Frogs and Toads

This week students read a non fiction text about frogs and toads.  Students independently wrote down three important details from the reading.  Students shared their important details and as they shared, I compiled a master list.  I think they did a great job of identifying just the most important details.  Here is their list:

• Male frogs use throat pouches to make their sounds.  Male frogs sing to attract mates.
• Frogs can make an amazing amount of noise.
• Frogs leap very, very far.
• Frogs have webbed feet.  Toads don't.
• Frogs can breathe under water.  They breathe through their skin.
• Frogs and toads have jelly covered eggs.
• Baby frogs are called tadpoles.
• Frogs are related to salamanders and newts.   The family is called amphibians.
• As tadpoles turn into frogs, the gills disappear.  They grow lungs.  The frogs can breathe air.
• Frogs live on land and water.
• Frogs have smooth and slimy skin.  Toads have dry and bumpy skin.
• Frogs and toads lay their eggs in the water. Frogs lay their eggs in groups.  Toads lay their eggs in chains.
• There are 5,000 kinds of frogs and toads.
• Frogs catch bugs with their long, sticky tongue.
• Frogs are eaten by other animals like birds, bats and snakes.
• Frogs live in wet places.  Toads live in dry places.
• Frogs have nostrils on top of their head.
• The tomato frog puffs up or leaks liquid if a snake is nearby.