Where Do Frogs

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Where Do Frogs Come From?
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Where Do Frogs Come From?
Author Alex Vern
Photographer Gary Meszaros
The _______writes the stories.
The ___________ takes the pictures.
photographer
author
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Meet the Photographer
Gary Meszaros
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Genre -
Where Do Frogs Come From?
Nonficton
A nonfiction story tell about things that are
real.

• Look for
• Animal photographs.
• Lots of information.

Summary This story tells about the life cycle
of a frog starting with the eggs.
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Eat
eat

• eat - to chew and swallow food
• Will the frog eat the bug?

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From
from

• From - out of starting at
• They hop from lily pad to lily pad.

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Gone
gone
The bug is gone.

• gone - past form of go
• The bug is gone, said the frog.

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Grows
grows

• grows - becomes larger
• A tadpole grows into a frog.

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Or
or

• or - word used between two other words to show
  choice.
• Is he a prince or a frog?

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Two
two

• two one more than one
• There are two frogs in the pond.

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Do You Remember Your Vocabulary Words

1. eat - to chew and swallow food
2. from - out of starting at
3. gone - past form of go
4. grows - becomes larger
5. or - word used between two other words to show
   choice
6. two - one more than one

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Vocabulary Review

1. Say the words.
2. Read the sentence.
3. Fill in the blank.

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Frogs come ____ small eggs.

• eat
• from
• gone
• grows
• or
• two

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Now the tadpole is ________.

• gone
• from
• two
• grows
• or
• eat

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The eggs grow into tadpoles, and a tadpole ____
into a frog.

• two
• from
• or

eat grows gone
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Do you like the green one _____ the blue one?

• grows
• two
• from
• eat
• gone
• or

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_____ frogs are dancing.

• Grows
• Or
• Eat
• Gone
• From
• Two

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The frog will ____ the bug.

• two
• eat
• grows
• from
• gone
• or

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Match the words to its meaning.

1. or___
2. gone ___
3. grows ___
4. two ___
5. from ___
6. eat ___

• to chew and swallow food
• out of starting at
• past form of go
• becomes larger
• word used between two other words to show choice
• one more than one

E
C
D
F
B
A
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Say the Sight Words
from or gone soon there
this under well went what
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New words in the story Where Do Frogs Come From

• body
• bugs
• could
• eggs
• fast
• frog
• from
• front

has kick long lot out plant plop under
pop small soon strong swim tadpole tail things
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Vocabulary Power

• A frog grows fast.
• Youll see where frogs come from.
• Youll see what frogs eat, too.
• Look at this frogs two long legs.
• Look fast, or the frog is gone!

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Spelling Words

1. sing
2. sang
3.  hang
4. rang
5.  ring

1. bring 
2. bus
3. must
4. your
5. when

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Enjoy your story.
The End
Anne Miller
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Web Links You should be able to click on these
sites and go to them by pointing and clicking.
INTERACTIVE SITE Where Do Frogs Come From?
Reading Skills Test Tutor Where Do Frogs Come
From? Mrs. Alphabet Where Do Frogs Come From?
Life Cycle of a Frog Activity
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The Endby Anne Miller