Questions for a Police Officer: Community Protection & Help

1. Lesson 7 Day 2 T38

2. Question of the Day What questions would you like to ask a police officer?(Think: a police officer’s job is to protect the community and to help people) I would ask a police officer _________. (Write at least 2 or more questions you would ask.) T138

3. Read Aloud I am going to read a poem called “Officer Joe”. Why might people listen to or read a poem? for enjoyment T38

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5. Read Aloud What words in the poem are often repeated? Officer Joe How do you know the children in the class are enjoying the visit from Spot and Officer Joe? they pet Spot; they will think of Spot and Officer Joe when they see a police dog T139

6. Phonics/Spelling • chin where ship • Which word has the /ch/ sound as chop? • what itch shoulder • Which word has the /ch/ sound? • What letters can stand for the /ch/ sound? • This week’s spelling words have the consonant patterns: ch, tch, sh, or wh. When words have these patterns, the consonants combine to form a sound different from the sound that each letter makes on its own. • sip hip ship • Ch and tch are both pronounced /ch/. Practice Book pg. 55 T140 transparency R46

7. Vocabulary turn to page 198-199 • 1. scent: A scent is the smell of something. Please say the word and the definition with me. Is a scent something you can touch, or something you can smell? • 2. wanders: A person who wanders travels without planning where he or she is going. Please say the word and the definition with me. How does someone who wanders move? • 3. whined: If someone or something whined, it gave a long, high cry. Please say the word and definition with me. What creature or object have you heard that whined? T142-143

8. Vocabulary cont. • 4. obey: When you obey, you do what you are told to do. Please say the word and definition with me. What is something that you have to obey? • 5. demonstrate: When you demonstrate something, you show how it works or how it is done. Please say the word and definition with me. If I demonstrate something for you, what am I doing? • 6. patrol: People patrol an area to watch over and guard it. Please say the word and definition with me. Who would you expect to patrol a neighborhood? • Read page 198 in your reading books. T142-143

9. Vocabulary cont. • 1. Why do you think a dog can smell a scent after a person is gone? • 2. How far away can a dog see something that wanders by? • 3. How could a dog hear a child who whined? • Read page 199 in your reading book. T143

10. Vocabulary cont. • 4. What commands might a dog learn to obey? • 5. What is a skill a dog could demonstrate? • 6. Why would a police officer want to patrolwith a dog? • Later in our reading groups, we will read “Aero and Officer Mike”. Practice Book pg. 56 T143

11. Check Comprehension Fact and Opinion A fact tells about something that can be seen or proved. An opinion helps readers understand more about a particular topic. Turn to page 57 in your practice book. T38

12. Fluency • Remember that good readers, like you, make their reading sound like regular conversation by paying attention to punctuation and grouping words that belong together. • Look at pages 202-203 of “Aero and Officer Mike”. I want you to track as I read the opening paragraph. Please pay attention to how I pause at punctuation and put groups of words together. • Your turn: Take turns reading the next 2 paragraphs with your partner. Pay attention to your phrasing. T154

13. Vocabulary • Aero can accompany Officer Mike anywhere he goes. Accompany: When you accompany someone, you go someplace with him or her. Please say the word and definition with me. Where might children accompany their parents: the grocery store, or to an adult fancy-shmancy party? • Aero is the most competent dog I have ever seen. Competent: If you are competent, you are good at what you are doing. Please say the word and definition with me. Who has to be especially competent: a doctor performing an operation or a baby taking a nap? • Who would be the most competent to do the following jobs: fly an airplane, fix a cavity, explore the moon? • With your partner, compose a list of places a dog can accompany you and places a dog cannot accompany you. Work for about 2 minutes. T154

14. DOL S M L p Mrs. smith asked mike a question. let’s go to the Park after lunch. T156

15. Grammar • I need volunteers to read the following sentences: The man walked down the street. Mr. Baker walked down Main Street. • What are the nouns in the first sentence? • Man, street These are common nouns. A common noun names any person, place, or thing. • What are the nouns in the second sentence? • Mr. Baker, Main Street These are proper nouns. A proper noun names a particular person, place, or thing. • The first sentence says man, but the second sentence says the name of a man, Mr. Baker. Proper nouns are capitalized to show that they are proper nouns. T156

16. Grammar Practice • The boy was born in China. • There is one common noun and one proper noun in this sentence. Please identify the nouns and tell me if they are common or proper. • boy, common; China, proper • How can you tell that China is a proper noun? • Your turn: Please write 2 sentences. Each sentence should have both a common and a proper noun. When you are finished, we will take turns and share with the class. Work for about 2 minutes. T156

17. Writing • How-to writing gives specific steps to follow, so that people can do a project, cook something, or make something. • Like most paragraphs, how-to paragraphs begin with a topic sentence to let readers know what the paragraph is about. • Let’s add this item to our list of characteristics of how-to writing. T157

18. Writing cont. How-To Paragraphs • Include materials needed • Include, in order, details that explain how to do a specific activity • Use words that show sequence, such as first, next, and then • Include a topic sentence T156

19. Writing cont. • How-to writing often gives instructions that ask people to do multiple (more than one) things. For example, a sentence in a how-to paragraph might say, Raise your hand to make your dog sit, and then give him a treat to reward him. When the person is asked to do 2 related things, cutting the sentence in two helps make the sentence more clear for the reader. T156

20. Writing cont. • Good writers often brainstorm a list of ideas they would like to write about before they settle on one. • Let’s revisit your lists from yesterday. • Choose one idea from your list and write at lease 5 steps describing how to do the activity. T156