A Frog’s Life SUMMARY This book follows the stages of a frog’s life. These stages include egg, tadpole, froglet, and full-grown frog. LESSON VOCABULARY crawls pond shed wonderful insects powerful skin INTRODUCE THE BOOK INTRODUCE THE TITLE AND AUTHOR Discuss with children the title and author of A Frog’s Life. Have them look at the cover. What do they think the book will be about? Do they think this will be a fiction or nonfiction book? What clues tell them this? BUILD BACKGROUND Ask children to tell you what they know about frogs. If children are unaware that frogs go through various stages (egg, tadpole, froglet, frog), briefly discuss the stages before children begin to read. PREVIEW/TAKE A PICTURE WALK Invite children to look at the photos in the book. Ask them to tell you how they think the photos might help them understand the information they will be reading. Point out the labels and the fact that they are used to name the different stages in a frog’s life and show the different body parts. Then, show children the diagram on page 12 and make sure they understand that the arrows are showing the cycle of events. 80 2.4.3 COMPARE AND CONTRAST GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS READ THE BOOK SET PURPOSE Have children set a purpose for reading A Frog’s Life. Children’s own interests should guide this purpose. Perhaps they want to learn how a tadpole is different from a fullgrown frog or how many stages a frog goes through from egg to full-grown frog. STRATEGY SUPPORT: GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS Remind children that people use graphic organizers to help them understand and remember information. Review with children the three-column chart on the last page and look at the diagram on page 12. Let them know that this diagram shows the stages in a frog’s life, and they should look at it when they fill out the chart. Tell children that they should also use the photos in the book as well as written information to give them more details to use in the chart. COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS PA