Lesson Objectives

Book Summary

Firefighting is serious business. Readers learn about the many challenges firefighters face and the kinds of equipment they use to do their job. It's a challenging undertaking and a very important one. Firefighters work to keep people and property safe. Informative photographs support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Ask and answer questions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand new information in a nonfiction text
• Identify main idea and details
• Blend phonemes
• Identify the long /a/ vowel sound
• Identify pronouns
• Alphabetize words

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: from, many, out, their, there, they
• Content words: axes, extinguishers, firefighters, helicopters, ladders, machines, pump, smoke