BOOK EXTENSION ACTIVITY - LESSON PLAN

Your Name: Hannelore Rogers Genre of the Book: Modern Fantasy

Book Title: FRANKENFROG Author: Kim Kennedy

Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children Date: April 1, 2015

1. Activity/Lesson Standards: (First Grade) It is expected that students will record observations
and explanations using pictures, words, and numbers.

2. Objectives: Objective format: Students will be able to observe and investigate a frog eating
worms and record his/her observations using words, numbers, and pictures.

3. Materials/Equipment: A frog, worms, container lid (to keep frog and worms on), pencil,
paper, crayons, magnifying glass(s).

4. Procedures:
Tell the children you want to tell them a story of a mad scientist who made very many
strange inventions. Before presenting the book, ask the children questions of what they
know about scientist and inventions. Explain what they are and give examples.
(Examples of questions: Have you ever met a scientist, What do scientist do, What is an
invention?)
Introduce the book by name, author, and illustrator.
(Suggestions of questions/actions during reading: Who knows what an author/illustrator
is, Do you see how big that lollipop is Dr. Franken hyper-sized it, Can you hurry like
the Mungers (have children copy your action for hurrying), Can you say ribbbitt in
your best frog voice, What do you think ghoulish means, Look at Dr. Frankens face
here, what do you think hes thinking/feeling, How do you think Frankenfrog will save
Dr. Franken?
At the end of the book, you can ask the children, What do you think Dr. Franken will
invent next? Give specific feedback to childrens answers (Wow! Super-sizing
himself?! He would be humungous!)
Explain to the children that they are going to be a part of a scientific observation and that
observation is a vital part to scientific experiments. Explain what it means to observe.
Tell them that they will be observing a frog eating worms and to pay attention to what it
does, how it eats, how many it eats, how long it takes the frog to eat one and then
another, what color is the frog, how big/small is the frog, does it have spots or lines,
what color are the worms, how big/small are they? They are to write down what they see
and after they can draw and color what they saw (the frog eating, hopping, sitting, etc.).
The frog will be in the middle of the circle so everyone can see. Once the frog is done
eating, children can be transitioned back to their desk to complete the task.

5. Closure: When the children are done observing, recording, and drawing, they can be
transitioned back to circle. Each one can share their picture with the class
 and say what they observed.
6. Assessment: Recordings will be collected and assessed according to the details of their
observation.