Frog and Toad

**Update*** The Frog and Toad Resource bundle is now available here!!

This past week my students have been immersed in the classic stories of Arnold Lobel. Frog and Toad are some of my childhood favorites and they still engage and entertain kids today. My students were practically rolling around on the floor with laughter at the antics of these beloved characters.

Once we completed the reading of the Frog and Toad Together stories, we completed some fun activities from the Frog and Toad Together Unit. Check out the pictures of the unit below and get the unit here.

There are many great activities that can be done with this story. Included in the Frog and Toad Together Unit are engaging activities such as comparing and contrasting characters, finding text evidence for character traits, sequence of events, central message, comprehension questions, and more!

                                 Get the full unit here!

Frog and Toad is also great to use for teaching the central message. There is a lesson to be learned from the characters in each story. We created this helpful anchor chart to help us keep track of the central message.

I have uploaded the Frog and Toad Are Friends Unit. Click here to check it out!

Happy Teaching!

Frog and Toad Opinion Writing and Art Project

Today I want to share a cute project that my class completed to celebrate Frog and Toad. My students LOVE the Frog and Toad stories and as you can see in this post, we learned so much about the central message by reading the adventures of these characters.

I wanted to showcase our knowledge of these characters in an exciting way, so I had my students write an opinion piece on their favorite character. I had them choose their favorite character and tell me the reasons they liked this character the best. I think there are definite "Frog people" and "Toad people". "Frog people" usually love his kindness and enjoy his great advice. "Toad people" think his stubborn ways are hilarious and enjoy his silly antics. It was interesting to see which students chose Frog and which students chose Toad. Some of my students really surprised me with their choices!

We then created scenes from the stories we read and I taught the students how to draw both Frog and Toad and a few scenes from the various books. The students outlined their characters and scenes with black marker. Then they used watercolor pencil to color in the scenes. The watercolor allows 6 and 7 year-old fingers to get the pigment right where it needs to be. Then I had them use a small brush and water to make the paint blend nicely. We then used a pop-up method to help our characters pop out of their scene.

My students LOVED this project and it is one I will use year after year. Frog and Toad are classic characters and they are perfect for a first grade study of characters and central message!

If you want to check out my Frog and Toad Together Unit click here or check out this post!

Happy Teaching!!