Back to Dinosaur Page 
Back
to 2nd GradeDinosaur Songs
and
Choral Readings
Triceratops
(Sung
to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
I’d like to be a dinosaur, dinosaur, dinosaur,
And if I were a dinosaur, I’d be a triceratops.
Triceratops had 3 big horns, 3 big horns, 3 big horns;
Triceratops had 3 big horns, and was a herbivore.
He used his horns in self-defense, self defense, self
defense, and he used his horns in self-defense to keep T-Rex away.
(Sung
to the tune of “Oh My Darling Clementine”)
Stegosaurus, Stegosaurs
Lived so very long ago
He had thick skin and a small head,
and spikes all down his back.
Stegosaurus, Stegosaurus
Ate lots of plants of green
He had a brain the size of a walnut
And he was a herbivore.
(Sung
to the tune of “Wheels on the Bus”)
The tyrannosaurus rex was big and strong, big and strong, big and strong. The tyrannosaurus rex was big and strong, and he walked upright.
He had big claws and very sharp teeth, very sharp teeth,
very sharp teeth. He had big claws and very sharp teeth and was a carnivore.
The t-rex was a mighty hunter, mighty hunter, mighty
hunter. The t-rex was a mighty hunter and the king of the dinosaurs.
The
Dinosaur Hunt
An
Echo Reading
One or two students act as leaders and read each line. The rest of the students echo the words and the motions of the leaders.
We’re
going on a dinosaur hunt. (hands hit knees)
(Echo)
We’re
going to catch a big one!
(Echo)
All
right?
(Echo)
Okay?
(Echo)
Let’s
go.
(Echo)
We’re
walking through the tall grass. (hands slide back and forth against
each
other)
(Echo)
Swish-Swish-Swish
(Echo)
We
come to a river.
(Echo)
Flowing
wide and deep.
(Echo)
Can’t
go over it.
(Echo)
Can’t
go under it.
(Echo)
Can’t
go around it.
(Echo)
Have
to go through it. (swimming
motions)
(Echo)
Swim-Swim-Swim.
(Echo)
We’re
walking up a hill. (hands hit knees, lean slightly forward)
(Echo)
Puff-Puff-Puff.
(Echo)
We
come to the top.
(Echo)
What
is that we see? (hand to the forehead)
(Echo)
We
see a brontosaurus!
(Echo)
Bigger
than the hill!
(Echo)
Students
sing the song “Brontosaurus Boogie” by Teresa Jennings.
We’re
running down the hill. (hands hit
knees rapidly)
(Echo)
Puff-Puff-Puff.
(Echo)
We’re
coming to a tar pit.
(Echo)
Big
and black and sticky.
(Echo)
Can’t
go over it.
(Echo)
Can’t
go under it.
(Echo)
Can’t
go around it.
(Echo)
We’ll
have to go through it.
(Echo)
Glump-Glump-Glump.
(slowly move hands up and down with fingers
curled
and spread)
(Echo)
We
pass a triceratops.
(Echo)
Stuck
in the sticky tar.
(Echo)
Students
sing the song “Triceratops.” Sung
to the tune of “Mary Had A Little Lamb.”
We
come to a rocky stream.
(Echo)
A
swift and cold and rocky stream.
(Echo)
Can’t
go over it.
(Echo)
Can’t
go under it.
(Echo)
Can’t
go around it.
(Echo)
We’ll
have to go across it.
(Echo)
Hop-Skip-Hop.
(feet delicately step down – choosing rocks)
(Echo)
Look
high up in the sky. (hand to the
forehead: look up towards the ceiling)
(Echo)
What
is that up there?
(Echo)
It’s
a pterodactyl!
(Echo)
The
flying reptile!
(Echo)
Students
sing the song “Fossils and Footprints” by Teresa Jennings.
We’re
coming to a cave.
(Echo)
A
dark and dingy cave.
(Echo)
Can’t
go over it.
(Echo)
Can’t
go under it.
(Echo)
Can’t
go around it.
(Echo)
We’ll
have to go into it.
(Echo)
Creep-Creep-Creep.
(Echo)
What
is that we see? (hand to forehead)
(Echo)
A
spiky stegosaurus!
(Echo)
Hiding
in the dark.
(Echo)
Students
sing the song “Stegosaurus” sung to the tune of “My Darling Clementine.”
Let’s get away from here!
(Echo)
Run-Run-Run! (run
in place)
(Echo)
We’re climbing the volcano.
(climbing motions)
(Echo)
Climb-Climb-Climb.
(Echo)
What is that we hear? (hand to ear)
(Echo)
Coming up behind us?
(Echo)
Tyrannosaurus Rex!
(Echo)
The tyrant king.
(Echo)
Students sing “Tyrannosaurus Rex” song to the tune of “The Wheels on the Bus.”
Let’s
run for our lives! (running
in place)
(Echo)
FOLLOW ME!
(Echo)
Down the volcano.
(Echo)
Slide-Slide-Slide.
(Echo)
Past the cave.
(Echo)
Creep-Creep-Creep.
(Echo)
Across the stream.
(Echo)
Hop-Skip-Hop.
(Echo)
Through the tar pit.
(Echo)
Glump-Glump-Glump.
(Echo)
Up the hill.
(Echo)
Scurry-Scurry-Scurry.
(Echo)
Down the hill.
(Echo)
Hurry-Hurry-Hurry.
(Echo)
Through the river.
(Echo)
Swim-Swim-Swim.
(Echo)
Through the tall grass.
(Echo)
Swish-Swish-Swish.
(Echo)
Back at last!
(Echo)
Students sing the song “Dig A Dinosaur” by Norma
Gentner.
The dinosaurs lived long ago and walked like
this, and that.
Some were large
and some were small.
Some liked water and some
just walked on land.
Some had wings that flapped and flapped.
Some had long necks that stretched and stretched.
The meanest, rudest one of all was
ferocious Tyrannosaurus Rex.
These were the dinosaurs of long ago.
Goodness gracious, where did they go?
Dig a, dig a, dig a, dig a dinosaur.
They ruled a hundred forty million years or more.
Dig a, dig a, dig a, dig a dinosaur.
To find a dinosaur, just dig some more.
Dig a, dig a, dig a, dig a dinosaur.
They came form eggs but not the ones you find in stores.
They hatched in a sandy nest out in the sun.
If their mother sat on them, there would be none!
Dig a, dig a, dig a, dig a dinosaur.
Tyrannosaurus rex had a terrible roar.
She had an appetite that you could never beat.
All she ever ate all day was meat, meat, meat!
Dig a, dig a, dig a, dig a dinosaur.
Apatosaurus weighed thirty tons or more.
He ate a lot of plants to grow so big and strong.
It sounded like thunder as he walked along!
Dig a, dig a, dig a, dig a dinosaur.
They might have disappeared because of meteors.
Space rocks hit the earth, and dust blocked out the sun.
Then the earth got cold, and
now they’re gone, gone, gone.
Back to Unit Information and Lesson Plans
Back to Dinosaur Page Back
to 2nd Grade
