The
Horned
Toad
Prince
By Jacki e Mims Hopkins
Illustrated by Michael Austin

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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?

Question of the
Week
 What is unique about the landscape of the
Southwest?

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

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

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

Vocabulary - Say It
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More Words to Know
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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 .

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.

Review Questions
1.
How can you tell the setting of this story is a desert?
2.
What does “a peck of trouble” mean in this story?
3.
Why does the author describe how Reba Jo spent her time?
4.
What is the most important thing Reba Jo learns?

Review Questions
1.
Why did the author write this story?
2.
Why does Reba Jo do 3 favors for the toad?
3.
Why does she want to stay near the riverbed at the beginning of the story?

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

 An agreement to trade or exchange: deal

 act of kindness

 roped; caught with a long rope with a loop on the end

 hurt the feelings of someone: made angry

 large area of level or rolling land with grass but few or no trees

 channel in which a river flows or used to flow

 made a loud, sharp, shrill sound

 rude; lively; spirited

 to make a sharp, ringing, sound

 without trust, doubtfully

 pen for horses, cattle, and so on

 the farthest part of a settled country, where the wilds begin

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

The Dollar Tree has a lot of great bargains.

The Dollar Tree has a lot of great bargains.

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

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

What type of Native
Americans would live on a prairie.

What type of Native
Americans would live on a prairie ?

The cowboy lassoed a calf.

The cowboy lassoed a calf.

The bell made a sharp twang sound.

The bell made a sharp twang sound.

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

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

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

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

Spelling Words
Long e
 prair ie  finall y
 calor ie  mov ie
 hon ey  countr y
 vall ey  empt y
 mon ey  cit y

 rook ie
 hock ey
 coll ie
 breez y
 jur y
Long e
 balcon y
 stead y
 all ey
 troll ey
 mist y

CHALLENGE
 frequenc y
 parsl ey
 journ ey
 chimn ey
 attorn ey

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.