Frog Cycle

What is the frog cycle?

3rd Grade
By: Karla A. Garcia
Thematic Unit Planning Matrix
Content
or
Subject
Area

Essential
Questions

Centers
(Activities)

Reading What is a life -Sequence of

Cycle?
Events
What changes -Compare and
do Frogs go
Contrast
through?
What
happens in
the life cycle
of a frog?

Technology Integration
(Must include at least 2 Web
2.0 tools)

-YouTube Book
-Glogster

Assessment and/or Rubric Scale

Student
Products or
Portfolio

Standards:

The ISTE NETS and

Performance Indicators for
Teachers and Students

TEKS

The ISTE NETS and

Teacher Will Grade the Sequence of The students will
put
a
portfolio
Performance
Indicators
Events Activity with a scale of 1-10
together
that
In
third
grade,
students
will
points assessing for the order of events
includes
the
engage
in
activities
that
build
within the book read.
sequence of
on their prior knowledge and
Teacher Will Grade the Glogster of the
Compare and Contrast of the story with events worksheet, skills in order to strengthen
as well as the
their reading, writing, and
a scale of 1-5 assessing for the
Glogster.
oral language skills. Students
similarities and differences of the stories
should read and write on a
daily basis.
TEKS
Reading/Comprehension of
Informational
Text/Procedural Text.
Students understand how to
glean and use information in
procedural texts and
documents. Students are
expected to:
a) follow written multi-step
directions; and
b) use common graphic
features to assist in the
interpretation of text (e.g.
Captions, illustrations).

Science

Math

What do
-Frog Cycle
frogs eat, and
Model
where do
they live?
How can we
use what we
know about
life cycles to
help living
things?

Why is your
thinking
about the
process as
important as
the answer?
Why is it
possible to
get the same
answer using
different
numbers or
operations?

-Integrating
Word
Problems
-How Many
in one group,
How Many in
each group.

Frog Cycle Cards

Frog Cycle Game

Teacher will grade the order of the frog The Students will
print the final
cycle with a scale of 1-10 including
product
of the
both games.
games.

-Smart Board
-Excel

Teacher will grade with a scale of 1-10 The students will

print the Excel
of the ability to solve word problems.
Solutions they
have, as well as
they will
participate
collaboratively
with solving word
problems with the
smartboard.

The ISTE NETS and

Performance Indicators
Recurring themes are
pervasive in sciences,
mathematics, and technology.
These ideas transcend
disciplinary boundaries and
include patterns, cycles,
systems, models, and change
and constancy
TEKS
Investigate and compare how
animals and plants undergo a
series of orderly changes in
their diverse life cycles such
as tomato plants, frogs, and
lady bugs.
The ISTE NETS and
Performance Indicators
By embedding statistics,
probability, and finance,
while focusing on
computational thinking,
mathematical fluency, and
solid understanding, Texas
will lead the way in
mathematics education and
prepare all Texas students for
the challenges they will face
in the 21st century.
TEKS
use a problem-solving model
that incorporates analyzing
given information,
formulating a plan or
strategy, determining a
solution, justifying the
solution, and evaluating the
problem-solving process and
the reasonableness of the
solution;