Ideas For Extending His Books

Alliteration and onomatopoeia is a staple in the Froggy series. This involves having words in a sequence all start with the same first letter and words that represent sounds. After reading any of the Froggy books, have the children chime in with the whimsical, repeated sound words. For a writing extension, students draw a picture of Froggy labeled with his "sounds." Flip! Flap!Flop!

After reading several of the Froggy books, brainstorm other titles for a new Froggy adventure. As a class collaboration, use one of the ideas and write a class book. Older children can write them individually or work with a partner.

How about some Froggy Centers or Stations? Maybe even a Froggy Celebration set up for one day at the end of the unit. Snacks could be served fit for a frog! Here's a few ideas. Splish! Splash! Splat!
1. Frog Fact Booklet
2. Froggy Paper Bag Puppet
3. Froggy Paper Tube Craft
4. Paper Frog Finger Puppet
5. Paper Plate Frog
6. Accordion Arm and Leg Frog-
7. Listen Station- Many of the Froggy books with accompanying tapes can be purchased from Scholastic.
8. Science Station-Books about real frogs. How about some tadpoles that the children can observe. Here's a great site that tells All About Raising Frogs.
9. Math Center-Make frog math problems. Here are some Frog Counters to have ready for the children.
10. Frog Bookmarks

These wonderful Froggy books are perfect for a reader's theatre.

Here is a site that shares a one week lesson plan for exploring the world of Froggy. Lesson Plan for Froggy

"5-W's Poems" are always one of my favorites. In this type of poetry form students tell the Who-did What-When-Where-Why of a story or character in a story. Here are some sample 5-W Poems written by a 1st grade class.