Frog and Toad Are Friends
Bibliographic Information
Arnold Lobel. (1970). Frog and Toad Are Friends. Harper Collins Children's Books.
ISBN 0064440206
Genre: Picture Book
Recommended Age
4 - 8
Summary
Simple, silly, and wonderful adventures with Frog and Toad are related in this book, which includes chapter-like divisions which help familiarize young readers with feautures of chapter books without overwhelming them with text. Frog and Toad are inseparable friends. They help each other and others with problems and try to make each other happy.
Instructional Activities
• Read informational text about frogs aloud to students. (Information available at http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/strange/big.html )
• Make a Venn diagram about frogs and toads.
• Take a virtual field trip to look at and listen to frogs and toads. Go to this website to see and hear frogs and toads. Have students take "field notes" about what they see and hear on the trip.
• What makes a friend? Have students use graphic organizer software to list the traits of a good friend.
• Students work together in groups to write the "recipe" for friendship. What do you need to put in to get freindship out?
Web Resources
California Teacher's Guide
Frog and Toad mini-unit
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