The Frog Princess by Laura Cecil With the students, the media specialist charts what is alike and different about the stories. The students also discuss what is the message of each story. Later, in the classroom, teacher starts a story about a frog and a human who meet and become friends and students take turns adding the next line. Students study the life cycle of the frog and arrange cut-outs on a piece of construction paper in the correct order. Some students will write small reports to include in text boxes, others will work on the design of the cards, others will scan pictures to be added to the cards.
Students visit sites on the Internet which have information about frogs and toads.
Students make dancing cardboard frogs or baby food jar frogs. As each type of frog or toad is researched, that student or group adds a frog or a toad to the map with its name in large letters. Classes go to the distance learning lab for an electronic field trip to the zoo to study its collection of toads and frogs. Possible trip to the outdoor learning lab. Hyperstudio projects are shared on the big screen projector and books are read using a microphone.