Dragons love tacos. They love chicken tacos, beef tacos, great big tacos, and teeny tiny tacos. So if you want to lure a bunch of dragons to your party, you should definitely serve tacos. Buckets and buckets of tacos. Unfortunately, where there are tacos, there is also salsa. And if a dragon accidentally eats spicy salsa . . . oh, boy. You’re in red-hot trouble.
This silly dragon and cooking themed book can be used in speech therapy to target rich vocabulary and adjectives. It is also great for describing and for targeting /dr/, /g/, /z/, /l/, /v/, /sp/, /s/, /t/, /k/, /f/ and /ire/ sounds! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Dragons Love Tacos in speech therapy below:
Frequent Speech Sounds:
/dr/ initial
/g/ medial
/z/ final
/l/ initial
/v/ final
/sp/ initial
/s/ initial and medial
/t/ initial
/k/ medial
/f/ initial
/ire/ final
/r/ medial
Themes:
dragons
cooking/baking
non-seasonal
Book Details:
Diverse Characters: N/A
Age Recommendation: Early Childhood, Elementary
Dragons Love Tacos
By Adam Rubin
Key Teaching Concepts
Narrative Structure:
complete episode (plan- to make friends with a dragon)
Narrative Concepts:
vocabulary
illustration study
adjectives
complex sentence structure
Vocabulary:
spicy, mild, chunky, sizzle, gigantic, charades, conversation, comforting, judge, host, good Samaritan, jalapenos
Social/Emotional:
Have you ever had a taco?
What do you like on your tacos?
What do you hate on your tacos?
What’s your favorite part of a party?
Discuss interoception concepts such as fiery breath/insides
When else do dragons experience heat in their bodies?
When do you experience heat in your body (face, palms, ears, stomach, breath)
Why do the dragons typically stay away from spicy food?
What could the dragons do next time they see a food that doesn’t agree with them?
What strategies do you use when you don’t agree with something/one?
Grammar:
adjectives
complex sentence structure
compare/contrast toppings
Text Features:
questions
capitals
ellipses
moving text
exclamation marks
enlarged text for emphasis
Inferencing:
Why do you think dragons like tacos?
How do you think spicy food makes dragons feel?
Why do you think dragons like parties?
How do the dragons feel at the party?
How do they feel when they eat spicy food?
How do they feel at the end?
Predicting:
What do you think could happen if a dragon eats something spicy?
What do you think they will need for a big taco party?
What do you think will happen when they eat the tacos?