{"id":1701,"date":"2009-09-10T20:43:51","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T01:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1701"},"modified":"2009-09-10T20:43:51","modified_gmt":"2009-09-11T01:43:51","slug":"teaching-life-science-with-childrens-literature-frogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/10\/teaching-life-science-with-childrens-literature-frogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Life Science With Children&#8217;s Literature: Frogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/09\/23660346.JPG\" title=\"23660346.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/09\/23660346.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"23660346.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Did you run around your backyard chasing toads and frogs as a child?\u00a0 Are you looking for a fabulous book to share with your class about frogs and their life cycles?\u00a0 Read <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Frogs\/Nic-Bishop\/e\/9780439877558\/?itm=1&amp;usri=1\">Frogs<\/a>, written and photographed by Nic Bishop.<\/p>\n<p>Students and teachers alike will love the photos of close up frogs that lead you through the pages.\u00a0 He covers facts about frogs, their environment, and their life.\u00a0 This book is great to read to a class or have students read the large print sentences by themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A gliding frog can leap from the top of a rain forest tree and glide for fifty feet using large webbed feet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Strawberry dart poison frogs are probably the hardest-working parents of all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curriculum Connections<\/strong><br \/>\nUse this book to discuss animal life needs, characteristics, changes in their life cycles, and adaptations to thier environment. Themes in this book correlate with Virginia SOLs 1.5, 2.4, 3.4, and 4.4.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eduref.org\/Virtual\/Lessons\/Interdisciplinary\/INT0025.html\">thematic unit plan<\/a> on frogs.<\/li>\n<li>Send your students to <a href=\"http:\/\/allaboutfrogs.org\/froglnd.shtml\">Frogland<\/a> to learn more about frogs.\u00a0 It has activities, jokes, facts, news, and information about saving the frogs.<\/li>\n<li>Sing fun <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidzone.ws\/lw\/frogs\/activities-songs.htm\">frog songs<\/a> and tell <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidzone.ws\/lw\/frogs\/activities-riddles.htm\">jokes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Find out more about the author, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicbishop.com\/index.html\">Nic Bishop<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Book: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Frogs\/Nic-Bishop\/e\/9780439877558\/?itm=1&amp;usri=1\">Frogs<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Author\/ Photographer:<\/strong> Nic Bishop<br \/>\n<strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Scholastic, Inc.<br \/>\n<strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> 2008<br \/>\n<strong>Pages: <\/strong>48 pages<br \/>\n<strong>Grade Range: <\/strong>1-3<br \/>\n<strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\t\t9780439877558<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you run around your backyard chasing toads and frogs as a child?\u00a0 Are you looking for a fabulous book to share with your class about frogs and their life cycles?\u00a0 Read Frogs, written and photographed by Nic Bishop. Students &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/10\/teaching-life-science-with-childrens-literature-frogs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4424,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,758,197],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-life-science","category-nonfiction"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4424"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}