The if statement proportional representation of the mathematics in your if statement. The frog book, by steve jenkins camp panda, by catherine thimmesh sea bear. The next time you go outside, see what kinds of frogs you can find. Or read a book aloud showing off your great reading voice. An ant weighing 1250 of an ounce can easily lift a bread crumb weighing 15 of an.
One night while he and his dog were sleeping, the frog climbed out of the jar. Mar 02, 2020 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The title character, a person with dwarfism taken from his homeland, becomes the jester of a king particularly fond of practical jokes. However, while the cask of amontillado is told from the murderers point of view, hopfrog is told from an unidentified thirdperson narrators point of view. Choose a book with a word that will be repeated often green, for instance, if youre. If you hopped like a frog integrate mathematics and science with the activities in this lesson for if you hopped like a frog by david schwartz. It tells you how a frog can jump twenty times its body length and how far you could jump if you could hop like a frog. I read this book to my sixth graders and they were completely engrossed. Read this book and find out what you could do if you had the amazing abilities of animals.
Apr 20, 2011 hop with me to the tune of row, row, row your boat. No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part. This book gives all kinds of examples that deal with how big objects are. The mustard seed books project uses an opensource, wikipediatype strategy, leveraging public expertise to create and refine a set of highquality books that support early reading. Or that an ant can lift an object 50 times its own weight.
If i were 5 fall you could jump 25 feet high eet t if i could ran as fast as an. The grating of hopfrogs teeth, right after hopfrog witnesses the king splash wine in trippettas face, and again just before hopfrog sets the eight men on fire, may well be symbolic. Read the story if you hopped like a frog by david schwartz. Edgar allan poes hopfrog contains many examples of the transcendence of man and the inability of others to acknowledge. Or, the eight chained ourangoutangs is a short story by american writer edgar allan poe, first published in 1849. There is a fun letter to the reader at the front and the back has some helpful math problems for you to do to figure out how far you could hop if you were a frog.
Callie golden if i could jump like a kangaroo you could jump over a 30 foot later kangaroos can jump 30 feet high, thats 5 times their height from head to rump. In this highspirited book, schwartz does for ratio and proportion what he did for. Hopfrog, in especial, was so inventive in the way of getting up pageants, suggesting novel characters, and arranging costumes, for masked balls, that nothing could. Best of all, if after reading an ebook, you buy a paper version of frog, where are you read the book on paper it is quite a powerful experience. If you hopped like a frog is a book where children can incorporate math into reading. Hop like a bunny waddle like a penguin slither like a snake stretch like a cat make up more on your own.
Does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version. Students in third, fourth, and fifth grade will explore the class and characteristics of animals while gaining practice with measurement, ratios, and proportions. For example, the first time down and back, the kids need to hop like a frog. Chapter 3 apply the 8020 rule to everything chapter 5. As we read through the book, you will compare yourself to the creatures presented in the book. Be sure to read the dear reader letter at the beginning. If you ate like a shrew you could devour over 700 hamburgers in one day. Students represent an animal in a drawing using accurate ratio andor proportions. Get ready for ratio and proportion like youve never seen them before.
Feb 24, 2015 after reading a book about a cat, the young frog stretches open his mouth as wide as it will go and decidedly declares, i want to be a cat. Find books like if you hopped like a frog from the worlds largest community of readers. Weeklyreaderbookspresents jrogandoad together fnr j byarnoldlobel zjan icanreadbook e. In fact, hopfrog could only get along by a sort of interjectional gait something between a leap and a wriggle a movement that afforded illimitable amusement, and of course consolation, to the king, for notwithstanding the protuberance of his stomach and a constitutional swelling of the head the king, by his whole court, was accounted a. Einstein wondered what it was like to be a beam of. If you hopped like a frog, he says, you could jump from home plate to first base in a single bound since frogs are able to jump 20 times their body length, so too would a human being. It will be published in a weekly paper, of boston, called the flag of our unionnot a very respectable journal, perhaps, in a literary. Hop, hop, hop along or bounce on someones knee higher and higher and higher and higher bunnyhop with me.
If you could hop like a frog, were strong as an ant, or had the brain of a brachiosaurus, imagine how different your world would be. On a recent day i decided to extend the frog learning with a measurement and gross motor activityfrog jump. Hop with me to the tune of row, row, row your boat. I dont want to be a frog read aloud story time bedtime story read along. If you have a ruler in your house, hop like og the frog to 5 different things in your house. This unit has activities, lessons, and ideas for grades kindergarten throu. The 5 prose pages i finished yesterday are calledwhat do you think. Have 45 tape measures taped to the floor in the hallway make sure they are a good distance apart for jumping. Start the lesson off by reading if you hopped like a frog by david schwartz. Goodreads members who liked if you hopped like a frog also liked.
