Book Summary
Dogs at Work introduces readers to the many ways that dogs are trained to help people. The book explains a wide variety of canine jobs, some of which are quite unusual. Illustrations support the text.

Book and lesson also available at Levels M and P.

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
• Discriminate initial consonant blend /sm/
• Identify initial consonant blend sm
• Identify plural nouns
• Understand how to alphabetize words

Materials

• Book -- Dogs at Work (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Main idea and details, initial consonant blend sm, plural nouns worksheets
• Discussion cards

      Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be demonstrated by projecting book on interactive whiteboard or completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: away, find, have, help, how, make, some, them
• Content words: friendly, harm, hunter, natural, senses, special, solve, strange, wild