Let Frogs Hop a Lot

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Objective

Read a text that highlights short vowel words.

Lesson Plan

Target Words:

hop
lot
let
ten
tell
frog
stop

Materials:

Signs*
Frogs Hop a Lot target text*

*Items included below.

State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will hop a lot and will read a text with short vowel words, such as frog, hop, lot, ten, let, and stop.

Literacy Activities
Hop frog!

Have the children hop over each other like in the game leapfrog.
Have them ask each other, “Will you let me hop over?”

Hop a lot

Put signs with instructions around the room: hop, hop a lot, hop back, hop on a dot, take a big hop, take ten hops, hop up, and stop!
Have the children hop in a line and follow the instructions they find.

Tell a frog to stop

Engage the children in reading the text Frogs Hop a Lot (found below).
Pretend to have a frog hopping on your head.
Have the children tell the frog to “stop” and “hop, hop, hop away.”

Frogs Hop a Lot

Frogs got into my house.
And frogs hop a lot.
Frogs like to hop.
Frogs like to hop and hop.

Do I let the frogs hop on my bed?
Do I let the frogs hop in a pot?
Do I let the frogs hop on my cat?
Do I let the frogs hop on me?
Do I let a frog hop on you?

Will you let a frog hop on top of you?
Will you let a frog hop on your bed?
Will you let a frog hop on top of your head?
Will you let a frog hop on me?

The frogs will not stop till we yell, “STOP!”
Tell the frogs to hop, hop, hop away.