Frog and Toad Together
Big Question: What changes
happen in a garden?
Author:
Arnold Lobel
Genre:
Animal Fantasy
SMALL GROUP
Timer
BIG QUESTION
WHAT CHANGES HAPPEN IN A GARDEN?
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
Frog and Toad Together
Day 1
Daily Fix-it
1. Dan helpped me plant my seeds
2. They will be litle plants son.
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 1
Daily Fix-it
1. Dan helpped me plant my seeds
Dan helped me plant my seeds.
2. They will be litle plants son.
They will be little plants soon.
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 1
Morning Warm-up
In winter, flowers go away.
In spring, flowers start to grow in
gardens.
Do we have a garden near our school?
What changes happen in a garden?
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 1
Oral Vocabulary
Sprout! It’s a Garden
Here is what a good gardener
knowsSeeds need sunshine golden.
Rain falls down and each seed
grows.
Sprout! It’s a garden.
It takes time to see the plants.
The blooms will not be sudden.
Just let nature have a chance.
Sprout! It’s a garden.
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 1
Amazing Words
 gardener
A gardener is someone who grows
plants.
 nature
Nature is everything in the world that
is not made by people.
 sprout
Sprout means “to begin to grow.”
Inflected Endings
 melted melting
 pet
petted
petting
 batting
 ripped
 hopping
 stepped
 shutting
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tagged
digging
begging
slipped
chopped
swimming
stopping
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 1
planned
Ending -ed
planned
rested
tripped
thanked
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 1
letting
Ending -ing
letting
jumping
landing
hugging
Word Reading – ed, -ing
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tapping
sipped
jogging
running
pinned
flipped
ringing
clapping
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hummed
asked
fixes
getting
yelled
wishes
zipped
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 1
1. Reading WB page 33
2. Spelling WB page 61
3. Journal – List plants you would grow
in your garden.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 1
Daily Journal Writing
Day 1
List plants you would
grow in your
garden.
Frog and Toad Together
Day 2
Daily Fix-it
3. I plantted seeds last spring
4. next year I will do it agan.
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 2
Daily Fix-it
3. I plantted seeds last spring
I planted seeds last spring.
4. next year I will do it agan.
Next year I will do it again.
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 2
Morning Warm-up
We will read about the four seasons.
Many things change with each season.
Why do you think the seasons change?
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 2
Amazing Words
 dim
Dim means “not
bright.”
 shade
Shade is a place that
is darker than the
area around it
because light has
been blocked from
the sun.
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cat
had
hard
far
card
barn
smart
march
hard
Word Work
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car
mark
yarn
harp
star
chart
large
art
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jar
sort
cat
yard
more
cart
dark
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scarf
ham
hard
porch
harm
sharp
start
bark
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 2
1. Reading WB pages 34, 35, 36
2. Spelling WB page 62
3. Journal – Write about a time when
you or someone you know planted a
seed.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 2
Daily Journal Writing
Day 2
Write about planting
a seed.
Frog and Toad Together
Day 3
Daily Fix-it
5. I put thre seeds in one pot?
6. then I gave them watter.
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 3
Daily Fix-it
5. I put thre seeds in one pot?
I put three seeds in one pot.
6. then I gave them watter.
Then I gave them water.
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 3
Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about Toad.
Toad plants seeds in a garden.
He reads and sings and shouts at his
seeds.
What does a real garden need to
grow?
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 3
Amazing Words
blossom –
A blossom is the
flower of a plant.
When a plant
blossoms it has
flowers.
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 3
Inflected endings
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 clapping
 clapping
 thanked
 smart
 flipping
 large
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 3
Grandpa’s Garden
Grandpa was digging
Far back in the yard,
Planting a garden,
And working real hard.
He stopped when it got dark
And plopped down to wait
For someone to tell him
The garden looked great.
We all started clapping.
We patted his arm.
Now Grandpa is planning
To start a small farm.
barked
digging
stepped
parking
started
swimming
hummed
marching
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 3
gardens
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 3
Sometimes people try
different things to keep the
plants in their garden
growing. Toad is a
character in the story we
are about to read. His
garden is not growing the
way he thinks it should.
We’ll find out what advice
Frog gives Toad and if
anything ever grows in the
garden.
Vocabulary
• rain
• ground
• head
• shouted
• shouting
High-Frequency Words
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work
very
again
grow
few
day
were
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how
read
afraid
soon
home
together
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 3
1. Reading WB page 37
2. Spelling WB page 63
3. Journal – Write about your favorite
flower, plant, or tree.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 3
Toad shouts at his seeds.
Toad shouted at his seeds.
Toad is shouting at his seeds.
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start
plant
walk
look
play
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 3
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Toad did stuff to his seeds.
First get some seeds, tiny and brown.
Then put them deep into the ground.
The rain comes, and the sun shines
down.
Up go the flowers, large and round.
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 3
Daily Journal Writing
Day 3
Write about your
favorite flower,
plant, or tree.
Frog and Toad Together
Day 4
Daily Fix-it
7. They ned sunn.
8. I am hapy when they gro.
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 4
Daily Fix-it
7. They ned sunn.
They need sun.
8. I am hapy when they gro.
I am happy when they grow.
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 4
Morning Warm-up
Toad tried to make his seeds sprout.
Today we will read about what flowers
really need to grow.
What would you plant in a garden?
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 4
Amazing Words
humongous –
If something is
humongous, it is
very, very big.
destroy –
When you destroy
something, you
ruin it.
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 4
fixes
foxes
Words with or, ore
corn
chore
Words without or, ore
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 4
Word Reading
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school
old
sorts
porches
their
Mort
very
other
some
away
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shore
horns
fixes
our
Ford
people
house
store
drums
friends
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 4
Words in Context
Ford fixes and sorts the horns and
drums.
Their very old house has two porches.
Our friends shopped at the school store.
Mort went away to the shore with some
other people.
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 4
1. Reading WB pages 38, 39
2. Spelling WB page 64
3. Journal – Write to tell what Toad’s
garden looks like after the plants
grow tall.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 4
Daily Journal Writing
Day 4
Write to tell what
Toad’s garden looks
like after the plants
grow tall.
Frog and Toad Together
Day 5
Daily Fix-it
9. he planted the seds.
10.Jan and I waters the garden
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 5
Daily Fix-it
9. he planted the seds.
He planted the seeds.
10.Jan and I waters the garden
Jan and I water the garden.
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 5
Morning Warm-up
We have learned how
blossoms sprout from
seeds. We know that
dim light can destroy
some plants. What can
a gardener do to grow
big flowers?
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 5
Clark tripped on a sharp rock in the
yard.
Running around a large park is fun.
We stopped to look at the stars in the
dark sky.
The sharks are swimming in deep
water.
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 5
soon
afraid
read
again
few
how
_________ lots of books about Frog and Toad.
Read many, not a _________.
Read them over and over __________.
Each time will seem brand new!
Don’t be __________ to plant a seed.
__________ will it grow? You know.
Rain, sun, and time, and __________ a plant
Will start to grow and grow!
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 5
1. Handwriting sheet
2. Journal – Write about how to start
a garden.
3. AR test
4. Centers
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 5
Daily Journal Writing
Day 5
Write about how to
start a garden.