A Dragon in a
Wagon
CHALLENGING WORDS
balloonclown
crane
elephant
favorite
float
guess
hippopotamus
long-legged
window
SUMMARY
Megan reads a book about a dragon in a wagon. During the adventure they learn many different ways to travel.--- Conversation Questions---
(1) / Tell me what this story is about.(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Tell me about a movie with a dragon in it?
(2) / Pretend you were in the boat, what would you have done about it sinking?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Name something you are scared of?
(3) / Imagine you were the hippo, how would you have felt about parachuting out of the plane.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Tell me who else uses parachutes?
(4) / Share with me what you would do if your bike had a flat tire and wouldn't go?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Have you ever been in a car that wouldn't go?
(5) / Explain to me what a sled is?
(Answer) / An object used to glide easily on top of the snow.
(Follow Up) / Tell me your favorite thing to do in the snow.
(6) / Name the animals they met first?
(Answer) / A horse and a hippopotamus.
(Follow Up) / Tell me what they were in?
(7) / Tell me what happened to the boat?
(Answer) / It sank.
(Follow Up) / Count the number of animals on the boat.
(8) / Find how many mice the moose had on its head?
(Answer) / Five.
(Follow Up) / What can you carry on your head?
(9) / Name who was driving the train?
(Answer) / The elephant.
(Follow Up) / Tell me the job name of someone who drives a train.
(10) / Recall the last thing Dragon asked Megan to ride in.
(Answer) / A circus wagon.
(Follow Up) / Tell me your favorite part of the circus.
Activities
1. / Draw a picture of Each way that Megan and Dragon traveled. Be sure to write the name.
2. / List things you would need to take on a trip.
3. / Write a short story about an adventure you have been on.
4. / Write sentences with your target and building on vocabulary words.
Introductions
1. / Show a picture of a dragon along with many pictures of ways to travel (including a wagon). Ask the child to choose the method of travel that the dragon would prefer. Let's read a long with Megan and see which method of travel this dragon chooses.2. / Have several forms of travel laying on the table. It could be pictures or objects. Ask the children if they had a dragon, how do they thin they would travel? Today, Megan and her dragon friend need to travel somewhere. Let's read and see how they get from here to there.
3. / Have pictures of airplanes, cars, trains, boats, ships, etc. Ask the child what these are. Discuss where they would go on one of these. Now let's read how Megan and her dragon travel somewhere. Let's read and see how they get from here to there.
Book Title: A Dragon in a Wagon
Author: Jane Belk Moncure / Illustrator: Linda HohagISBN: 0-89565-671-x / # of Text Pages: 25 AR: 2.0 LEX: N/A
Building Oral Vocabulary
6 / word window / 13 / float / 25 / whee
Prediction Questions
9 / Guess what they will try to ride in next?
15 / Who will he ride with next?
25 / Do you think they will fly to a star?