Author: Alex Vern

Photographer:

Gary Meszaros

The author writes the stories

The Photographer takes the pictures.

Genre -

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

NonfictonA nonfiction story tell about things that are real.

Eat

• eat - to chew and swallow food

•Will the frog eat the bug?

eat

From

• From - out of; starting at

• They hop from lily pad to lily pad.

from

Gone • gone - past

form of go

• “The fly is gone,” said the frog.

gone

Grows

• grows - becomes larger

•A tadpole grows into a frog.

grows

Or

• or - word used between two other words to show choice.

• Is he a prince or a frog?

or

Two • two – one more than one

•There are two frogs in the pond.

two

Match the words to its meaning.

A.to chew and swallow

food

B.out of; starting at

C.past form of go

D.becomes larger E.word used between two

other words to show choice

F.one more than one

1. or___

2. gone ___

3. grows ___

4. two ___

5. from ___

6. eat ___A

B

C

D

E

F

• Say the words.

• Read the sentence.

• Fill in the blank.

Frogs come ____ small eggs.

• eat

• from

• gone

• grows

• or

• two

Now the tadpole is ________.

• gone

• from

• two

• grows

• or

• eat

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

• from

• or

• eat

• grows

• gone

Do you like the green one _____ the blue one?

• grows

• two

• from

• eat

• gone

• or

________ frogs are dancing.

• grows

• or

• eat

• gone

• from

• two

The frog will ______the bug.

• two

• eat

• grows

• from

• gone

• or

Say the Sight Words

• from

• or

• gone

• soon• there

• this

• under

• well

• went

• what

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

The Endby AMiller