Frog Patterns for a Frog Unit Study
When planning activities for your Frog Unit Study you might think that math would be an abstract subject that has nothing to do with frogs. In this lens we will explore ways to integrated math into your study of frogs and tadpoles.
Mathematics is based on patterns. Mathematicians use numbers and symbols to describe the patterns they find all around them. In this lens we will work with the frog theme to create and describe mathematical patterns as they relate to the Frog Unit Study.
From Frog and Tadpole Patterns to Feed the Frog Addition and Subtraction Mathjobs this Frog :Lens will have your child leaping for joy and multiplying their knowledge of math at every hop. Don't just sit there, leap on down to the frog pond of mathematical frog related games and activities that will give your young tadpoles plenty of practice in all the math concepts they are learning....
Frog Bulletin Board
Frog Bulletin Board Calendar Pattern
Calendar Math with a Frog Pattern
Turn your calendar into a Frog Pattern Math Lesson
Older children can count the frog related pictures in the sequence by the number of pictures. In this case each pattern has 3 pictures so you would count by 3's in preparation for learning the 3's times tables.
A more advanced child might make the pattern for the month or figure out how many of each pattern are needed to fill the whole calendar by dividing into 30 or 31.
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Hands-on Math, Gr. K-1, Second Edition
There are over 200 engaging activities to reinforce important math skills. The activities are divided into five main sections based on NCTM national standards:
Number & Operations, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, and Data Analysis and Probability.
You'll also find bulletin board ideas and ideas for learning centers.
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Singing a Frog Math Pattern
Five Green and Speckled Frogs
In the song Five Green and Speckled Frogs the song follows a pattern repeating the same words except that the numbers decrease with each verse. Singing songs like this teaches the rudiments of functions. Ask the children to guess what the next number will be in the pattern after each verse.
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FIVE SPECKLED FROGS FLANNELBOARD SE
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Frog, Duck, Frog, Duck Shower Hook Pattern
Frog Math in the Bathroom
Ever thought about doing math in the bathroom? There are all kinds of cute little creatures that can be hung on a towel rack to make patterns. One of our favorites are ducks and frogs.
Hang a Frog Pattern
Making Patterns with Shower Curtain Hooks
Children make patterns on the rod using the frogs and other shower hooks.
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Circo Spring Ducks Hooks
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Circo Frogs Shower Hooks
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Circle and Skip Count the Frogs
Seeing Frogs in the Pattern
1. Laminate sheets of wrapping paper.
2. Children circle look for a pattern of frogs in the wrapping paper and circle each group that forms the pattern with a dry erase marker.
3. Then Skip Count to see how many frogs were on that page.
The answer could be written on the back for self checking.
Gift Wrapping Paper - "Best Wishes" Frogs
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Melissa & Doug Dry-Erase Marker Set (4 pc)
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GBC HeatSeal Ultima 65 27-Inch Roll Laminator ( 1710740)
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Playdough Frog Math Patterns
Hands-on Creative ways to practice Frog Math Patterns
Which frog comes next?In the Art Center, set out some green and a couple of frog shaped cookie cutters.
1. Children roll out the playdough and use the cookie cutters to cut out frog shapes.
2. Children arrange their frogs in a pattern.
3. Take pictures of the frog pattens to use later for making games, books and other frog related pattern activities.
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Frog Side
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Patterns in Frog Math
Who's Blogging about Frog Pattern Mathematics?
- knitting: Can I finish this in time?
- But then, I know how fast I knit, how much time I have to knit; the number of mistakes I'm likely to make in that pattern and have to frog (quite a lot actually, I've never got on totally with Branching Out); how much patience I have; ... I know that each repeat takes me about 1 hour, and I have 62 to do, so that math is pretty easy in terms of the amount of time I'll spend. (Plus edging, guh!) Do a few repeats of the scarf and see how it goes, set a stopwatch but don't ...
- knit...knit...frog: Playing with fibre ...
- Every time I convert a sock from top down to toe up I do the math ... that is work out for the number of stitches a good number to work the heel cup over, and the number of gusset stitches to increase by, and when to do that relative to ... 100g went of to A in a swap for a pattern, and the remaining 700g is coming along nicely. I've no real plans for this but its easier to hackle it before I store it away ... I'm still spinning the fractualed laceweight merino and the ...
- Frog Musings: Now I Know Why...
- The original area codes all had the pattern [2-9][0-1][1-9] for reasons that are best explained in the Wikipedia article on area codes. In recent years, after running of area codes, the middle digit was allowed to be other than 0 or 1. ...
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- The pattern in the carpet : a personal history with jigsaws, Drabble, Margaret, 1939-, 793.73 DRABBLE. Why my third husband will be a dog : the amazing adventures of an ordinary woman, Scottoline, Lisa, 814 SCOTTOL. Talking about detective fiction, James, P. D. ... Leap Frog: Math circus [videorecording], DVD JUV 510 MATH CIRCUS. Who was Thomas Alva Edison? Frith, Margaret, JUV BIO EDISON FRITH. A picture book of Sacagawea, Adler, David A. JUV BIO SACAGAWEA ADLER ...
Math and the Frog Unit Study
Integrating Math into your Frog Unit Study
Frog Parade
Making a pattern of frogs my size.
What can you do with all the frogs you collect? From frog salt and pepper shakers to little plastic toy frogs? I have let it be know for years that I love to collect frogs so my collection has grown over the years.
I now have a shoebox full of frogs that children love to rummage through, sort and make patterns with. Sometimes they line them up as if they are marching in a parade. Sometimes they line the frogs up by size from tallest to shortest.
Whatever way they decide to sort them they are creating patterns.
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Frog Salt and Pepper Shakers
What do you do with those Froggy Salt and Pepper Shakers?
Vintage wolf salt and pepper shakers are wonderful to use as playing pieces when you are learning about frogs. Replace the playing pieces in the board games you know and love or make up new games.
We like to play Go to the Head of the Class with frogs for markers. We make up our own questions from the information we learn about frogs and keep adding to them unit study throughout the study.
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"Frogs are everywhere!
Look for the patterns.
Describe them with mathematics."
Mathematics is...
Finding Patterns...even in frogs!
Category: File - :Euclid.jpg|thumb |Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens.No likeness or description of Euclid's physical appearance made during his lifetime survived antiquity. Therefore, Euclid's depiction in works of art depends on the artist's imagination (see Euclid).
Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns,Steen, L.A. (April 29, 1988). The Science of Patterns....
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How do you incoorporate Math into your Unit Studies
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- shajo shajo Aug 24, 2009 @ 11:14 am
- Fun way to teach your kids math! Frogs are much cuter than numbers!
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- CCGAL CCGAL Jun 27, 2009 @ 11:08 pm
- Ribbit. I love frogs. Love this lens, too!
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- lakeerieartists lakeerieartists May 12, 2009 @ 1:51 am
- Squid Angel blessing :)
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- OhMe OhMe May 9, 2009 @ 8:15 am
- I might be a lot better at Math if I had this kind of study when I was young. Great work
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- sandyspider sandyspider May 8, 2009 @ 8:47 am
- You must love frogs. I remember catching frogs when I was younger. So did my daughter. Must be something with frogs. Great idea with the Frog math. 5*.
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