Jump Frog Jump! Characters and Food Chain

Here is a very quick

end of the year

share!
Four beautiful words...
"end of the year"
YESSSSSS!

If you like to read about

amphibians and reptiles

this time of year,

here are some

Jump, Frog, Jump!

by Robert Kalan

storybook characters:

(click on the following words to download)
Jump, Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan

Storybook Characters

Pass out small, paper bags
and these labels....
then have your students
add the storybook characters in order:

(2 years ago I blogged about this same
book.  Click here to see a video story.)

I decided--last minute--to add
a food chain page as well.

Just cut these into 3 strips.

The little asterisks are there

to show that these animals

were NOT eaten in the story.

My Firsties were very clear with

me on that issue 
Oh, I'm sure they were!
(as my initial

set of food chain characters

did not have anything marking

them differently).

I explained how even though

they weren't eaten in the story,

if they were living in that

particular ecosystem...

they would be a part of

a food chain.

I don't know about you,

but we have 9 more days of school!

So much to do,

and so little time!
Girl!  You're to single digits.
Woot Woot!!

I was in the copy room

yesterday working like a maniac

to get these out for my First Graders.

*** M-A-N-I-A-C ***

A Kindergarten teacher came in

as my hair was flying

and the cutting board was chopping,

and she shouted...

"Slow down!  Slow down!

You're going to cut your fingers!"

In my frenzy, and chopping, and hair flying,

my prints were zooming out of the machine

when another teacher said....

"Um...Regina...it looks like someone

sent a copy to be printed and their prints

are printing on your cardstock."

WHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAT????!
Don't you HATE when that happens?!

I had exactly 2 1/2 minutes
until I was on morning duty for K and 1.

No...No...No!
I know right?!
You can't get that paper back.
It's like gold!
Like for reals!

I ran to the machine,

grabbed the hot copies
looked at them and

THREW them in the air.
At this point,
the two other teachers
started quietly
tiptoeing
out
of
the
room.
You realized they made
a phone call right?!
Expect a "visitor" on Monday
doing a mental health
well check on you.
Be prepared to look at ink blots.
Just saying...
How many days?
Oh yes.
Nine.

I
can
do
this.
Girrrrrl, you've been doing
this far too long.
You'll get it all done!

...Maybe...