DRTA: Frog and Toad
Chapter: Cookies
Before Reading:
Look at the cover and read the title.
⋲ Who do we see, on the cover? (Frog and Toad)
⋲ What are they doing right here? (Riding a bicycle)
⋲ They look like really good friends, don’t they? (Yep)
Alright, now I am going to read the chapter “Cookies.”
⋲ So what do you think this chapter is going to be about? (Frog and Toad make cookies!)
⋲ Ok so you think that Frog and Toad will make cookies?? Well let’s read and see if you’re right!
First Stop: Page 31
⋲ So was your prediction correct? (Kind of, Toad made cookies by himself without Frog)
⋲ Have they eaten lots of cookies yet? (Not yet but they will!)
⋲ Why do you think they will eat lots of cookies? (Because they are the best cookies they have ever eaten.)
⋲ So we know that they are the best cookies ever and we think they are going to eat them all. Well let’s keep reading and we’ll find out!
Second Stop: Page 35
⋲ So we predicted that Frog and Toad would eat lots of cookies. Was your prediction correct? (Yep! They ate a whole bunch! But now they are trying to stop eating)
⋲ So what do you think is going to happen now? Will they keep eating the cookies or do you think they will stop? (They’ll stop eating them!)
⋲ What does Frog think they need to stop eating cookies? (Will power.) What do you think will power is? (Something inside that gives you power to quit something)
⋲ Do you think Frog and Toad will find the will power to stop eating cookies? (Yea!)
⋲ Ok let’s read and find out if they will have the will-power.
Third Stop: Page 39
⋲ So we said that Frog and Toad would have the will-power to stop eating cookies. Was your prediction correct? (Yeh!) What did they do to stop themselves? (They tied the cookies up in a box and put them on a shelf.)
⋲ So what is happening now? What does Toad keep pointing out? (That they can still get the cookies down and eat them)
⋲ So do you think that they will get them down and eat them? (Yea, they are going to start eating them again! All of them)
⋲ Ok let’s read the rest and find out!
End of Chapter:
⋲ So were your predictions right? (No!)
⋲ Why not? (They gave them to birds instead of eating them.)
⋲ Once all of the cookies were gone, were Frog and Toad happy? (Frog was but Toad was not.)
⋲ Why wasn’t Toad happy? (Because he missed the cookies and still wanted something to eat)
⋲ Because Toad wasn’t happy what did he decide to do? (He went home to bake a cake!)
⋲ So did you all enjoy the chapter? (Yep! Lets read some more!)
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