We are learning about frogs.. and a Tadpole update

We started our frog study this last week for science and it's been fun.

We're going to working on learning about frogs for a couple of weeks so stay posted to see what we've been up to.

 

Day 1

We started with this short reader.

 As we read through the book I had k find the stage in which we were reading about.

 

to make it fun I had hid the 4 stages in beads.  Look and Find was fun! 

Once all 4 stages were found we talked  about how the cycle kept going (G rated) 

Once we read the book and talked about the book I sent K over to the table to make a map all about frogs from memory.

 

 

Say posted for Day 2 this week

 

 

 

 

Our tadpoles are now 3 weeks old

Tadpoles at 1 week old blog post

 

Not sure if you can really tell but they have grown

big tads are about the size of a pencil eraser

 

We got Tadpoles....8/17

Our Tadpoles are here.  They are a week old and tiny.  I was thinking they would of been bigger but they are about the size of a pencil lead that shows when sharp.  We have 22 tadpoles to raise up before we release some of them when the time is right.  We are going to to keep a couple frogs for the school room.

 

Questions from K

What are we going to do with 22 frogs?

When they get bigger will the frogs eat each other if i forget to feed them for a day?

Why do they eat upside down?

Do they have fills like fish?

 

Not a question but a conversation K and I had

 

KK- When they start to hop i can have frog races with them. me- how are you going to know who is who? KK- I'm going to write numbers on them with paint, like on race cars me- I hope the paint is safe for frogs. KK-it will be because we look for products that are safe for me to use :o)