Police Officers

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.

Book and lesson also available at Levels E and H.

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

Materials

Book -- Police Officers (copy for each student)
Chalkboard or dry erase board
Dictionaries
Main idea and details, commas, compound words worksheets
Discussion cards

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

Vocabulary

Content words: academies, crimes, enforce, injuries, officer(s), patrol, police, property, situations, trainingContent words: officer, people, enforce, laws, patrol, crime, academy, uniform, traffic