Read children's books about mammals. This classroom connector addresses Instructional Objectives 2.04, and 2.05. In our last lesson, we learned about mammals and their life cycles. Raise your hand when I say the name of an animal that is a mammal. Today, we are going to learn about the life cycle of another kind of animal, a frog.
Frogs begin their life as an egg in the water.
The eggs look like a black dot inside a circle of clear jelly. Raise you hand if you have seen frog eggs. The eggs hatch into the next stage, larva, or tadpoles. The tadpoles are shaped similar to fish, and have gills and a tail. They eat small plants in the water.