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Frog and Toad are Friends
Students view a 30-minute video instructional activity to discover information about the characteristics of frogs and toads. They then transform themselves into frogs and participate in a Jumping Frog Jubilee. They work in groups of...
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What is it...A Frog or a Toad?
Students write a story. In this frogs and toads comparison lesson, students read facts comparing frogs and toads, use a t-chart to record factual information and complete a Venn Diagram. Students complete a four square writing template...
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Frog and Toad Are Confusing
Third graders are introduced to the similiarties and differences between a frog and a toad. In groups, they compare and contrast them and identify distinguishing characteristics of each. They watch a video on the animals and answer...
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Frog or Toad? How Can You Tell?
Students compare and contrast frogs and toads. In groups, they research the life cycle of amphibians, their life cycles, breeding habits and ways they survive. Students list words or phrases describing their amphibian. After trading...
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Frogs and Toads Are Different
Second graders identify the unique characteristics of frogs and toads. Through Internet research and reading the book Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel, 2nd graders compare and contrast the two amphibians.
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A Creative Spin on Frog and Toad All Year
Students create drawings from their favorite book with sidewalk chalk. Â In this reading comprehension activity, students read Frog and Toad All Year and investigate the character known as the Ice Cream Monster. Â Students visualize their...
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Counting
Second graders comprehend how to use two different kinds of graphs. They complete a worksheet with the help of the teacher and a bag of jellybeans and then another worksheet without the direction of the teacher. Students listen as the...
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Frog Raps
Students analyze the different charateristics of frogs and toads. Students analyze how frogs/toads live, what they look like, where they live, their stages of life and how they compare to each other. Students create in small groups...
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Frog Olympics
Students explore the attributes of amphibians. In this physical frog biology instructional activity, students discover facts about the muscles of frogs and then play 2 games that require them to move like frogs.
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Hop into Action
Young scientists find out what makes amphibians such unique and interesting animals in this simple life science lesson. After looking at pictures and discussing the characteristics of amphibians, learners complete a series of three Venn...
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Frog and Toad
Second graders use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast buttons after listening to the story, A Lost Button.
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Graphing Toad/ Frog Respiration
Students measure respiratory rates on live toads, and the effect water temperature has on their findings. In this scientific method lesson, students record their findings and present them in a graph, comparing the results.
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Animals attributes
First graders analyze different animals in fiction and nonfiction stories. In this animal lesson plan, 1st graders choose an animal and read a fiction story with that animal as a character. They describe how the animal acted in the story...
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Holy Habitats or Meet Metamorphosis
Students examine the metamorphosis of frogs and how it adapts to its environment. They research how world pollutants are effecting the amphibian population.
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Learning Activities: Magic Words
Students use poetry to compare and contrast humans and frogs.
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Monitoring Amphibians
What sort of shoes do frogs wear? Open toad sandals. If your scholars want experience collecting field samples, this is the lesson for you. After learning the proper way to collect field samples, pupils catch amphibians to test for...
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Marshland Wonders
Students review the characteristics of wetlands and list their benefits. After viewing short videos, they identify the organims that make their home in wetlands and how they have adapted. They compare and contrast the characteristics...
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Analyzing Character Traits
Young scholars read "Frog and Toad are Friends" and investigate physical, emotional, and mental character traits. They brainstorm a list of character traits that make a good friend. The list is placed into a visual ranking system that...
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Problem Solving
Second graders practice problem solving strategies. In this problem solving lesson, 2nd graders use strategies such as guess and check, acting out, drawing pictures and looking for patterns to solve problems. Students work in groups to...
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Proportionality Using Wind in the Willows
Students examine proportionality in Wind in the Willows by comparing Mr. Toad, objects proportional to him and objects proportional to humans. They then measure a stuffed Mr. Toad and make common objects proportional to Mr. Toad???s...
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Investigation 12 - Amphibians & Reptiles
Fourth graders compare and contrast the behavior and structure of amphibians and reptiles of Utah. The Division of Wildlife Resources website is an important resource for them to access, for information as well as colorful pictures of...
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Section Two: Why is Biodiversity Important?
Explore soil, genetic traits, natural resources, and pollution in a series of lessons that focus on biodiversity. Kids complete experiments to learn more about the importance of varied genes and organisms in an ecosystem.
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Mixed Bags: Fiction and Nonfiction
Using a bag with one fiction and non-fiction book of similar topics, partners work together to find the differences and similarities of each story. They record their obervances in a T-chart.
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The Attribute Train
Students participate in a hands-on activity working with attribute blocks. After reading a story about attributes as a class, they each are given two attribute blocks. The first student lays one attribute block on the floor with the next...