Dinosaurs: Giant Jigsaws

Dinosaurs: Giant Jigsaws is an informational report that explains how dinosaur bones are excavated, studied in the laboratory, and reconstructed into skeletons.  The text explains how scientists use clues in the skeleton to learn how dinosaurs looked and behaved.  The book concludes with several features, one that prompts text to self/text/world and others relate to planning an informational report.  The style is informative and conversational.

The book has a table of contents and is divided into sections.  Photographs support the text.  Boxes throughout the text prompt comprehension strategies, such as predicting and questioning.  A list is used.  A variety of sentence types is used.  An index is provided.

Unfamiliar words and specialized vocabulary, such as fibreglass, are defined in context.

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