Frog+and+Toad+are+Friends

Ch. 1: Spring
LT: I can infer things the author does not tell me.


 * 1) What do frogs and toads do in the winter? (hibernate) So in this story, Toad is hibernating for the winter. Frog comes to wake him up for spring, but he does not want to get up. Do you ever not want to get up when someone wakes you up? What do you do when you don't want to get up?
 * 2) Review learning target
 * 3) p. 4 Blah
 * 4) p. 6 shutters
 * 5) p. 8 meadows
 * 6) Review Learning target and what inferring is.
 * 7) Send them to read.
 * 8) Inferring:
 * 9) who is the voice inside the house? (p.4)
 * 10) Why can't Toad see when he steps outside? (p. 7)
 * 11) Why did Toad get out of bed?

Ch. 2: The Story
Same LT as the day before.


 * 1) This chapter shows us some more about how silly Frog and Toad can be. In this story, Frog is sick, and Toad comes to try to make him feel better.
 * 2) Remember, good readers always take a look through the book, check out the pictures, and make predictions before they read. Look at just this chapter, and make a few predictions.
 * 3) "You are looking quite green." Talk about what this expression means and why it is funny. p. 16
 * 4) Review tricky word strategies and LT.
 * 5) Send kids to read.
 * 6) Let's infer some things about Toad. What can you infer about why he felt sick at the end? What can you infer about what kind of a character he is? What is he like? Give evidence.

Ch. 3: A Lost Button
LT: I can infer things about a character from the way he or she acts.


 * 1) Introduce Learning Target. Start a list of what kind of character Toad is and Frog is. For each example, ask for evidence and chart it.
 * 2) Introduce Ch. 3. This is a story about good friends and what they will do for each other. In this story, Toad has lost a button off his favorite jacket. Frog goes with him to look for it.
 * 3) p. 32 sparrow
 * 4) introduce what "wailed" means without showing the page
 * 5) "sew" -- introduce what it means and how it is spelled
 * 6) Review tricky word strategies
 * 7) Go read.
 * 8) Infer: Why did Toad sew the buttons on very well?
 * 9) Return to list. What can we infer about Frog and Toad from this story?

Ch. 5: A letter
Same learning target.


 * 1) This chapter is about good friends! In this chapter, Toad wishes he would get a letter in the mail, but he never gets one. So Frog decides to do something about it.
 * 2) Review inferring, and what we know about the characters already.
 * 3) Review tricky word strategies.
 * 4) Read.
 * 5) What does this chapter tell us about Frog and Toad? What can we now say for sure about them?