Red Socks and Yellow Socks s27

CHALLENGING WORDS

buttoned elastic flopped Froggy missing mittens slipped snapped underwear winter

SUMMARY

Froggy pulls on his boots! puts on his hat! ties on his scarf! tugs on his mittens! But what does Froggy forget? --- Conversation Questions---

(1) Describe your favorite part of this story. (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Where do you find frogs?

(2) Estimate how long Froggy is supposed to sleep. (Answer) 16-18 weeks (all winter). (Follow Up) How long do you sleep?

(3) Assume you are Froggy’s mother. What would you do about Froggy? (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Would your mother let you play out in the snow?

(4) Compare yourself to Froggy. Would you have listened to your mother? (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Do you always listen to your parents?

(5) Substitute another word for untie. (Answer) Undo, loosen, unfasten. (Follow Up) Use the word untie in a sentence.

(6) What was Froggy doing when it snowed? (Answer) Sleeping. (Follow Up) What do you do when it snows?

(7) What did Froggy’s mother tell him when he said he wanted to play in the snow? (Answer) Frogs are supposed to sleep all winter. (Follow Up) Tell me about your favorite snow days.

(8) List what the first things were Froggy put on to go outside. (Answer) Socks, boots, hat, scaf, mittens. (Follow Up) What do you wear to play in the snow?

(9) Find what Froggy forgot to put on in the last of the story. (Answer) His underwear. (Follow Up) When was a time you forgot your clothes?

(10) Why was Froggy so tired and ready to go back to bed? (Answer) Because he had pulled his clothes on and off so many times. (Follow Up) What are some things that make you tired? Activities

1 1. Draw a picture of Froggy in his winter clothes. . 1

2 2. List all the things Froggy had to put on to go outside. .

3 3. Write for sentences telling me what you know about frogs. .

4 4. Write about a time you went outside and played in the snow. .

Introduction

1. Show book cover. What do you think Froggy is getting dressed for? Let’s read and find out.

2. Show pictures of frogs. What do you know about frogs? Let’s read about a little frog who doesn’t want to sleep and why.

3. Have a winter picture. Do you find frogs in your yard during the winter? Let’s jump into this book and find out why this little forg wanted to go out.

Book Title: Froggy Gets Dressed Author: Jonathan London Illustrator: Frank Remkiewicz ISBN: 0-590-61730-3 # of Text Pages: 25 AR: 1.8 LEX: 300 Building Oral Vocabulary 2 melts 8 flop 21 zap Prediction Questions 7 What do you think Froggy will do? 11 What did Froggy forget? 17 What will his mother tell him next?

This resource is provided by THE LEARNING CORPS—Barren County Board of Education, an AmeriCorps project funded in part by the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.