Author
Information for Jonathan London
This is a simple site that gives
basic information about the author.
Plus, there are some online games and activities. That's where I got
this adorable background!
A Sampling
of his book titles!
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Froggy Eats Out
Froggy's
First Kiss
Froggy Gets
Dresses
Froggy Goes
to Bed
Froggy Goes
to the Doctor
Froggy Goes
to School
Froggy
Learns to Swim
Froggy Plays
in a Band
Froggy Plays
Soccer
Froggy Takes
a Bath
Let's go,
Froggy!
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Hip Cat
Park Beat: Rhymin' Through the
Seasons
I See the Moon and the Moon Sees Me
Ali, Child of the Desert
Baby Whale's Journey
Dream Weaver
Eyes of Gray Wolf
Hurricane
Ice Bear and Little Fox
Loon Lake
Mustang Canyon
Panther: Shadow of the Swamp
What the Animals Were Waiting For
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Ideas
For Extending His Books
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 Alliteration
and onomatopoeia is a staple in the Froggy series. This involves having
words in a sequence all start with the same first letter and words that
represent sounds. After reading any of the Froggy books, have the
children chime in with the whimsical, repeated sound words. For a
writing extension, students draw a picture of Froggy labeled with his
"sounds."Flip! Flap!Flop!
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After
reading several of the Froggy
books, brainstorm other titles for a new Froggy adventure. As a class
collaboration, use one of the ideas and write a class book. Older
children can write them individually or work with a partner.
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Adventure. As a class
collaboration, use one of the ideas and write a class book. Older
children can write them individually or work with a partner.
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How about some Froggy Centers or
Stations? Maybe even a Froggy Celebration set up for one day at the end
of the unit. Snacks could be served fit for a frog! Here's a few ideas.
Splish!
Splash! Splat!
1. Frog Fact
Booklet
2. Froggy
Paper Bag Puppet
3. Froggy Paper
Tube Craft
4. Paper
Frog Finger Puppet
5. Paper Plate
Frog
6. Accordion Arm and Leg Frog-
7. Listen Station- Many of the Froggy books with accompanying tapes can
be purchased from Scholastic.
8. Science Station-Books about real frogs. How about some tadpoles that
the children can observe. Here's a great site that tells All About Raising Frogs.
9. Math Center-Make frog math problems. Here are some Frog Counters
to have ready for the children.
10. Frog
Bookmarks
These wonderful Froggy books are
perfect for a reader's theatre. Here is a sample
reader's theatreof one my class did last year.
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Here
is a site that shares a one
week lesson plan for exploring the world of Froggy. Lesson
Plan for Froggy
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"5-W's Poems" are always one of my
favorites. In this type of poetry form students tell the Who-did
What-When-Where-Why of a story or character in a story. Here are some sample
5-W Poems we wrote last year.
Do
you have anything to share? Send it along and I'll add it
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FROG
LINKS:
ALL
ABOUT FROGS
INTERACTIVE
FROGGY FUN AND GAMES
FROGS
AND THEIR SOUNDS
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FROGS
Some
frogs
have their own rocks
where they sit...
and think
and wink
and look at the world
and nap
and snap
and pretend to be fierce
Sometimes, they play hide and seek,
or leap frog.
And in the evenings
they sing.
They sing high
and low
AND LOUD
and soft
blp...
Some pucker their lips and whistle.
And to this very day
some frogs
have their own rocks.
Some,
But not all...
author
unknown
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