Free Frog Lapbook

Question/Answer Lily Pads	Label a Frog	Tadpole or Frog? Simple Fold
Vocabulary (Frog Shape Book)	Predator/Prey Flap Book	Why Do Frogs Sing? Shutter Flap Book
Current Events Pocket	Frog vs. Toad Venn Diagram	Lapbook Cover- b&w
Frog's Sticky Tongue print on cardstock	Frog Observation Book directions for a hotdog book	Frog Lifecycle Wheel* (print on cardstock) Frog Lifecycle Sequencing Cards and Pocket* (alternative to the wheel)
Cover Page- color

*artwork done by Breezy Tulip

Add-ons for Younger Students

/og/ Words Fan Book
Primary
HWOT
Blank
*print fan book on cardstock

Five Green Speckled Frogs Poem

Five Green Speckled Frog Puppets with Drinking Cup Pocket

F is for Frog Simple Fold
Primary
HWOT

F is for Frog Coloring Page

Frog Hop Game Idea

More Options for Older Students

Frog Fact Fan Book
print on cardstock

Frog Anatomy Envelope Book

Frog Report Tab Book

Frog Report Pocket
Frog Report Form

Research and Ideas

Vocabulary
cold-blooded: having a body temperature not regulated by the body and close to that of the environment
hibernate: to pass the winter in a sleeping or resting state
amphibian: any organism that is able to live both on land and in water
metamorphosis: a change in the form of an animal (from tadpole to frog)
gills: an organ (as of a fish) of thin plates or threadlike processes for obtaining oxygen from water

Frog Observation

Catch a tadpole, keep and watch it grow and change into a frog. Discuss metamorphosis as you watch it happen! Record your observations in the Frog Observation Hot Dog Minit Book.

Louisa's son also catches frogs and puts them in the frog aquarium to watch, and then he lets them go again.

If you don't live close to a pond habitat (where you can catch a tadpole), you can still watch a frog from tadpole to adult by purchasing a Grow A Frog kit.

Predator/Prey
predator- an animal that lives by killing and eating other animals
prey- animal hunted or killed by another animal for food

Who does a frog hunt? spider, worm, ant, mosquito, earwig (answers will vary according to what book you read)
Who hunts a frog? stork, blue heron, other birds, people, snakes, other birds (answers will vary according to what book you read)

Frog vs. Toad Differences
You can find information for this at the end of Frogs by Gail Gibbons. There is also information online at Enchanted Learning.

Current Events

Watch for local news items. Frogs are kind of a gauge of environmental health. Their sensitivity to pollutants makes them susceptible.

In our area there is a mass migration of toads every year so there was a huge article in the paper about toads and frogs. A huge barrier was erected along a new highway and the toads were trapped and carried across by volunteers. We went and saw the barrier and the toads. We also have a rare and endangered frog living in the wetlands beside our farm.

Have your student keep her eye out for articles in the newspaper or online about frogs. Let your younger student fold it and keep it in the Current Events Pocket. An older student could write up a summary to put in the pocket (as well as the article, if desired).

Tadpoles and Frogs
Tadpoles:
eaten by dragonfly larvae and water beetles
Home- in the water
Anatomy- has a tail and growing legs
Breathes with gills
Senses- smell and vibration

Frogs:
eaten by snakes and birds
Home- lives on land near water
Anatomy- has four legs
Breathes with lungs
Senses- sight and hearing

Frog Ears
Frogs can hear using big round ears on the sides of their head called a tympanum. (Tympanum means drum) Sometimes the ear is very hard to see.

Frog Feet
Different frogs use their feet for different things
Tree frogs use their feet (with sticky pads) for climbing
Aquatic frogs have webbed toes that aid in swimming.
Burrowing frogs use their feet for digging in the sand (in order to keep moist in the heat)
Some frogs even have parachute-like webbing on their feet which helps them to glide from tree to tree or leaf to leaf.

Frog Teeth
Most frogs have a kind of teeth.
Maxillary Teeth- a ridge of very small cone teeth around the upper edge of the jaw
Some also have Vomerine Teeth on the roof of their mouth.
They don't have anything that could be called teeth on their lower jaw, so they usually swallow their food whole. The so-called "teeth" are mainly used to hold the prey and keep it in place till they can get a good grip on it in order to swallow it.

Frog Skin
Frogs drink and breathe through their skin! Their skin is slimy because frog skin secretes a mucus that helps keep it moist. Even with the slimy skin, these frogs need to stay near water. In addition to jumping in water, frogs and toads can get moisture from dew, or they can burrow underground into moist soil.

Frogs shed their skin regularly to keep it healthy. In order to get out of their skin, they turn and twist (and "act like they have the hiccups!"). After they have the skin off (a frog pulls it off over its head!), they eat it.

Resources

Library List
Frogs by Gail Gibbons
Growing Frogs by Vivian French
From Tadpole to Frog by Wendy Pfeffer (Let's Read and Find Out Science)
Frogs, Toads, and Turtles (Take-Along Guide) by Diane Burris

Stories to add
The Frog Prince (read online)
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel
Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel
Days With Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel

Helpful Links

All About Frogs *most of the frog anatomy information in the research section comes from this site

Frogs at Enchanted Learning

Diagram of a Frog

Itsy Bitsy Frog Book from Kidzone

KWL My Frog Book

Letter F

Frog Clip-art