Frog and Toad Adventures: A First Grade Reading Journey

Join Frog and Toad on their delightful adventures while boosting reading skills in this engaging first-grade reading class! Through the beloved "Frog and Toad" series by Arnold Lobel, students will dive into the charming tales of friendship and learn essential first-grade reading objectives. This class combines interactive read-alouds, dramatic play, puppetry, and creative illustrations to create a fun and educational experience.


Read-Aloud Sessions: Each class will begin with a retelling of a "Frog and Toad" story. If children have the text at home, they are encouraged to follow along! Students will be working on identifying high frequency words, decoding, reading fluency.

Comprehension Questions: After each story, students will answer comprehension questions that promote critical thinking and discussion. During this time students will be encouraged to interact and communicate with peers thought facilitated games and activities. 

Dramatic play involving Frog and Toad allows first graders to step into the shoes of these beloved characters, acting out scenes from their adventures. This interactive approach is crucial for literacy development as it enhances comprehension and retention of the stories. By dramatizing the text, students gain a deeper understanding of character motivations, plot sequences, and dialogue. This method also fosters vocabulary acquisition and oral language skills as children practice expressive speech and listen to their peers. Dramatic play nurtures creativity and collaboration, making literacy learning engaging and memorable for young learners.

Creative Illustrations and Text: Students will create their own illustrations based on scenes from the stories and write short, ability-appropriate texts to accompany their artwork.

First Grade Standards Incorporated:

Reading Literature (RL.1.1): Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Reading Literature (RL.1.2): Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

Reading Literature (RL.1.3): Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

Foundational Skills (RF.1.3): Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Foundational Skills (RF.1.4): Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Writing (W.1.3): Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.

Speaking and Listening (SL.1.1): Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Speaking and Listening (SL.1.2): Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Speaking and Listening (SL.1.4): Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.

September
3rd: Spring (Frog and Toad Are Friends)
10th: The Story (Frog and Toad Are Friends)
17th: A Lost Button (Frog and Toad Are Friends)
24th: A Swim (Frog and Toad Are Friends)

October
1st: The Letter (Frog and Toad Are Friends)
8th: A List (Frog and Toad Together)
15th: The Garden (Frog and Toad Together)
22nd: Cookies (Frog and Toad Together)
29th: Dragons and Giants (Frog and Toad Together)

November
5th: The Dream (Frog and Toad Together)
12th: Down the Hill (Frog and Toad All Year)
19th: The Corner (Frog and Toad All Year)
26th: Ice Cream (Frog and Toad All Year)