The Life Cycle of a Frog: From Tadpole to Frog

This is a lesson plan guide for teaching about metamorphosis. The teacher opens the lesson with showing the cover of theTadpole to Frog book asking the students to identify the animals and the stages. Students will then make a graphic organizer on the life cycle of a frog. The assessment is putting labels on the graphic organizer. The teacher makes the labels for the organizer. This lesson's focus is complete metamorphosis. Paired with the book Let's Learn About Insects, complete metamorphosis in both amphibians and insects is illustrated.

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Lesson Variations

Blooms taxonomy level:

Understanding

Differentiation suggestions:

Assess Their Understanding:

Before you do the assessment, you will need to make frog life cycle labels for students to use. Simply do this by typing out the stages a tadpole goes through to become a frog. Be sure to type them out-of-order and leave enough space for students to cut out between them. Then, print one and make enough copies for each student to have one.
Pass out the labels, Manila paper, scissors, and glue. Have students cut out the stages and glue them onto the Manila paper in the order in which they happen. You can also have students draw an illustration next to each stage.

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Materials to Prepare:

Science textbook or From Tadpole to Frog by Wendy Pfeffer
Flow chart—one per student
Crayons/markers
Pencils
Frog and tadpole pictures
Frog life cycle labels—one set per student

Scissors
Manila paper
Glue or glue sticks
Chart paper (optional)
If you have a flow chart, please use it. If not, they are easy to make. Simply draw five large rectangles with arrows coming off the right side of the first four boxes. The rectangles simply need to be arranged in a single line if possible. If not, you can put three on top and two on bottom.

References

Contributors:

Virginia Cooter

Originator:

Ayers Institute for Learning & Innovation