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This week we'll explore the question "What are some benefits of dogs interacting with people?" In the informational text Aero and Officer Mike, we'll read about a specially trained dog and a police officer.
Home Connection Activities!
Home Connection Activities!
Be Prepared: Talk with your child about how teachers help students face challenges. Ask your child to tell about a time when a teacher helped him face a challenge.
Vocabulary on the Go Ask your child to use the target vocabulary words to describe a time he or she played or interacted with an animal.
partners, lying, loyal, shift, quiver, patrol, ability, snap
A Pet Paragraph: Ask your child to think about taking care of a pet. Have your child write a paragraph describing what is involved in taking care of a pet he or she has or would like to have.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Build Background: People and Animals
Build Background: People and Animals
Dogs and humans have always had a special relationship. In fact, dogs were probably the first real pets that humans had. People in ancient times realized that dogs could help and protect them. They also learned that dogs often had strong affection for people.
Dogs truly are good partners, They have an incredible sense of smell, they are fast, and they are loyal. When they are well trained, dogs are also determined to do what their humans want them to do. They will not give up. In Aero and Officer Mike, you'll see what incredible things a dog can do.
Read the Story: "Aero and Officer Mike"
Read the Story: "Aero and Officer Mike"
GENRE
GENRE
Informational text gives facts and information about a topic. As you read, look for :
headings that tell about the content of the sections
photographs
clues that tell how the author feels about the topic
Read "Aero and Officer Mike" on page 505 in your Journeys Textbook
Click for Story Comprehension Questions
Click for Story Comprehension Questions
Continue your discussion of Tops and Bottoms by answering these questions
How can readers tell this passage is non-fiction?
What is Aero's main job?
How is Aero DIFFERENT from most dogs?
What MOST helps Aero find missing people?
How are Officer Mike and Aero alike?
Explain why dogs make good helpers for police dogs. Use details from the story to support your answer.
Target Skill: Author's Purpose
Target Skill: Author's Purpose
Target Skill: Author's Purpose
Authors have a reason or reasons for writing. This is called the author's purpose. The author's purpose for writing something is not always stated but students can determine the author's purpose by thinking about what the author wants readers to know.
Target Strategy: Analyze/ Evaluate
Target Strategy: Analyze/ Evaluate
Target Strategy: Summarize
Stopping periodically to summarize, or retell the important information, is a good strategy to use for reading informational text. Minor details should NOT be included in a summary.
One way to summarize is to first determine and list the main ideas, then put these main ideas together in one statement.
Listen to the Story
Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes -in and -im
Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes -in and -im
Grammar Skill: Pronoun/ Verb Agreement
Grammar Skill: Pronoun/ Verb Agreement
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