Writing Lesson Plan: Frogs by Gail Gibbons

Lesson plan uses Frogs by Gail Gibbons as a mentor text. With support, students write details from the story. As a group, students organize and sequence sentences to make a class book.

Standards & Objectives

Learning objectives: 

Organization —The concept focus is Organization as a way to express knowledge in a way that is logical and factual.

Standards Addressed:

  • Organize and sequence with teacher assistance ideas generated through group discussion.
  • Use and expand vocabulary to communicate ideas.
  • Demonstrate an understanding that texts, pictures, and graphs provide information about the world.
  • Recall information from texts, pictures and graphs in sequence.

Lesson Variations

Blooms taxonomy level: 
Understanding

Helpful Hints

Tools Needed:

  • chart paper
  • markers
  • white construction paper
  • pencils
  • erasers
  • dark colored sharpies
  • crayons

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