The Horned Toad Prince

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The Horned Toad Prince

• By Jackie Mimms Hopkins
• Illustrated by Michael Austin

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What is unique about the landscape of the
Southwest?
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Genre

• Modern fairy tale
• a fairy tale set in modern time
• setting when where the story takes place
• magical characters events

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This Weeks Leveled Readers

• From Spain to America
• Flash Flood
• The Dine
• use your time wisely
• READ CAREFULLY before you take an AR test!

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Growing Up in the Old West

• corral- pen for horses, cattle, and so on
• frontier- the farthest part of a settled country,
  where the wilds begin
• rodeo- a contest or exhibition of skill in roping
  cattle, riding horses and bulls, and so on

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Growing Up in the Old West

• What was the authors purpose for writing
  Growing Up in the Old West?
• What does the author think about the life of
  frontier children in the Old West?

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Growing Up in the Old West
Brainstorm to complete the web.
animals
ranch
THE SOUTHWEST
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landscape
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Authors Purpose

• Authors write stories and articles for many
  different reasons.
• An author may write to persuade, inform,
  entertain, or express ideas or feelings.
• If you can identify a storys structure it will
  be easier to determine the authors purpose.

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Vocabulary Words

• Study your words and their definitions each day.

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bargain

• An agreement to trade or exchange deal
• Would you be getting a bargain if you bought 100
  pencils for 1.00?
• Have you ever found a great bargain?
• What is a synonym for bargain?
• Who can make a sentence?

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favor

• Act of kindness
• Have you ever done a favor for someone?
• Has anyone ever done a favor for you?
• Who can make a sentence?

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lassoed

• Roped caught with a long rope with a loop on the
  end
• Is lassoed past, present, of future tense?
• What is the root word?
• When might you
  lasso something?
• Who can make a
  sentence?

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offended

• Hurt the feelings of someone made angry
• Is offended past, present,of future tense?
• What is the root word for offended?
• Has anyone ever offended you? How did it make
  you feel?
• If you accidentally offend someone, what should
  you do?
• Who can make a sentence?

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prairie

• Large area of level or rolling land with grass
  but few or no trees
• What might you see on a prairie?
• Where in the United States would you find a
  prairie?
• Who can make
  a sentence?

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riverbed

• Channel in which a river flows or used to flow
• What kind of things would you find on a riverbed?
• What kind of word
  is riverbed?
• Who can make
  a sentence?

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shrieked

• Made a loud, sharp, shrill sound
• Is shrieked past, present or future tense?
• When might you shriek?
• Have you ever shrieked?
• Who can make a sentence?

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More words to know

• sassy- rude lively, spirited
• suspiciously- without trust, doubtfully
• twang- to make a sharp, ringing sound

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Synonyms

• Words that have the same or almost the same
  meaning as another word.
• Examples
• big large
• small tiny
• damp wet
• can you think of others???

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Context Clues

• Sometimes when you are reading, you will come
  across a words that you do not know.
• The author may give you a synonym for the word.

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Using Context Clues Synonyms

• Look at the sentence with the unknown word.
• Look for a synonym in the sentence and in the
  surrounding sentences.
• Try the synonym in place of the unknown word in
  the sentence.
• Does it make sense???

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Sequence

• The order in which the events happen.
• Can you retell the story in your own words, in
  the CORRECT ORDER in which it happened?
• What happened 1st, 2nd, last?

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Horned Lizards Harvesting Ants

• Genre Expository nonfiction
• Authors Purpose If the purpose is to inform,
  how do you read this article?
• Text Structure How has the author organized this
  text?
• Notice the captions
  to the photos as
  you read.

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Fluency Volume

• You need to match the volume of your voice to the
  size of the room so everyone can hear easily.
• Maintain a steady volume.
• Use story clues to adjust volume.

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Authors Purpose

• What are the four main reasons for writing?
• to persuade
• to entertain
• to inform
• to express ideas or feelings

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Authors Purpose

• What can help you determine the authors purpose?
• the kinds of ideas in the text
• the way the author organizes and states these
  ideas

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Illustrations

• Illustrations and pictures can help you
  understand the characters and events in a story.
• Always look at the illustrations.

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Captions

• A caption is the text that explains an
  illustration.
• Captions usually appear below or beside an image.
• Always read the captions.

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Labels

• Labels also use text to provide information about
  an illustration or picture.
• They can appear inside, above, or below an image.
• Always read labels.