Bring the fun and flavour of a favourite picture book into your classroom with the Dragons Love Tacos Mini Book PACKAGE! This comprehensive resource is designed to support a whole class reading of Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin, with engaging, hands-on activities that reinforce comprehension, writing, and creativity through a taco-themed lens.

Each activity in this package is thoughtfully created to align with curriculum goals while maintaining the high energy and silliness that makes this book a student favourite. From procedural writing to cause and effect comprehension, to open-ended responses and a taco shop role-play booklet, there’s something here to ignite every student’s imagination.

Whether you're exploring narrative structure, building vocabulary, or diving into creative craft and writing, this mini book package provides the perfect blend of fun and purpose. Ideal for literacy rotations, guided reading follow-ups, whole-class responses or independent stations - it's a delicious mix of activities your students will love.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Identify and explore cause and effect relationships in a narrative
• ✅ Engage in procedural writing with clear steps and sequencing
• ✅ Develop personal responses and imaginative writing skills
• ✅ Build comprehension through text-based questioning
• ✅ Express ideas through both written and visual mediums

What’s Included:

• Dragons Hate Spicy Salsa: Cause & Effect Worksheets
• Dragons Love Tacos Writing Worksheets
• How to Make a Taco Procedure Template
• The Ultimate Taco Shop Booklet
• Dragons Love Tacos Craft

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheet pages and craft templates
• Writing pencils and coloured markers
• Scissors and glue
• Optional extras: tissue paper, streamers, or glitter for taco craft fun
• Stapler for assembling the taco shop booklet

How to Use:

1. Read Dragons Love Tacos as a class and discuss key themes and events.
2. Use the cause and effect worksheets to unpack how the spicy salsa impacts the dragons and what this teaches us about consequences.
3. Guide students through the taco procedure template as part of a writing lesson on instructions or sequencing.
4. Encourage personal responses and imaginative writing using the open-ended writing worksheets.
5. Have students role-play running their own taco shop using the booklet template - a great link to HASS or maths!
6. Finish the unit with the taco-themed craft for a vibrant classroom display.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Create a themed literacy week using all activities across multiple days
• 💡 Use the taco shop booklet for integrated role-play in a dramatic play or maths area
• 💡 Pair the procedure writing with a real taco-making experience or class cooking demo
• 💡 Add the craft to a bulletin board titled “Our Taco-rific Work!”
• 💡 Use the cause and effect sheets during guided reading discussions

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Print craft components on card for durability and to make displays pop
• 💛 Use the taco shop booklet for assessment by having students label, price and describe items
• 💛 Differentiate writing tasks by providing word banks or sentence starters
• 💛 Encourage students to read their writing aloud during class taco time

The Dragons Love Tacos Mini Book PACKAGE delivers a fun, flexible, and literacy-rich experience your students won’t forget. It’s the perfect way to transform a popular picture book into a memorable unit filled with creativity, writing, and deliciously fun learning.