Frog and Toad Together DRTA
Frog and Toad Together
By: Arnold Lobel
Cookies
Read the Title: What do you think this story might be about? (Cookies!)
Look at the pictures on each page. What do you think might happen?
Possible Responses:
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They are going to eat a lot of cookies, get sick, and feed them to the birds.
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They will bake cookies together.
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They will get really sick from eating so many cookies.
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The cookies are so good that they share them with the birds.
Vocabulary: Will power
Part 1: Pages 30-31
What did Toad bake? (Pg. 30)?
(Cookies)
What did Toad do right after he tasted one of the cookies (Pg. 30)?
(He ran to Frog’s house)
What did Frog say about Toad’s cookies (Pg. 31)?
(They are the best he has ever had)
What do you think is going to happen?
Part 2: Pages 32-33
What did Frog tell Toad while his mouth was full (Pg. 32)?
(I think we should stop eating. We will soon be sick)
How many cookies did both Toad and Frog agree to eat before stopping (Pg. 33)?
(One)
How many more did they end up eating (Pg. 33)?
(one more)
What do you think is going to happen next?
Part 3: Pages 34-39
What did Frog tell Toad that they needed (Pg. 34)?
(Will power)
What did Frog tell Toad will power was (Pg. 35)?
(Trying hard not to do something that you really want to do)
What did Frog do with the cookies (Pg. 36)?
(Put them in a box)
What did Frog do to the box so they would not be able to open it (Pg. 37)?
(Tied a string around the box)
What did they do with the box after they tied a string around it (Pg. 38)?
(Put it on a high shelf)
What do you think Frog is going to do with the box?
Part 4: Pages 40-41
Where did Frog take the box (Pg. 40)?
(Outside)
What did Frog shout (Pg. 40)?
(Hey birds, Here are cookies!)
All the cookies were gone, but what did Frog tell Toad they have (Pg. 41)?
(Lots and lots of will power)
What is Toad going home to do (Pg. 41)?
(Bake a cake)
Why do you think they did not keep the cookies, and just stop eating them and save them for later?
At the end of the book, Frog said they had no cookies left, but still had will power. Did they really have will power to stop eating the cookies? (Explore)
Image by Google.com
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Jennifer Leasure Said:
on October 13, 2009 at 8:17 pm
You and Janet did the same chapter. Looks very nice.
teejayritchie Said:
on October 17, 2009 at 12:40 am
Megan, I like your creative prediction questions. You didn’t just say what happened next? And the green ink is so appropriate for a frog and a toad!
re3030 Said:
on November 2, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Excellent.
Woody Trathen