Book Selected (Use APA Format):

Bauer, M. D., & Donohue, D. (2005). If Frogs made Weather. New York: Holiday House.

DAY ONE
Day One Reminders
● Introduce title, author and illustrator
● Read the book verbatim
Target Words Page Numbers
pelt 20
robins 8
fog 5
tight 9
lightning 13
swirling 17
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Do you like to be tucked in tight or loose?
Have you ever seen lightning?
Who lives in trees?
What is the weasel doing?
Can you touch the fog?
Have you ever seen snow?

DAY TWO
Day Two Reminders
● Ask “wh” questions.
● Follow answers with questions about shape, color and function
Target Words Page Numbers
Drip 4
mist 5
melting 8
warm 9
buzz 11
pile 20
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
What happens to snow when it gets warm?
How does the sun feel?
What sound does a fly make?
What color is the snow?
What sound does rain make?
What color is the mist?

DAY THREE
Day 3 Reminders
● Ask “wh” questions
● Follow answers with questions about shape, color and function
Target Words Page Numbers
pond 4
pounce 6
wiggling 8
stretch 9
blow 17
damp 23
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
What other animals wiggle?
What body parts can you stretch?
Where does wind come from?
What do leaves feel like?
What is the weasel doing?
What lives in a pond?

DAY FOUR
Day 4 Reminders
● Ask “open-ended questions
● Add expansions of 1-2 words to child’s answer and have him repeat
Target Words Page Numbers
budding 8
spy 9
sizzle 13
sink 15
sting 20
footprints 23
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
What grows on trees?
What do you see when you look outside?
How does lightning make you feel?
Where does the sun go at the end of the day?
What does snow feel like?
Where have you left footprints?

DAY FIVE
Day 5 Reminders
● Use only after Day 2 and 3
● Ask recall questions that focus on story events, characters, plot or sequence
Target Words Page Numbers
drift 17
snap 13
hum 15
frost 19
Polar Bear 20
snuggle 25
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Where do owls live?
 What did the turtle do when there was lightning?
What sound does the mosquito make?
What kind of sky do the geese fly in?
Who lives in the snow?
Who does the child sit with?

Dialogic Reading Connections:

Dialogic CA Preschool Learning Foundations or Standards supported
Reading (List the foundations or standards specific to the age range you selected)
Reminder
Introduce title, Reading
author & 1.0 Concepts about Print
illustrator 1.1 Begins to display appropriate book handling behaviors
and beginning to recognize print conventions
1.2. Recognize print as something that can be read
Read the book Reading
verbatim 5.0 Literacy Interest and Response
5.1 Demonstrate enjoyment of literacy and literacy-related
activities
Ask “wh” Listening and Speaking
questions 1.0 Language Use and Conventions
1.4 Use language to construct short narratives that are real or fictional
Ask questions 2.0 Vocabulary
about shape, Understand and use both simple and complex words
color and that describe the relations between objects.
function
Ask open ended 3.0 Grammar
questions Children develop age-appropriate grammar.
3.1 Understand and use increasingly complex and longer sentences,
including sentences that combine two to three phrases
or three to four concepts to communicate ideas.
Expand child’s 2.0 Vocabulary
responses by 1-2 Children develop age-appropriate vocabulary.
words 2.1 Understand and use an increasing variety and specificity of accepted words
for objects, actions, and attributes encountered in
both real and symbolic contexts.
Ask recall
questions focused 3.0 Grammar:
on story events, 3.2 Understand and typically use age-appropriate grammar, including accepted word
characters, plot or forms, such as subject verb agreement, progressive tense, regular plurals, pronouns, and
sequence possessives
4.1 Child demonstrate knowledge of main characters or events in a
familiar story, through answering questions retelling,
reenacting, or creating artwork.