Scmp january 2011 if you hopped like a frog intro show the david schwartz book if you hopped like a frog. If you hopped like a frog project by jordan smith on prezi. Have the literature book, if you hopped like a frog by david m. The author, in an opening letter to readers, admits his secret childhood wish. I read this book with my mom and did the math calculations with my dad. Oct 18, 2015 does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. We have have been having fun learning about frogs and the frog life cycle. The book makes hilarious comparisons like, if you hopped like a frog, you could jump from home plate to. This is an amazing thematic unit that connects english language arts, science, and mathematics in a very fun and exciting way. Hopfrog, in especial, was so inventive in the way of getting up pageants, suggesting novel characters, and arranging costumes, for masked balls, that nothing could be done, it seems, without his assistance. Og the frog hopped 23 centimeters toward a cricket. How many total centimeters did og hop to get his cricket.
They students will be able to measure weight, volume, and length of a various objects, then calculate the proportions that are related. This book compares the amazing abilities of animals to what a human could do if they had the same abilities. I dont want to be a frog read aloud story time bedtime story read along books duration. Youtube, youtube channel, video marketing, youtuber, igtv, erika vieira, video, instagram hatecast clint taylor. When the boy and the dog woke up the next morning, they saw that the. If you hopped like a frog project a shrew that weighs 0. He hopped another 10 centimeters and snatched that cricket up. Mar 21, 2018 this is a live reading of jump, frog, jump. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
You could jump from home plate to first base in one mighty leap. They will use ratios, proportions and scale factors to find out if they could jump to the top of the statue of liberty if they jumped like a flea or how m. Greenwillow books 1981 if you like this book, support the author by making. This is a worksheet where the kids will use their own measurements to compare themselves to the animals in the book if you hopped like a frog.
On some grand state occasion i forgot what the king determined to have a masquerade, and whenever a masquerade or any thing of that kind, occurred at our court, then the talents, both of hopfrog and trippetta were sure to be called into play. Ratios and proportions my students need 7 measurement tools to explore ratios and proportions in mathematics. If you highjumped like a flea, for example, you could jump straight into the. The main character, hopfrog, is able to overcome the effect that drink has on him, finds love, and manages to be more than his biological makeup. Did you know that a frog can jump 20 times its body length. Schwartz introduces ratios and proportions to children through animals by comparing their specialized skills with that of humans. In edgar allen poes 1849 short story, hop frog, the main character is a crippled dwarf that is forced to be a court jester under the kings rule and later attains his revenge by killing him. The book if you hopped like a frog by david schwartz is full of interesting facts that help students visualize and think about proportional reasoning. Using proportions we will figure out what you could do if you had the abilities of each of the creatures in the book. In this book the author examines some of the amazing physical attributes an abilities of animals and compares them with those of humans. Mar 21, 2011 if you hopped like a frog intro show the david schwartz book if you hopped like a frog. The book makes hilarious comparisons like, if you hopped like a frog, you could jump from home plate to first base in one mighty leap. Only think of your eddy writing a story with such a name as hopfrog. If you hopped like a frog worksheet to go with book by.
Og the frog found a quarter, 2 dimes, and a nickel behind your. It also tells you how much weight you could lift if you were as strong as an ant. This book is an excellent read for any curious minds, young or old. By applying these ratios and proportions to their own bodies, readers will discover what they could do if they had the amazing abilities of animals. If you are like most people today, you are overwhelmed with too much to do and too little time. Integrate mathematics and science with the activities in this lesson for if you hopped like a frog by david schwartz. After reading a book about a cat, the young frog stretches open his mouth as wide as it will go and decidedly declares, i want to be a cat. Or if a human could have the strength of an ant, how much could they lift. Additional gift options are available when buying one ebook at a time. Schwartz was able to figure this out by using math after reading the book, ask the students if they have any idea how mr. Feb 24, 2008 the book if you hopped like a frog by david schwartz is full of interesting facts that help students visualize and think about proportional reasoning. For example, if humans where able to jump like a frog, how high could they jump. Did you know that a frog can jump 20 times its body leng. Apr 19, 2020 video book trailer for frog, where are you.
For example, a snake swallows food twice as wide as its head, you can find out what you could eat if you snacked like a snake. If you hopped like a frog english internet archive. In this proportional reasoning and literacy lesson, students listen to the book if you hopped like a frog by david schwartz. I hope these ideas help you as much as have helped me and thousands of others.
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