, knew, drank, thought, flew, made, kept
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Plural Nouns
days, rockets, shapes, sizes, surprises, warnings, houses, buildings, cranes, birds, planes, crumbs, gadgets, gizmos, blinkers, thinkers, controls, holes, dinosaurs, martians, cats, hats, supernovas, saucers, rovers, gallons, robots, stars, clouds, lunches
Vocabulary
launch, fuel, saucer, supernova, martian, space rover, satellite