GRADE LEVEL: 5th UNIT: 2 WEEK OF: 2

Title of Selection Page/Text Structure Breakdown

A Place for Frogs

Page Text Structure Evidence
Genre
Informational Text
But sometimes people do
TEKS Problem/ things that…..
p.258
5.6A, 5.10B, 5.6I solution If we work together..

Focus Objective(s)
Frogs are harmed by
Analyze text structure poisons…people stop
spraying
Close Reads Focus Story Vocabulary Problem/ Tadpoles are harmed…
p. 259-262
solution Find new ways…
Text Structure 5.9D
Trouble surviving…
Monitor comeback Grow native plants..
Comprehension 5.6I
Context Clues 5.3B
migrating When people take out the
fish…
When people protect these
restore 263-266 Problem/solution
part time…
They are killed when…
native Wildfires regularly…

fungus When people work…when

people clean… When
people use less..frogs
267-271 Problem/solution
protect farmers.. creatures
Reading Comprehension Academic would go hungry…
Expectations Vocabulary People do things that can…

1. Text Structure Synonyms and Smallest frog. Big as a

2.Monitor Comprehension Antonyms rabbit.
272-273 description
dry, scaly skin…
Overall Text Structure(s) 16,500 eggs

Problem/Solution Less than 1 percent of

273 problem
those eggs hatch….

Signaling Words Key/Central Idea (Main Idea)

The problem is that people do things that make it hard for

But, safe, dangerous, harmed, improve, damaged,
frogs to live and grow. The solution is people being good
block, trouble, live and grow, busy roads,
citizens and protecting frogs from human caused dangers.

Essential Question (CPQ) & Weekly Question Summary of Text

How do we learn through our observations?
What can people do to protect species from a changing
environment?
People do many things that make it hard for frogs to live and
grow. Some of these dangers include harmful poisons,
introduction of exotic plants, dangerous busy roads, damage
to wetlands, and global warming. People however, can help
frogs live far into the future. One can join groups that work
to protect or restore frog’s habitats and be conscious of
dangers we might cause to this species.