Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel

By Ann Kockler

Toad lost a button off of his jacket. His good friend Frog offered to help him find it. Toad became frustrated with Frog when he found button after button but not the one from Toad's coat. Toad eventually found his button when he got back home and he felt bad about how treated his friend. He decided to do something special for his friend Frog.

Possible strategy instruction:

• C: Use prior knowledge to connect with text.

• A: Say the word slowly.
   
• F: Use Punctuation to Enhance Phrasing and Prosody.
• F: Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text.
   
• E: Voracious reading.

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