Lesson Plan
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Introduce Vocabulary: From Tadpole to Frog (Pfeffer)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Take an amphibious journey with budding readers as you explore vocabulary in Wendy Pfeffer's informative book From Tadpole to Frog. This text is the backdrop of a vocabulary exercise based on six words: fertilize,...
PPT
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How Do Animals Change as They Grow?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This PowerPoint includes text, diagrams, and clip art describing characteristics of a tadpole as it changes into a frog, as well as a description of the related life cycle stages. Although the title indicates the broader theme of...
Worksheet
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The Pipa Pipa Frog

For Students 3rd - 4th
The Pipa Pipa frog is the focus of this reading comprehension worksheet. After reading a passage and studying a photograph of the frog, students complete eighteen phrases that tell about the frog.
Worksheet
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Life Cycle or Frogs: Reading Comprehension

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this life cycle or frogs worksheet, students read 8 paragraphs, order them appropriately, and respond to 9 short answer questions pertaining to the reading.
Lesson Plan
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Imagination Or Observation?

For Teachers K
Read the books, "Frog and Toad Are Friends," and "Tale of a Tadpole," to distinguish between fantasy and reality in the books. In this reading comprehension lesson plan, students review the similarities and differences in each book with...
Lesson Plan
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Guided Reading using Gail Gibbon's book Frogs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read to locate information about the stages of a frog's life and organize on a chart.
Lesson Plan
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Introduce Vocabulary: From Tadpole to Frog

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read From Tadpole to Frog, listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and students...
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Tadpole Diary

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the life cycle by observing tadpoles. After reading the book, Tadpole Diary, they draw the stages of tadpole development and write sentences about what they think is happening.
Worksheet
K5 Learning

The Life Cycle

For Students 3rd Standards
Studying plant, animal, or insect life cycles? Pair a science unit with a reading comprehension worksheet on life cycles. The passage touches briefly on butterfly, plant, frog, and dog life cycles before prompting readers to answer six...
Printables
Lakeshore Learning

Story Sequencing Activity

For Students 1st - 3rd
Pollywogs, tadpoles, and frogs. Here's a sequencing exercise that combines story telling and science. Kids paste illustrations of the life cycles of frogs in order on a story sheet.
Lesson Plan
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Bodaciously Beautiful Butterflies Take Flight

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete study on butterflies using real caterpillars, keep individual daily journals of observations, and complete timeline for their caterpillar/butterfly.
Worksheet
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Science - Life Cycle of the Butterfly

For Students 4th - 6th
In this butterfly worksheet, students learn about the 4 stages that a butterfly goes through during metamorphosis. They then use what they learned to answer the 9 questions on the page. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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Butterfly Metamorphosis Booklet

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students study the four different stages of butterfly metamorphosis, In this butterfly life cycle lesson, students construct a metamorphosis booklet by recording and illustrating the butterfly life cycles in the booklet. Vocabulary and...
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Star Summarizers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a reading literacy lesson with the goal of improving reading fluency and comprehension. They work on the skill of summarization that helps to pick out important details of a reading.