The Wide-Mouthed Frog Teacher Pages
Teachers Grades K-2
Text Innovation
Talk about the repetitive language of the book.
Have students make their own book using the repetitive language prompts below.
He met a/an (name of animal). “I’m a wide-mouthed frog and I eat flies,” said the wide-mouthed frog. What do you eat (name of animal)? “ I eat (name of food)” replied the (name of animal) (something the animal does.)
For example:
He met an iguana. “I’m a wide-mouthed frog and I eat flies,” said the wide-mouthed frog. What do you eat iguana? “ I eat green lettuce and grapes replied the iguana flicking its long, skinny tail.
Readers Theatre
Give students each a part to practice. Parts include: wide-mouthed frog, bird, mouse, alligator, and narrator. Have them read it together and also act it out.
Vocabulary
Puckered
Talk about what it means to pucker your lips. Talk about foods and other things that might make you pucker your lips. Discuss why the frog wanted to pucker his lips. Have students make a “Pucker your Lips” book. They can create pages of things that make them pucker their lips and why.
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Teachers Grades 3-6
Writing Dialogue
Talk about punctuation marks within dialogue: quotes, commas, periods, question marks, etc. Talk about how the words “said” and “replied” were used in the book. Have students rewrite the story using the same format as the book, but different animals and words other than replied. Below are some words that could be used other than replied: told, exclaimed, whispered, declared, answered, exclaimed, and stated.
Science: Food Chain
Talk about the food chain. How is the food chain depicted in the book The Wide-Mouthed Frog? Have students make their own food chain book by having prey meet predators.
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