2.The students list how the earth has changed since the time of the dinosaurs and what things have not changed. The Art Center is to be reserved for the group that has completed their work in the Writing Center with the teacher and is ready to begin work on one of the two topics in a group Big Book. Each group chooses an idea to be illustrated and goes to the Art Center to begin that group's Big Book. The words suggested will be used to write the group Big Book. There will be as many Big Books as you have groups.
Peers edit each other's group books.
After they are corrected, these Big Books are placed in the Library Center for students to read. A new book, The Dinosaur Family Reunion, is placed in the Library Center and in the Listening Center where students continue to read and listen to The Carnival of Animals or some other music tape about animals. 2.Take the children to a museum with a fossil collection or invite a local paleontologist to visit your class and show a fossil collection. Closure and Assessment Reconvene the group. Children share the stories they wrote at the Writing Center.