{"id":20,"date":"2026-09-04T14:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp4a202627\/?p=20"},"modified":"2026-09-04T14:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:53:14","slug":"the-boy-who-grew-dragons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp4a202627\/2026\/09\/04\/the-boy-who-grew-dragons\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boy Who Grew Dragons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since starting Primary 4 we have been reading the novel ‘The Boy Who Grew Dragons.’ The story has been very enjoyable and each day we are eager to find out what happens next.<\/p>\n

“When we were reading the book we imagined we were holding a dragon in our hands because that is the size of Flicker.”<\/em><\/p>\n

We have been completing a range of Literacy activities based on the book including predicting, sequencing, letter writing and today we started writing the first draft of a fact file about dragons.<\/p>\n

We learned some facts about dragons as a whole class and then we independently completed our own research about dragons using the Chromebooks. We wrote down lots of interesting information about dragons and used this to begin writing our fact files.<\/p>\n

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Here are some of the facts we have learned:<\/p>\n

“I found out that dragons can run up to 35mph.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“Baby dragons are sometimes called hatchlings or dragonet.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“I found out that they drink salt water.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“The Emperor of China thought the Chinese Dragon was an important symbol.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“The Eastern Dragon comes from Korea, China, Japan and Indonesia.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“The Chinese dragon is also known as the long or loong.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“The Eastern Dragon controlled some rivers.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“It is believed that they make thunderstorms and lightning and <\/em>they live at the bottom of the sea.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“Eastern Dragons didn’t have wings, they relied on their magical powers.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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We have completed the first draft of our fact files and will begin to work on our finished piece next week. We will think about adding pictures and images to our fact file and consider the best way to display the information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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