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Characteristics of the Text Genre • Fantasy

Text Structure • Third-person narrative with repetitive elements• Events lead to predictable “surprise” ending.

Content • Birthday with friendsThemes and Ideas • Friends do nice things for each other.

• Birthdays are special, happy events.• Readers can fi gure out something that a story character doesn’t know.

Language and Literary Features

• Light humor• Simple dialogue• Simple sequence of events

Sentence Complexity • Sentences of seven words or fewer• Repeated sentence patterns (Examples: Toad went to Turtle’s house. She saw Turtle. Toad

went to Spider’s house. She saw Spider.)• Dialogue with direct address (Example: “Happy birthday, Toad!” said Turtle and Spider.)

Vocabulary • Words likely to be known through oral language and supported by illustrations• Birthday words: cake, hat, balloons, happy birthday

Words • One- and two-syllable words• Possessive nouns, such as Frog’s• Words with endings -ed and -ing

Illustrations • Illustrations convey playfulness.Book and Print Features • Humorous illustration above text on each of nine pages

• Each sentence begins on a new line; some two-line sentences.© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

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Toad’s Birthdayby Elena Rufino

Fountas-Pinnell Level EFantasySelection SummaryOn her birthday, Toad visits her friends Frog, Turtle, and Spider, and fi nds that each is preparing something she likes. When Toad comes to the pond, the friends are ready with their prepared items—cake, hats, and balloons—for Toad’s birthday party.

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Toad’s Birthday by Elena Rufino

Build BackgroundRead the title to children and have them point out details in the cover illustration that show a birthday party. Ask them to identify Toad and tell what she seems to be doing. Anticipate the text with questions like these: How do you think Toad might feel about her birthday? What are some things that friends do to celebrate a birthday?

Introduce the TextGuide children through the text, noting important ideas and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary so that they can read the text successfully. Point out sentence patterns that are repeated throughout the story. Here are some suggestions:

: Tell children that the story takes place on Toad’s birthday.Suggested language: Turn to page 2. Look at the bubbles coming from Toad’s head. This shows what Toad is thinking about. Toad wanted to see her friends. Her friends are Spider, Frog, and Turtle. Why might Toad be thinking about her friends? Say friends. Find the word friends on the page.

Page 4: Explain that Toad is visiting Frog at his house. Frog says: “I am baking a cake.” Why do you think Frog is baking a cake? Toad says: “I like to eat cake.” What might Toad be hoping for? Say eat. The word eat begins with the letter e. Find the word eat and put your fi nger under it.

Page 6: Turn to page 6. Who does Toad visit next? Turtle says: “I am making hats.” Toad says: “I like hats.” What kinds of hats is Turtle making? Who do you think the hats are for?

Now turn back to the beginning of the story and read to fi nd out more about Toad’s friends and her birthday.

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ReadAs children read, observe them carefully. Guide them as needed, using language that supports their problem solving ability.

Respond to the TextPersonal ResponseInvite children to share their personal responses to the story. Begin by asking what they liked best about the story, or what they found interesting.Suggested language: How do you think Toad feels at the end of the story? Have you ever felt that way?

Ways of ThinkingAs you discuss the text, make sure children understand these teaching points:

Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text

• Toad visits Frog, Turtle, and Spider.

• Each friend is making something for Toad’s birthday party.

• Toad’s friends bring their cake, hats, and balloons to her birthday party.

• Surprise parties can be confusing at fi rst for the birthday person.

• Birthdays are happy times for friends to share.

• The writer has the characters say almost the same thing each time Toad visits another friend.

• The pictures show how Toad feels and what she seems to be thinking.

© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

Choices for SupportFluencyInvite children to choose two pages that show Toad visiting one friend. Have them read the text aloud. Remind them to pay attention to quotation marks to sound like the character who is speaking.

Phonemic Awareness and Word WorkProvide practice as needed with words and sounds, using one of the following activities:

• Clapping Syllables Say each of these words from the book, and have children clap once or twice as they say the syllable or syllables: birth/day, Toad, bal/loons, Spi/der, Frog, cake, Tur/tle, hap/py.

• Adding –ing Write these base words for children: bake, make, blow. Have children fi nd and write the word in the story that is made of the base word and the ending -ing (baking, page 4; making, page 6; blowing, page 8).



Writing About ReadingCritical ThinkingRead the directions for children on BLM 10.7 and guide them in answering the questions.

RespondingRead aloud the questions at the back of the book and help children complete the activities.

Target Comprehension SkillStory Structure

Target Comprehension Skill Tell children that they can think about a story by

answering the questions Who? Where? and What happens? Model how to think about the structure of a story:

Think Aloud

Who is the story about? Toad is the main character. Where does the story take place? It takes place in the homes of Toad’s friends and at the pond. What happens? Toad visits Frog, Turtle, and Spider. Each of them is making something that Toad likes. At the end, they bring their things to her birthday party.

Practice the SkillHave children answer the questions Who? and Where? about another story they know.

Writing PromptRead aloud the following prompt. Have children draw and write their response, using the writing prompt on page 6.

At the end of the story, Toad’s friends say, “Happy Birthday.” What might Toad do and say next? Draw a picture of what Toad might do next.

Write a sentence to tell what Toad does or what she says.



Read directions to children.

Think About ItWrite the word that completes each

sentence.

1. Toad wants to see her friends on her

birthday.

balloons friends cake

2. Toad’s friends give her a party .

party gift card

Making Connections Think of what you would

make for Toad’s birthday. Draw a picture. Label

your picture.

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English Language LearnersCultural Support: Birthdays Children may not be familiar with birthday party traditions, such as the cake with candles, balloons and hats. Provide any needed explanations.

Oral Language DevelopmentCheck the children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their English profi ciency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child.

Beginning/ Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced

Speaker 1: Where is Toad?

Speaker 2: [points to Toad]

Speaker 1: What is Frog making?

Speaker 2: a cake

Speaker 1: Who is making hats?

Speaker 2: Turtle is making hats.

Speaker 1: What does Toad say about balloons?

Speaker 2: She says she likes them.

Speaker 1: Who are Toad’s friends?

Speaker 2: Toad’s friends are Frog, Turtle, and Spider.

Speaker 1: What do they bring to Toad’s party?

Speaker 2: They bring a cake, hats, and balloons.



Name Date

Toad’s BirthdayAt the end of the story, Toad’s friends say, “Happy Birthday.” What might Toad do and say next? Draw a picture of what Toad might do next.

Write a sentence to tell what Toad does or what she says.



Think About ItWrite the word that completes each

sentence.

1. Toad wants to see her on her

birthday.

balloons friends cake

2. Toad’s friends give her a .

party gift card

Making Connections Think of what you would

make for Toad’s birthday. Draw a picture. Label

your picture.

Name Lesson 10

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Toad’s Birthday • LEVEL E

Behavior Code Error

Read word correctly ✓cat 0

Repeated word, sentence, or phrase

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Omission —cat 1

Behavior Code Error

Substitution cutcat 1

Self-corrects cut sccat 0

Insertion the

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Word told Tcat 1

page Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections

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It was Toad’s birthday.

Toad wanted to see her

friends.

Toad went to Frog’s house.

She saw Frog.

Frog said, “Hi, Toad.”

“I am baking a cake,”

said Frog.

“I like to eat cake,”

said Toad.

“I like cake, too,” said Frog.

Toad went to Turtle’s house.

She saw Turtle.

Turtle said, “Hi, Toad.”

Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read

correctly/54 × 100)

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Self-Correction Rate

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