HOW FROGS GROW
BY RUSS BUYOK
ILLUSTRATED BY LEIGHANNE
SCHNEIDER
A Reading A-Z story
HOW FROGS GROW
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This story can be found on the Reading A-Z
website. It is a C level story
www.readinga-z.com
Worksheets include sequencing and final
consonant /s/,
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
Frog Songs
http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/frogs/activitiessongs.htm
Life Cycle of Frog diagram
http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/frogs/ws7.htm
Itsy Bitsy Frog Book
http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/frogs/ws13.htm
Frog Life Cycle Craft
http://www.dltkkids.com/animals/mfroglifecycle.htm
ACTIVITIES
Easy Frog Paper Craft
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mefrog.html
Interactive game
http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/games/hopt
oit.html
Frog Life Cycle Game
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/scienceforkids/life
_cycle/frog_lifecycle.htm
BOOKS ABOUT FROGS
A Frog Prince by Alix Berenzy
A Frog Thing by Eric Drachman
Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Frogs By Gail Gibbons
From Tadpole to Frog (Lifecycles)by David Stewart
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1.
What is the main idea of this book?
2. Which of the following happens first in a frog’s life?
3. Tadpoles have ___________________ tails.
4.
Which of the following happens after a tadpole
grows back legs?
5.
What is a tadpole?
COMPREHENSION ANSWERS
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Frogs change as they grow
Tadpoles come out of eggs
long
A tadpole’s tail gets smaller
A baby frog
DATA COLLECTION TOOL
How Frogs Grow-- Comprehension
Student:
Date:
Question 1: What is the main idea
of this book?
Frogs are born out of eggs
Frogs change as they grow
Frogs have four legs and no tail
Question 2: Which of the following
happens first in a frog's life?
Tadpoles become froglets
Tadpoles come out of eggs
Tadpoles grow back legs
Question 3: Tadpoles have_____
tails
long
fat
short
Question 4: Which of the following
happens after a tadpole grows back
legs?
A tadpole's tail gets smaller
A tadpole grows a long tail
A tadpole comes out of an egg
Question 5: What is a tadpole?
a baby frog
an adult frog
a froglet
Notes:
Trial 1
Trial 2
Trial 3
Trial 4
Trial 5
STORY PICTURES
STORY PICTURES
STORY PICTURES
tadpole
frog
froglet
tail
frog eggs