Description
These Frog and Toad All Year activities will save time and keep your students focused on comprehension. ย Each chapter focuses on key comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading. Use it for small group strategy discussions as well as literature circles or book clubs.ย Check out the preview to see how the chapters are organized.
WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE FROG AND TOAD ALL YEAR UNIT?
- Story Vocabulary
- Winter Words Schema Builder
- Story Elements Anchor Chart and Organizer
- Chapter Summarizer
- Questioning Anchor Chart
- Questioning Fan Project
- Thick and Thin Questions
- Alphaboxes about Summer
- Summarizing Anchor Chart
- Beginning | Middle | End Trifold for The Ice Cream
- What Scares Me/What Surprises Me Schema Builder
- Sequencing Anchor Chart and Foldable
- Family Traditions Organizer
- Main Idea/Evidence
- Writing Response
MORE ABOUT THIS RESOURCE:
This set now also has a newly added 20 card deck of Boom Cards for group discussion and digital learning. The activities are drag and drop with audio support.
The printable unit includes 24 pages total and is most appropriate for second and third grade; however, with support, first graders would benefit from the activities in whole group with teacher modeling. Frog and Toad All Year is written at a mid-second grade level.
WHAT TEACHERS HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS UNIT:
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Tabri H. says, “I love teaching Frog and Toad and this was a great resource to go along with my unit at the end of the school year. Thank you!”
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Bobbie R. says, “I used this with my high kinder reading group. They absolutely loved it. They loved researching and authentically reading for deeper understanding. They were so engaged. We are still working with this book we are taking it slow since they are in k. We are now comparing frogs and toads. We are getting ready for Frog and Toad book number 2. ”
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Catherine S. says, “My class loved this unit! ๐ The local children’s theatre put on a Frog and Toad musical around the time we were finishing up this unit. They were so excited to talk with the actors after the play because of this unit! Thank you!”
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Patricia Hundย (TpT Seller) says, “These activities made our reading and learning so much fore fun! Thank you!.”
OTHER ARNOLD LOBEL RESOURCES YOU MIGHT LIKE:
To get the bundles, purchase the Arnold Lobel Author Study Bundle or the Frog and Toad Bundle.
Arnold Lobel Author Study Bundle
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT BOOM CARDS:
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4) The activities are perfect for guiding group discussion, for paired work if you are able to have students work together, for independent practice, or as an assessment tool to check understanding.
5) You can differentiate and assign some activities to one student and other activities to another student within your class with the paid account (recommended), and you can collect data based on performance.
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Meredith R. –
Very helpful in guided reading!
Lori C. –
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Buyer –
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margaret B. –
This added so much to our Frog & Toad unit. The students loved it and I did also.
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Rebecca Bowman –
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Patricia Hund – 2nd Grade Resources –
These activities made our reading and learning so much fore fun! Thank you!
Niki Ford –
Fantastic! Can’t wait to use it!
Susan N. –
Good material
Colleen S. –
A helpful guide.
karen B. –
Wonderful to use with my guided reading groups. Thank you!
Toni H. –
Great unit
Michelle Lareau –
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Amy B. –
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The HOKIE Teacher –
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Margaret N. –
Great Resource!
Nellie’s Niche –
Thank you for this awesome resource! You have made my life so much easier!
Catherine S. –
My class loved this unit! ๐ The local children’s theatre put on a Frog and Toad musical around the time we were finishing up this unit. They were so excited to talk with the actors after the play because of this unit! Thank you!
Bobbie R. –
I used this with my high kinder reading group. They absolutely loved it. They loved researching and authentically reading for deeper understanding. They were so engaged. We are still working with this book we are taking it slow since they are in k. We are now comparing frogs and toads. We are getting ready for Frog and Toad book number 2.
kylene C. –
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Megan T. –
Can’t wait to use this! Thank you!
Amber T. –
wonderful resource. I was able to use it right away for small group instruction.
Kyle J. –
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Amy Williams –
Excellent resource for last minute planning
Jacqueline O. –
Students were engaged.
Tabri H. –
I love teaching Frog and Toad and this was a great resource to go along with my unit at the end of the school year. Thank you!
Dawn L. –
Some great activities to use along with our unit study of Frog and Toad!
Elizabeth H. –
I love Frog and Toad and these activities went perfectly with the book!
Sharon F. –
My students love using this resource i whole and small group as well as workshop.
Bev G. –
My students really loved this engaging resource. They found this resource informative and liked using it to learn new content.