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Reading about Freaky Frogs: “The Glass Frog” Lesson PlanReading about Freaky Frogs: “The Glass Frog” Lesson Plan
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EngageNY
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3rd
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English Language Arts
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Duration
1 hr
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2014
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Reading about Freaky Frogs: “The Glass Frog”

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  • Grade 3 ELA Module 2A: Full Module
  • Grade 3 ELA Module 2A, Unit 2: Full Unit
  • Grade 3 ELA Module 2A, Unit 2: Recommended Texts
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Freaky frogs are the focus of a lesson plan designed to boost reading comprehension skills using text features and asking and answering questions. Informational text and a poem supply scholars with animal-related vocabulary and facts. A three-page worksheet challenges pupils to show what they know by way of short answers and graphic organizers. 

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

reading, informational texts, frogs, amphibians, animals, poetry, asking questions, answering questions, questions, forming questions

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Display pictures of freaky frogs on an informational bulletin board that highlights details from the readings
  • Locate additional poems about frogs for early finishers to read when tasks are complete
  • Create a blogpost for class members to answer as part of the checking-in process embedded in the lesson 

Classroom Considerations

  • The seventh of thirteen lessons make up a larger unit about frogs 
  • Participants should have materials from past lessons readily available

Pros

  • Offers suggestions for meeting a variety of learners' needs 
  • Provides several opportunities to check-in with class members to gauge their comprehension 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.3.1 RI.3.4 RI.3.5 RI.3.7

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