Frog and toad puppets

2. Read Frog and Toad Are Friends
This lesson uses
compare / contrast
and reader’s theater
strategies. Any story
from the books is
applicable.

3. Compare / Contrast Frog and Toadhttps://goo.gl/RxlrAv

4. Frogs and Toads Video
https://goo.gl/DK88p8

6. Frogs and Toads
Frog Facts
• Must live near water to
survive
• Smooth, moist skin that
looks “slimy”
• Rounder body
• Higher, rounder eyes
• Longer hind legs
• Take long high jumps
• Have many predators
Toad Facts
• Do not need to live near water
to survive
• Rough, dry, and bumpy skin
• Wider body
• Lower, football-shaped eyes
• Shorter, less powerful hind
legs
• Will run or take small hops
• Do not have many predators.
Toad’s skin lets out a bitter
taste that burns the eyes and
nostrils of its predators

8. Frogs and Toads
https://goo.gl/Hui3IW

9. Build Frog and Toad Puppets

10. https://goo.gl/8fKfgX

11. Frog
Puppet
Directions

43. Toad
Puppet
Directions

77. Frog or Toad
Reader’s
Theater
https://goo.gl/cHrjco

78. How is Frog Like a Real Frog?

79. How is Toad Like a Real Toad?

80. Frog & Toad
Reader’s
Theater
https://goo.gl/3BAFLB