1. By Jackie Mims Hopkins Illustrated by Michael Austin
The Horned Toad Prince
Compiled by Terry Sams PES & Latonia Wolfe DES
By Jackie Mims Hopkins
Illustrated by Michael Austin

2. Study Skills Genre: Modern Fairy Tale
Comprehension Skill: Author’s purpose
Comprehension Strategy: Story Structure
Comprehension Review Skill:
Sequence
Vocabulary: Context clues

3. Genre: Modern Fairy Tales
In modern fairy tales the characters and events are magical.
Modern fairy tales are set in modern or present day times .
Modern fairy tales are similar to regular fairy tales but are set in the present.

4. Summary
On the windy prairies of the Southwest, Reba Jo meets a horned toad who makes a deal with her. When Reba Jo doesn’t hold up to her end of the bargain, the horned toad is offended and asks for a simple kiss. That kiss unlocks a magical spell and the ugly toad becomes a prince!

5. Comprehension Skill
Author’s Purpose is the author’s reason or reasons for writing this story.
Authors don’t usually tell you this. You have to figure the reasons out.
It might be to inform or teach, to entertain, to express their feelings, and to persuade or convince you.

6. Comprehension Review Skill Sequence
Sequence is the order of the events that occur in a story.
You can determine the order of events by clue words such as first and next, in the beginning, then, following, after, and finally.
Some story events may occur at the same time.
Other clue words to indicate sequence might be in the beginning, then, following, after, and finally.
Other story events, such as flashbacks, are told out of order.

7. Vocabulary Skill – Context Clues
When you see unfamiliar words, use context clues, or words around the unfamiliar word, to figure out its meaning.
The context may give a definition or an explanation.
Example: Animals that eat other animals are called predators
Sometimes a synonym is used as a context clue.
Example: Komodo dragons are carnivores, or meat-eaters.

8. Let’s Practice Context Clues TE page 111c has a great T-chart activity to try.

9. Research/Study Skill – illustration/caption/label
An illustration can be a photograph, drawing, or diagram.
A caption is the text that tells about the illustration. It is usually found below or next to the illustration.
A label is a word or phrase that names part of the illustration.

10. Research/Study Skill – illustration/caption/label
What is the purpose of an illustration?
How does and illustration help you better understand the text?
How do the captions or labels help you understand the illustrations?

11. What is unique about the landscape of the Southwest?
Question of the Week
What is unique about the landscape of the Southwest?

12. Day 2 - Question of the Day
In what ways is the Southwestern setting important to The Horned Toad Prince?

13. Day 3 - Question of the Day –
What important lesson did Prince Maximillian teach Reba Jo?

14. Day 4 - Question of the Day -
How is the horned lizard suited to life in the Sonoran desert?

15. Vocabulary - Say It
bargain
favor
lassoed
offended
prairie
riverbed

16. More Words to Know
sassy
twang
corral
suspiciously
frontier
rodeo

17. Weekly Fluency Check - Volume of Voice TE 111a
You will need to match your voice volume to the size of the room or group you are reading to.
Go to page 99 and let’s reread like a toad using a small voice when he speaks and increase our volume when we cries out .

18. Literary Device –Dialect TE Pg. 111b
Dialect helps readers gain a sense of how characters from a particular group or region speak. Dialect differs from the standard English in pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.
Look at the word “howdy” on page 100 paragraph 3. What do you think it means?
What region do you think the father’s dialect is from?
Let’s list as many different greetings of different dialects as we can.

19. Review Questions
How can you tell the setting of this story is a desert?
What does “a peck of trouble” mean in this story?
Why does the author describe how Reba Jo spent her time?
What is the most important thing Reba Jo learns?

20. Why did the author write this story?
Review Questions
Why did the author write this story?
Why does Reba Jo do 3 favors for the toad?
Why does she want to stay near the riverbed at the beginning of the story?

21. Fun Stuff
More on The Toad and the Prince
Web Quest
Quiz - Online
More Information
Vocabulary Quiz

22. An agreement to trade or exchange: deal
bargain
An agreement to trade or exchange: deal

23. favor
act of kindness

24. roped; caught with a long rope with a loop on the end
lassoed
roped; caught with a long rope with a loop on the end

25. hurt the feelings of someone: made angry
offended
hurt the feelings of someone: made angry

26. large area of level or rolling land with grass but few or no trees
prairie
large area of level or rolling land with grass but few or no trees

27. channel in which a river flows or used to flow
riverbed
channel in which a river flows or used to flow

28. made a loud, sharp, shrill sound
shrieked
made a loud, sharp, shrill sound

29. rude; lively; spirited
sassy
rude; lively; spirited

30. to make a sharp, ringing, sound
twang
to make a sharp, ringing, sound

31. without trust, doubtfully
suspiciously
without trust, doubtfully

32. pen for horses, cattle, and so on
corral
pen for horses, cattle, and so on

33. the farthest part of a settled country, where the wilds begin
frontier
the farthest part of a settled country, where the wilds begin

34. rodeo
a contest or exhibition of skill in roping cattle, riding horses and bulls, and so on

35. The sassy little girl was rude.

36. The sassy little girl was rude.

37. The teacher shrieked when she saw the snake!

38. The teacher shrieked when she saw the snake!

39. The Dollar Tree has a lot of great bargains.

40. The Dollar Tree has a lot of great bargains.

41. Would you do me a favor?

42. Would you do me a favor?

43. We saw fish in the riverbed.

44. We saw fish in the riverbed.

45. The boy was offended because I did not like his shirt.

46. The boy was offended because I did not like his shirt.

47. What type of Native Americans would live on a prairie.

48. What type of Native Americans would live on a prairie?

49. The cowboy lassoed a calf.

50. The cowboy lassoed a calf.

51. The bell made a sharp twang sound.

52. The bell made a sharp twang sound.

53. The mad, foaming at the mouth dog was behaving very suspiciously.

54. The mad, foaming at the mouth dog was behaving very suspiciously.

55. te111g
is used every day by people with computers and internet access.
Each person has a specific address and personal password.
People use as a quick and easy type of communication.
It is very similar to letters.
You may also pictures or other fun things.

56. (Writing Transparency 4A)
Writing Assignment
All good writing has a purpose. In an invitation, for example, the purpose is to inform.
Please write an invitation. Remember to inform the reader about an event and ask him or her to attend.
(Writing Transparency 4A)

57. This Week’s Word Wall Words
Click and type your own words for this week:

58. prairie finally calorie movie honey country valley empty money city
Spelling Words Long e
prairie
calorie
honey
valley
money
finally
movie
country
empty
city

59. rookie balcony hockey steady collie alley breezy trolley jury misty
Long e
rookie
hockey
collie
breezy
jury
balcony
steady
alley
trolley
misty

60. frequency parsley journey chimney attorney
CHALLENGE
frequency
parsley
journey
chimney
attorney

61. Let’s review our Spelling words
Let’s review our Spelling words. Watch carefully because they will flash on the screen for just a moment. We can clap as we spell the word, or we might just practice reading the words.

62. prairie

63. calorie

64. honey

65. valley

66. money

67. finally

68. movie

69. country

70. empty

71. city

72. rookie

73. hockey

74. collie

75. breezy

76. jury

77. balcony

78. steady

79. alley

80. trolley

81. misty

82. GREAT JOB Princes and Princesses!