Activities
Click here to find dragon writing paper, a dragon story organizer, a dragon word search and scrambled words activity, and dragon story starters!
At the end of the story, the narrator has 7 more dragon eggs. Use this picture of a dragon to have students color a dragon that hatched from one of the eggs. They can then write a few sentences to explain why they chose their colors.
Visit this Scholastic website to learn more about the author and then have the students play the eWord game and take the survey about pets!
Literature Connections - Share poems from Jack Prelutsky's The Dragons are Singing Tonight. You can find it in our media center at 811 PRE. A good nonfiction for all levels is Behold--the Dragons by Gail Gibbons. It can be found at 398 GIB. And a great book to make connections with is The Egg written by M. P. Robertson located at E ROB.
Kindergarteners and First Graders will enjoy some of the activities at the Dragon Tales website. Look for Connect the Dots and Find the Shape in the Dragon Fair section and designing a Dragon Badge in the Forest of Darkness.
At Animal Planet's website, you can find several interesting links that connect to their new movie, Dragons. Don't miss the link to The Dragons plus the Dragon puzzles!