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Meet Sue the T-Rex! Over 30 years ago, a fossil hunter discovered the nearly complete fossilized remains of a dinosaur that once roamed what is now South Dakota. Buried deep in a layer of mudstone, “Sue” provided scientists with the most complete example of what a Tyrannosaurus Rex actually looked like! If Sue had a birthday party today, she’d be celebrating more than 65 million years! Learn more about this intriguing T-Rex, why it was named “Sue,” where precisely her remains were found, and why the discovery “shook up” the scientific community. Dig deep into today’s newspaper to locate the latest newsworthy discoveries, and see if you can sift through the layers to identify the who, what, when, where, why and how of good reporting. Sue would be impressed!
In this issue students will:
- read informational text about how fossils tell us about dinosaurs
- understand different layers of rock on the earth
- follow visual directions to draw a dinosaur
- use the newspaper to locate and alphabetize adjectives
- use context clues to select missing words
- write descriptively about a favorite dinosaur
- locate a new discovery in the news
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