Frog and Toad Together

Big Question: What changes happen in a

garden?

Author:
Arnold Lobel
Genre:
Animal Fantasy
SMALL GROUP

Timer
 BIG QUESTION
WHAT CHANGES HAPPEN IN A
GARDEN?

DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
Frog and Toad Together
Day 1
Daily Fix-it

1. Dan helpped me plant my seeds

2. They will be litle plants son.

Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 1

Daily Fix-it

1. Dan helpped me plant my seeds

Dan helped me plant my seeds.

2. They will be litle plants son.

They will be little plants soon.

Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 1

Morning Warm-up

In winter, flowers go away.

In spring, flowers start to grow in gardens.
Do we have a garden near our school?
What changes happen in a garden?

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 1

Oral Vocabulary
Sprout! It’s a Garden
Here is what a good gardener knows-
Seeds need sunshine golden.
Rain falls down and each seed grows.
Sprout! It’s a garden.

It takes time to see the plants.

The blooms will not be sudden.
Just let nature have a chance.
Sprout! It’s a garden.

Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 1

Amazing Words
 gardener
A gardener is someone who grows plants.
 nature
Nature is everything in the world that is not
made by people.
 sprout
Sprout means “to begin to grow.”
Inflected Endings
 melted melting  tagged
 pet petted petting  digging
 batting  begging
 ripped  slipped
 hopping  chopped
 stepped  swimming
 shutting  stopping
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 1
planned letting

Ending -ed Ending -ing

planned letting
rested jumping
tripped landing
thanked hugging

Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 1

Word Reading – ed, -ing
 tapping  hummed
 sipped  asked
 jogging  fixes
 running  getting
 pinned  yelled
 flipped  wishes
 ringing  zipped
 clapping Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 1
1. Reading WB page 33
2. Spelling WB page 61
3. Journal – List plants you would grow in
your garden.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 1
Daily Journal Writing
Day 1

List plants you would

grow in your garden.
Frog and Toad Together
Day 2
Daily Fix-it

3. I plantted seeds last spring

4. next year I will do it agan.

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 2

Daily Fix-it

3. I plantted seeds last spring

I planted seeds last spring.

4. next year I will do it agan.

Next year I will do it again.

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 2

Morning Warm-up

We will read about the four seasons.

Many things change with each season.
Why do you think the seasons change?

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 2

Amazing Words

 dim
Dim means “not bright.”
 shade
Shade is a place that is
darker than the area
around it because light has
been blocked from the
sun.
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 cat
 had
 hard hard
 far
 card
 barn
 smart
 march
Word Work
 car art
 mark
 yarn
 harp
 star
 chart
 large
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 jar  scarf
 sort  ham
 cat  hard
 yard  porch
 more  harm
 cart  sharp
 dark  start
 bark
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 2
1. Reading WB pages 34, 35, 36
2. Spelling WB page 62
3. Journal – Write about a time when you or
someone you know planted a seed.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 2
Daily Journal Writing
Day 2

Write about planting a

seed.
Frog and Toad Together
Day 3
 Daily Fix-it
5. I put thre seeds in one pot?

6. then I gave them watter.

Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 3

 Daily Fix-it
5. I put thre seeds in one pot?
I put three seeds in one pot.
6. then I gave them watter.
Then I gave them water.

Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 3

 Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about Toad.
Toad plants seeds in a garden.
He reads and sings and shouts at his seeds.
What does a real garden need to grow?

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 3

 Amazing Words
blossom –
A blossom is the
flower of a plant.
When a plant blossoms
it has flowers.

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 3

Inflected endings
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 clapping
 clapping
 thanked
 smart
 flipping
 large

Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 3

Grandpa’s Garden

Grandpa was digging

Far back in the yard,
Planting a garden,
And working real hard.

He stopped when it got dark

And plopped down to wait
For someone to tell him
The garden looked great.

We all started clapping.

We patted his arm.
Now Grandpa is planning
To start a small farm.
barked digging
stepped parking
started swimming
hummed marching

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 3

 gardens

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 3

Sometimes people try different
things to keep the plants in their
garden growing. Toad is a
character in the story we are
about to read. His garden is not
growing the way he thinks it
should. We’ll find out what
advice Frog gives Toad and if
anything ever grows in the
garden.
Vocabulary
• rain
• ground
• head
• shouted
• shouting
 High-Frequency Words
• work • how
• very • read
• again • afraid
• grow • soon
• few • home
• day • together
• were

Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 3

1. Reading WB page 37
2. Spelling WB page 63
3. Journal – Write about your favorite
flower, plant, or tree.
4. AR test
5. Centers

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 3

Toad shouts at his seeds.
Toad shouted at his seeds.
Toad is shouting at his seeds.

-s -ed -ing
start
plant
walk
look
play

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 3

Toad did stuff to his seeds.

First get some seeds, tiny and brown.

Then put them deep into the ground.
The rain comes, and the sun shines down.
Up go the flowers, large and round.

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 3

Daily Journal Writing
Day 3

Write about your favorite

flower, plant, or tree.
Frog and Toad Together
Day 4
 Daily Fix-it
7. They ned sunn.

8. I am hapy when they gro.

Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 4

 Daily Fix-it
7. They ned sunn.
They need sun.
8. I am hapy when they gro.
I am happy when they grow.

Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 4

 Morning Warm-up
Toad tried to make his seeds sprout.
Today we will read about what flowers really
need to grow.
What would you plant in a garden?

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 4

 Amazing Words
humongous –
If something is
humongous, it is very,
very big.
destroy –
When you destroy
something, you ruin it.

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 4

fixes foxescorn chore

Words with or, ore Words without or, ore

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 4

 Word Reading
• school • shore
• old • horns
• sorts • fixes
• porches • our
• their • Ford
• Mort • people
• • house
very
• • store
other
• drums
• some
• friends
• away Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 4
 Words in Context
Ford fixes and sorts the horns and drums.
Their very old house has two porches.
Our friends shopped at the school store.
Mort went away to the shore with some other
people.

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 4

1. Reading WB pages 38, 39
2. Spelling WB page 64
3. Journal – Write to tell what Toad’s garden
looks like after the plants grow tall.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 4
Daily Journal Writing
Day 4

Write to tell what Toad’s

garden looks like after
the plants grow tall.
Frog and Toad Together
Day 5
 Daily Fix-it
9. he planted the seds.

10.Jan and I waters the garden

Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 5

 Daily Fix-it
9. he planted the seds.
He planted the seeds.
10.Jan and I waters the garden
Jan and I water the garden.

Unit 3 Frog and Toad - Day 5

 Morning Warm-up
We have learned how
blossoms sprout from seeds.
We know that dim light can
destroy some plants. What
can a gardener do to grow
big flowers?

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 5

Clark tripped on a sharp rock in the yard.
Running around a large park is fun.
We stopped to look at the stars in the dark
sky.
The sharks are swimming in deep water.

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 5

soon afraid read again few how
_________ lots of books about Frog and Toad.
Read many, not a _________.
Read them over and over __________.
Each time will seem brand new!
Don’t be __________ to plant a seed.
__________ will it grow? You know.
Rain, sun, and time, and __________ a plant
Will start to grow and grow!
Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 5
1. Handwriting sheet
2. Journal – Write about how to start a
garden.
3. AR test
4. Centers

Unit 3 Frog and Toad – Day 5

Daily Journal Writing
Day 5

Write about how to start a

garden.