Frog: Word and Teacher
Frog and Toad Are Friends UNIT by Arnold Lobel
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Kimberlee Fulbright
Language Arts/Reading Lessons
03-27-03
Grade level: 2nd-3rd
Purpose/Rationale:
I am teaching this lesson because of student interest, teacher interest, and the GA QCC Standard LA.2.23 & LA.3.23 Integrates language structure (syntax), meaning clues (semantics), phonetic strategies, and sight vocabulary when reading orally and silently.
Unit Goals:
1. To teach the students how to sequence events.
2. To teach students the importance of friendship.
3. To teach the students how to identify and describe the main characters of a story.
Day 1
Essential Question: What vocabulary words can we learn by reading Frog and Toad Are Friends? Who are the main characters of this story?
Objective: With assistance from the teacher (as a whole class), the students will be able to fill in their character web and vocabulary quilt with the correct information that the whole class (and teacher) decide to put in the blanks. They must complete this activity with 100% accuracy.
QCC Standards: LA.3.14 Increases vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interests and knowledge.
LA.3.27 Identifies the main characters.
Materials:
1. Character Chart (2 for each child) graphic organizer from J. Jacobson & D. Raymer. (1999). The big book of reproducible graphic organizers. Scholastic: New York.
2. Book Lobel, A. (1970). Frog and toad are friends. HarperCollinsPublishers: New York.
3. Checklist (teacher made using Microsoft Word Processor)
4. Vocabulary Quilt (1 for each student) graphic organizer from J. Jacobson & D. Raymer. (1999). The big book of reproducible graphic organizers. Scholastic: New York.
5. Pictures of Frogs and Toads (from
6. Information about frogs and toads (from
7. Seasons Poem Poster (from Macmillan Early Skills Program (1984)
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0064440206/ref=lib_dp_TFCV/102-2438701-9497711?v=glance&s=books&vi=reader#reader-link
Kimberlee Fulbright
Language Arts/Reading Lessons
03-27-03
Grade level: 2nd-3rd
Purpose/Rationale:
I am teaching this lesson because of student interest, teacher interest, and the GA QCC Standard LA.2.23 & LA.3.23 Integrates language structure (syntax), meaning clues (semantics), phonetic strategies, and sight vocabulary when reading orally and silently.
Unit Goals:
1. To teach the students how to sequence events.
2. To teach students the importance of friendship.
3. To teach the students how to identify and describe the main characters of a story.
Day 1
Essential Question: What vocabulary words can we learn by reading Frog and Toad Are Friends? Who are the main characters of this story?
Objective: With assistance from the teacher (as a whole class), the students will be able to fill in their character web and vocabulary quilt with the correct information that the whole class (and teacher) decide to put in the blanks. They must complete this activity with 100% accuracy.
QCC Standards: LA.3.14 Increases vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interests and knowledge.
LA.3.27 Identifies the main characters.
Materials:
1. Character Chart (2 for each child) graphic organizer from J. Jacobson & D. Raymer. (1999). The big book of reproducible graphic organizers. Scholastic: New York.
2. Book Lobel, A. (1970). Frog and toad are friends. HarperCollinsPublishers: New York.
3. Checklist (teacher made using Microsoft Word Processor)
4. Vocabulary Quilt (1 for each student) graphic organizer from J. Jacobson & D. Raymer. (1999). The big book of reproducible graphic organizers. Scholastic: New York.
5. Pictures of Frogs and Toads (from
6. Information about frogs and toads (from
7. Seasons Poem Poster (from Macmillan Early Skills Program (1984)