LESSON 30 TEACHER’S GUIDE Trip to the Fire Station · Trip to the Fire Station ... Building...

Characteristics of the Text Genre • Nonfi ction

Text Structure • First-person narrator: I and weContent • Visiting a fi re station

• Firefi ghting clothing and equipmentThemes and Ideas • Firefi ghters wear special clothing.

• Firefi ghters have special equipment.Language and

Literary Features• Repetition • Simple language

Sentence Complexity • Simple three-word to six-word sentencesVocabulary • Firefi ghting gear, such as boots, coats, hats, hose, truck

Words • Highlighted high-frequency words: do, down, have, help, look, off, out, takeIllustrations • Color photographs support the text.

Book and Print Features • Five pages, with two or three lines of text and a photo on each page© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

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Trip to the Fire Stationby Beverly Dani

Fountas-Pinnell Level CNonfictionSelection SummaryChildren tell about visiting the fi re station. At the fi re station, they can see the fi refi ghters’ boots, coats, and hats. Then the children help with the hose and see the truck!

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Trip to the Fire Station by Beverly Dani

Build BackgroundHelp children use their knowledge of fi re trucks, fi refi ghters, and fi re equipment. Build interest by asking questions such as the following: What do fi refi ghters wear? What special tools or equipment do they use? Read the title to the children and talk with them about the cover photo.

Introduce the TextGuide children through the text helping with unfamiliar words so they can read the text successfully. Here are some suggestions:

: In this book some children are telling what they can see when they visit a fi re station on a class trip. Suggested Language: Turn to page 2. What do the children do and see on the fi rst page? Yes, they take a trip to the fi re station and they look at the boots. The children say: We take a trip. We look at the boots. Say the word take. What letter would you expect to see fi rst in the word take? Find the word take and put your fi nger under it.

Page 3: Turn to page 3. What do the children say they can look at here? They say: We look at the coats. We do a lot. Say the word do. What letter would you expect to see fi rst in do? Find the word do and put your fi nger under it.

Page 4: Turn to page 4. What can the children do on this page?

Page 5: What do they do on this page? How do they help with the hose?

Now turn back to the beginning and read about all the things the children do and see on their trip to the fi re station.

Words to KnowHave children turn to the Words to Know at the back of the book. Read each word aloud and then together. Explain any unknown words. Tell children to look for these words as they read.

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ReadNow have children read Trip to the Fire Station softly while pointing under each word. Observe children as they read.

Respond to the TextPersonal ResponseInvite children to share their personal responses to the text. Begin by asking what they liked best about the book, or what they found interesting.Suggested language: What would you most like to see at a fi re station? Why?

Ways of ThinkingAs you discuss the text, make sure children understand these teaching points:

Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text

• A group of children visit a fi re station.

• The narrator tells what they see: boots, coats, hats, the hose, and the truck.

• It is fun and exciting to visit a fi re station.

• Firefi ghters have special clothing and equipment.

• The author uses simple sentences on each page.

• The photos show what we can see.

© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

Choices for SupportConcepts of PrintPractice early reading behaviors such as locating the fi rst and last letters of each word on a page of text.

Phonemic Awareness and Word WorkProvide practice as needed with words and sounds, using one of the following activities:

• Rhyming Words Have children listen for words that rhyme. Have children raise their hands if the words rhyme, and keep their hands in their laps if the words do not rhyme. Say words from the story paired with another word, for example, boots/fl utes; hats/cats; truck/train; hose/nose; boot/moon; truck/duck; hat/lip; coat/boat.

• Alphabet Search Materials: magnetic or cardboard letters or letter cards. Have children search for and locate letters by name.

• Matching Letters Materials: upper and lower case magnetic or cardboard letters or letter cards. Have children choose letters and match them with their upper or lower case form.



Writing About ReadingVocabulary PracticeRead the directions and have children complete the Vocabulary questions on BLM 30.1.

RespondingHave children complete the vocabulary activities on page 7.

Building VocabularyFighting FiresBuild on the words related to fi refi ghters and their gear in Trip to the Fire Station. Suggested language: Let’s think about all the things we might see when fi refi ghters are at work. What are some things you might see? Would you see a ladder? As children make suggestions, write their words and sentences on the board or on a large strip of paper. Begin the list with: We see the.

(Possible suggestions: pole, engine, tires, ax, equipment, tools, pumper, fi re hydrant, fi re chief, fl ames, smoke, fi re, water)

After children have made their suggestions, read the list aloud together, pointing to each word. These are things we would see when fi refi ghters are at work.

Writing PromptRead aloud the following prompt. Have children draw and write their response, using the writing prompt on page 6.

Draw a picture of a fi re truck going to a fi re.

Now write about who is on the truck.


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Words to Know

Circle the Words to Know in the sentences.

1. We will take a trip to see the .

2. The will help us get up on the .

3. The will have to help us get down, too!

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Name Date

3Read directions to children.

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English Language LearnersCultural Support Fighting fi res is a concern all around the globe. Talk with children about fi re fi ghters and fi re fi ghting equipment in their country of origin. While clothing or equipment may differ, the work and its importance are similar everywhere.

Oral Language DevelopmentCheck the children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their English profi ciency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child.

Beginning/ Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced

Speaker 1: Point to the boots.

Speaker 2: [Points to boots]

Speaker 1: Point to the hose.

Speaker 2: [Points to hose]

Speaker 1: Where is the truck?

Speaker 2: [Points to truck]

Speaker 1: Where do the children go?

Speaker 2: They go to the fi re station.

Speaker 1: What do the children put on?

Speaker 2: They put on fi re hats.

Speaker 1: What did the children see and do at the fi re station?

Speaker 2: The children saw boots and coats and the hose and truck. They put on hats. They help with the hose.



Name Date

Trip to the Fire Station Draw a picture of a fire truck going to a fire.

Now write about who is on the truck.



Words to Know

Circle the Words to Know in the sentences.

1. We will take a trip to see the .

2. The will help us get up on the .

3. The will have to help us get down, too!

havedo

helpdownlookoutoff

take

Words to Know


Trip to the Fire StationWords to Know

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Trip to the Fire Station • level c

Behavior Code Error

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Repeated word, sentence, or phrase

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Omission — cat 1

Behavior Code Error

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page Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections

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We take a trip.

We look at the boots.

We look at the coats.

We do a lot.

We try on the hats.

We take off the hats.

We go out.

We help with a hose.

I hold down the lever.

We look at a fire truck.

We have fun.

Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read

correctly/50 × 100)

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