FIVE LITTLE SPECKLED FROGS Power point by Christine

FIVE LITTLE SPECKLED FROGS Power point by: Christine Coffil Musical and Performing Opportunities Musical Instruments and Singing Animations Interactive White Board Capable Printable Material Math Worksheets and Facts Word Scramble Word Matching Fun Writing Material and Assignments and more. . .

Performance Elements and Directions: Performance Performing is fun. Your class will love performing and acting out the pages of this book time and time again. This is a fun and easy activity that the entire class can be involved in at the same time. After reading the book and learning about the story, it’s time to perform! 1. Set up five chairs in the front of your classroom. Set up the chairs so that they are almost touching (as to mimic a log that the students will be pretending to sit on). 2. Choose five students to sit in the chairs. 3. Explain to the class that the students in the chairs are the performers and the rest of the class are the audience, however there will be audience participation. 4. To act out the song, use a stuffed animal or puppet frog and hand it to the first student in the first chair. The students in the audience participate by singing the song along with the performers. The first student with the frog puppet sings along with the class, but when its time for “one jumped into the pool, ” the student with the frog jumps from his or her seat into the pool (onto the floor) with the puppet. After he/she is in the pool, they pass the puppet to the next student in line on the chair, and they stay on the floor for the remainder of the song. 5. The process repeats until the song is over. Make sure the students continue to pass the frog to the next student in line after they have jumped safely into the pool. Allow the students to be creative and have fun when jumping – but remember to also be safe. The students will have fun, laugh and enjoy this part of the performance. 6. Remember this is a whole class participation activity so everyone should be singing to the music. 7. Another idea is to add sign language to parts of the song such as: 1. Put up 5 fingers for 5 frogs or 4 fingers for 4 frogs etc. 2. Use a sitting gesture for the word “Sat” in “sat on a speckled log” 3. Have the students put their hands up to their mouths two times during “yum yum” 4. Have the students cross their arms and rub their shoulders with their hands as if they are shivering during “where it was nice and cool, ” etc. . 8. At the end of each performance have the performers stand up and take a bow. Have the audience clap for the performers. This encourages the performers to appreciate their performance by standing up in front of their classmates and feeling the energy of their excitement as well as for the audience to learn proper concert etiquette after a performance. 9. Make sure you have a recording of the song “Five Little Speckled Frogs” and enjoy!

Five little speckled frogs sat on a speckled log, eating some most delicious bugs Yum, Yum.

One jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool, then there were four speckled frogs.

Glug

Four little speckled frogs sat on a speckled log, eating some most delicious bugs Yum, Yum.

One jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool, then there were three speckled frogs.

Glug

Three little speckled frogs sat on a speckled log, eating some most delicious bugs Yum, Yum.

One jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool, then there were Two speckled frogs.

Glug

Two little speckled frogs sat on a speckled log, eating some most delicious bugs Yum, Yum.

One jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool, then there was One speckled frog.

Glug

ONE little speckled frog sat on a speckled log, eating some most delicious bugs Yum, Yum.

He jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool, then there were NO speckled frogs.

Glug

FIVE LITTLE SPECKLED FROGS 1. Perform: Act out a song, dance or activity on stage or in front of others. 2. Audience: People who listen and watch the show or performance. What are the goals of the performers? What are the goals of the audience?

FIVE LITTLE SPECKLED FROGS Name: ____________________ Date: _________ Describe what your favorite part of the performance was. Did you like watching , singing, jumping, holding the puppet frog, clapping, bowing, the music? Tell us which part of the activity you enjoyed most and why. My Favorite Part of Performing Was When. . . ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________

Instrumental Elements and Directions: 1. Divide the class into five groups 1. Yum 2. Jumped 3. Cool 4. Speckled Frog 5. Glug 2. Speak the words of the rhyme with the students first without any instruments or body movements. 3. Add body movements one group at a time while reciting the words. 4. Add all the body movements together as you recite the words to the rhyme. 5. After the students are able to recite the words and work together with the body movements, you are ready to add the musical instruments to the mix. 6. Reinforce to each student that musical instruments are not toys and that they must all be handled carefully. 7. Repeat the same process of introducing and playing the instruments in a step by step process as you did with the body movements. 8. Have the students recite the words and play all the instruments together. Enjoy making music!

Five little speckled frogs sat on a speckled log, eating some most delicious bugs Yum . One jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool, then there were four Glug Speckled Frogs Glug

WORD = Body Movement Yum = Clap Jumped = = Stomp Rub Hands Together Speckled Frog = Pat Glug = Clap Pat Cool

WORD = INSTRUMENT Yum = Woodblock Jumped = Rhythm Sticks (Strike the floor) Cool = Maracas (Shake) Speckled Frog = Tambourine (tap on your hand) Glug = Drum

Math Elements and Fun

LOG If there are 3 frogs on the log, how many frogs are in the pool? POOL

LOG If there are zero frogs on the log, how many frogs are in the pool? POOL

Literacy and More Activities and Printouts Word Wall Matching Words What Comes Next Unscramble Word Scramble

FIVE LITTLE SPECKLED FROGS WORD WALL Frog Log Speckled Delicious Glug Little Jump Animal that is an Amphibian A part of a fallen tree Dotted or covered with spots Good, Yummy To blow bubbles under the water Something that is small

Matching Words Name: _________________ Directions: Draw a line that matches to the correct item. Speckled Frog Log Pool Jump Bug Date: _________

Rhyming Words Name: _________________ Directions: Draw a line that connects the correct rhyming word. Date: _________

What Comes Next? Find the Pattern Name: _________________ Directions: Circle which you think comes next in the pattern. Date: _________

Word Scramble Name: _________________ Date: _________ Directions: Unscramble the letters below. GFSRO

Word Scramble Name: _________________ Date: _________ Directions: Unscramble the letters below. Write your answer on the line below. LGGU

Word Scramble Name: _________________ Date: _________ Directions: Unscramble the letters below. Write your answer on the line below. OLPO

Word Scramble Name: _________________ Date: _________ Directions: Unscramble the letters below. Write your answer on the line below. UGB

Word Scramble Name: _________________ Date: _________ Directions: Unscramble the letters below. Write your answer on the line below. UPJDME