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BEFORE READING
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Students can search the Internet to find out more about fairy tales or other fairy tales to read. Have them use a search engine for students and the keywords fairy tales or the name of a particular fairy tale. The Horned Toad Prince is based on the classic fairy tale The Frog Prince.
ELL
Build Background Use ELL Poster 4 to build background and vocabulary for the lesson concept of the uniqueness of the Southwest.
ELL Poster 4
ELL Poster 4
Lesson Vocabulary
WORDS TO KNOW
Tested Word bargain an agreement to
trade or exchange; deal
Tested Word favor act of kindness
Tested Word lassoed roped; caught with
a long rope with a loop on the end
Tested Word offended hurt the feelings of
someone; made angry
Tested Word prairie large area of level
or rolling land with grass but few or no trees
Tested Word riverbed channel in which a
river flows or used to flow
Tested Word shrieked made a loud, sharp,
shrill sound
MORE WORDS TO KNOW
sassy rude; lively, spirited
suspiciously without trust, doubtfully
twang to make a sharp, ringing sound
Tested Word = Tested Word
Practice Book
Practice Book p. 34
with | without Answers
Build Background
ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
BEGIN A FOUR-COLUMN CHART about fairy tales.
  • Give each student a four-column chart (Graphic Organizer 27) with the headings
    Settings, Characters, Story Events, and Lessons Learned.
  • Give students two or three minutes to write as many things as they can
    about typical settings, characters, story events, or lessons learned from
    familiar fairy tales. Compile some of their ideas in a chart on the chalkboard.
    Add an idea of your own.
  • Tell students that, as they read, they should think about how The Horned
    Toad Prince     is like and different from other fairy tales they know. You might
    have them return to their charts to answer the last Guided Comprehension
    question on p. 104 of this teacher's edition.
Graphic Organizer 27
BACKGROUND BUILDING AUDIO This week's audio explores animals of the
Southwest. After students listen, invite them to tell what they learned
about animals of the Southwest.
Audio CD Background Building Audio
Introduce Vocabulary
VOCABULARY FRAMES
Create vocabulary frames that students can use to explore the meaning of
lesson vocabulary words.
Go over the above vocabulary frame with students.
Then assign one lesson vocabulary word each to pairs of students. Have each
pair discuss what they know about their assigned word and then work together
to fill out a vocabulary frame for it. Have students share their work with other
classmates. Activate Prior Knowledge
Suggest that students look for illustrations in the story that help explain word
meanings. Picture Clues
By the end of the week, students should know the lesson vocabulary words.
Have student pairs exchange their frame with another pair and demonstrate
their knowledge by writing another good sentence for the framed word.