Do Not Take Your Dragon on a Field Trip is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 550 picture book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Learn more about this children’s book below! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
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SUMMARY
"Do Not Take Your Dragon on a Field Trip" by Julie Gassman, is a story that offers a comical and imaginative adventure for young readers. The book humorously warns against the perils of taking a pet dragon on a field trip. With vibrant illustrations, the narrative follows a young protagonist who discovers that bringing a dragon to a fire station can lead to all sorts of chaos. The dragon's fiery antics cause unexpected disruptions, from scaring the fire staff to putting his class at risk of a fire. As the day unfolds, the protagonist and the dragon find themselves in increasingly hilarious but dangerous situations, like accidentally stopping, dropping, and rolling into the fire equipment. Through the playful story, the book "Do Not Take Your Dragon on a Field Trip" entertains while imparting a valuable lesson about appropriate behavior and the importance of following rules.
 USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for this picture book come with reading comprehension questions (with sample student responses), 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for grammar skills, social emotional learning discussion ideas, and more. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teaches.
- Discuss the author’s use of rhyme and rhythm in this book.
- Help students to analyze what the author’s purpose for writing the book might be.
- Encourage students to use their summarizing and retelling strategies.
- Discuss the different adjectives used in the book.
- Teach students how contractions are used.
- Discuss the importance of making good choices.
- Teach students the meaning of being respectful and discuss what it looks like in the classroom.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30Â writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
This book is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will love the similar books listed below, which can all be found in our free picture book list.
- Field Trip Fiasco by Julie Danneberg
- Do Not Take Your Dragon to Recess by Julie Gassman
- Do Not Take Your Dragon to the Last Day of School by Julie Gassman
- Do Not Take Your Dragon to the Library by Julie Gassman
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