Just now getting around to
posting all of our hard work on our Frog Unit! We worked on frogs for two
weeks! We started with learning all about real frogs. We learned what
nonfiction means and we researched information about real frogs. We also
learned about the life cycle of frogs and we compared them with toads. We made
the life cycle seen below modeled after Kim Adsit's in her Frogs and
Butterflies Unit on TPT. I also used some of the graphic organizers from Deanna
Jump's Frog Frenzy Unit on TPT. The kids LOVED learning all sorts of
information about frogs and Herpetologists!
The next week we focused on a fiction week of frogs. We read
several of the Froggy books and did a character analysis on Froggy. We have
been working on the parts of a story and this really helped us focus on the
what a character is. We used Deanna Jump's Froggy Math and Literacy Fun Unit!
It includes a lot of fun little comprehension and math activities. Deanna makes
my life so much easier! :-) We read "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a
Frog" and making the cute little old lady craft. I found the idea on
Pinterest and made a little sketch on paper. It was super easy and turned out
really cute! The kids thought the book and craft was hilarious! I would
definitely have swallowed a doughnut also! Hehe! We ended our fiction frog unit
by reading "Prince of a Frog". It is a cute little story about a Frog
wanting to be a Prince and in the end his friends show him they love him for
who he is! We painted a frog and then--the BEST part--bedazzled a crown for
him. I thought they turned out so cute! So much fun!
