Recently, we have obtained some tickets to see a play called A Year With Frog and Toad. I couldn't think of a better time to do a mini unit on the Frog and Toad books. I was hoping to finish the unit for all of the books before the play but that might not happen since we are finishing up our other literature unit. We will at least have two of the books finished though, which is better than nothing. My fourth grader wanted to join in on the fun as well even though she read those books several years ago.
As I researched items and activities to do with Frog and Toad, I couldn't find anything out there that was free. I truly sat down one night intending to complete my own unit and printables for them when I found a Frog and Toad Reader's Notebook by Michael Friermood (link below). It isn't free but I had to decide if I had the time to create my own unit (while in fact I am working on many others) or buy one. I was truly looking for a lap book but the reader notebooks looked super cute. I liked how I could print two notebooks on one sheet of paper and how they were able to be used with my older and younger child. I took the plunge and bought the three pack.
Each notebook has a pre-reading, during-reading, and after-reading activity. There were review questions and vocabulary, learning about toads and frogs, drawing and researching. The kids loved them! Here are a few of the activities that we accomplished with our unit.
J is working on drawing her picture of what makes her grumpy for the pre-reading activity of chapter one.
Kaleb is working on his vocabulary word of green. He drew a picture that matched the definitions of the word in each block.
We learned about the differences between frogs and toads. They completed a Venn diagram and watched a mini movie (links below). We went to the play and they loved it. It was a cute musical about Frog and Toad's Year and it had every part that we read in the books. Love it! Hope you have an awesome weekend.
Links
Parents as Partners - has a youtube video of the differences between frogs and toad, complete with review questions at the end.
Michael Friermood - has the bundle for the Frog and Toad book, reader notebooks.
Happily Ever After Education - has the free printable Venn diagram and a writing project for the differences between frogs and toads.
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