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Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell J
Reading Recovery 17
DRA 18
Police Officers
Informational (nonfiction), 310 words, Level K (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Phonics R-Controlled Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics Commas
Word Work Compound Words

Book Summary
A police officer has many different jobs--keeping people safe, enforcing laws, patrolling the streets, solving crimes, and much more. In this book, readers get a glimpse of what it?s like to be a police officer. They learn what it takes to become a police officer, what police officers wear, how they get around, and how they help people. Detailed illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand nonfiction text
  • Identify main idea and details in the text
  • Understand that the letter r can affect the sound of vowels
  • Recognize that commas are used to break a sentence into meaningful units
  • Understand and identify compound words

Vocabulary

  • Content words: academies, crimes, enforce, injuries, officer(s), patrol, police, property, situations, training
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