Do you need engaging lesson ideas and activities to teach students about frogs this spring? These non-fiction ELA and science mini-lessons and activities are a fun way for your learners to discover more about amphibians, and how tadpoles turn into frogs.
This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text, and build reading comprehension while they learn interesting facts about how frogs grow and transform from tadpoles.
⭐ Create anchor charts to lead your lessons and use the low-prep activities to teach a comprehensive unit that supports every student in your classroom.
⭐ Students will discover all about frogs by reading captivating non-fiction text that is written in student language and completing partner projects and independent activities.
⭐ Frog printable templates and materials are provided to teach how to draw and label a frog, the life cycle of a frog, conduct a frog research project, learn frog facts and vocabulary, create a frog craft, and more to fill your spring or amphibian themed unit!
What you get in this HUGE Frog unit:
- Visual activity instructions for your lessons
- Non-fiction children’s book list about frogs to use for your project
- Know, Wonder, Learn (KWL) & Schema activities with anchor chart headers
- Vocabulary and fact posters with real photographs
- Vocabulary activities – matching & cards
- Fact sorting and recording pages
- Labeled diagrams of a tadpole and frog
- Printable booklets for kids to fill-in, read, and draw
- Life cycle of a tadpole and frog with anchor chart headers, activities, and mini books
- Frog photo analysis
- Differentiated writing prompts
- Frog directed drawing
- Frog writing and craft
- Frog observation journal
- Research report booklet and writing paper
- Compare & contrast Frogs and butterflies on a Venn Diagram
**Check out the PREVIEW for a thorough look into what this resource includes!**
Why You Need the All About Frogs unit:
- This unit provides several activities and template choices making it easy to differentiateand meet the needs of your students.
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Real facts are presented to your students in a fun, engaging way with photographs to keep them focused and excited to learn more.
- This resource helps you facilitate meaningful lessons and discussions about frogs to enhance understanding of related vocabulary and facts.
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Build oral reading fluencyand comprehension skills with the included stories and ELA activities.
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Easily display, teach and organize the facts and vocabulary for this unit with the easy-to-print anchor chart pieces.
- Use the included tools to facilitate a fun frog research project!
The best part? This resource saves you time as it comes with print-and-go activities and everything you’d need to teach your students about tadpoles and frogs.
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Subareena P. says, “LOVE it! Very kid friendly. Loved the fact page as informational text reading for my 2nd graders. Vocab cards are great too! My students loved the can, have, are sort cut and paste page. Definitely worth the $!”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Cecilia S. says, “I particularly like these for my second grade students because they are kid friendly, but provide thorough nonfiction facts which my students really enjoy.”
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The activities align to the Common Core standards for Reading Informational Texts and Writing and the Next Generation Science Standards.
Supports Common Core Standards (CCSS):
First grade-W.1.2, W.1.7, RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI1.3, RI.1.4, RI.1.5, RI.1.6, RI.1.7, RI.1.9, RI.1.10
Second grade-W.2.2, W.2.7, RI.2.1, RI.2.2, RI2.3, RI.2.4, RI.2.5, RI.2.6, RI.2.7, RI.2.9, RI.2.10
Third grade-W.3.2, W.3.7, W.3.8, W.3.10, RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, RI.3.5, RI.3.6, RI.3.7, RI.3.9, RI.3.10
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