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Frog and Toad are Friends: A Lost Button

by Arnold Lobel
AR Level 2.9

Before Reading
Connect to math: how could you sort buttons? (thick, thin, by color, number of holes, shape)
Have you ever lost something? Tell about that and how it made you feel.
Preview vocab words with double consonants (button, small, slammed, sparrow, raccoon, well,
grass) and the “long i” vowel sound (I, white, cried, behind, mine, time)

Skills/Comprehension Questions
Are Frog and Toad large or small? Explain. (small; flowers are larger)
Who is helping Toad? (frog, other animals)
How does Toad feel? (embarassed)
Why is Toad only wearing pants? (He gave his jacket to Frog)

Follow-Up Activity
Write about a time when you lost something. Include whether or not it was found.
Write: How did Toad and Frog be good friends to each other in the story? (Frog helped Toad
look, Toad gave Frog his jacket)

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