Dinosaurs Before Dark
Chapter 2
Pages 6 - 12  "The Monster"

absolutely crawled curved
shush grabbed backpack
glanced reptile Pterandon
creature soaring

Remember the short a is the sound you hear at the beginning of apple.

  1. Find 5 words from the list above that have the short a sound. Circle the letter that makes the short a sound.

___________________                         ___________________     ___________________                         ___________________     ___________________

Fill in the blanks using the words listed above.

  1. The __________________ was a flying reptile that lived during the time of the dinosaurs.
  2. Annie _______________ out the window of the tree house and saw a creature.
  3. The reptile was _______________ through the sky.
  4. When the tree house stopped everything was _________________ still.