Dragon Love Tacos 2: The Sequel 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
SUMMARY
In "Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel" by Adam Rubin, the story picks up where the original book left off. The world is in a taco shortage, and the dragons are desperate for their beloved treat. The young boy and his dog embark on a quest to find a solution, traveling through time to gather taco ingredients. They encounter various challenges, including a salsa volcano and taco-stealing dinosaurs. Eventually, they discover the key to replenishing the taco supply and restore happiness to both humans and dragons. With its humorous illustrations and playful storytelling, the book continues to entertain young readers while reinforcing the importance of sharing and finding creative solutions to problems.
 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.
- Help students to analyze what the author’s purpose for writing the book might be.
- Cause and effect can be a difficult skill for students. This book is a perfect mentor text for teaching this skill.
- Encourage students to use their summarizing and retelling strategies.
- Explore what onomatopoeia is and how authors use it in their writing.
- Teach students how contractions are used.
- Discuss the importance of kindness.
- Discuss what it means to persevere and why it is important.
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.
- Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
- Chicks and Salsa by Aaron Reynolds
- Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
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