FREDDIE THE FROG AND THE MIGHTY METERGNOME by Sharron Burch Two weeks ago our students performed Freddie the Frog and the Mighty Metergnome. This musical by Sharron Burch was well written, with lines, catchy songs,cute characters and lots of music vocabulary! I have always used the Freddie the Frog Series to teach musical concepts with second grade so I decided to use the musical as well. I was concerned about second graders learning lines but they did quite well. Here are a few guidelines I find helpful: - Listen through: To introduce the musical, we discuss what a musical performance is and what their responsibilities will be. We then listen to the recording of the entire show with lines and songs while students have a paper and pencil in front of them.. The students are to draw or write id...