Connect Reading and Writing

Vocabulary

  • dependable

  • employees

  • job

  • obedient

  • odors

  • searched

  • services

  • train

Critical Thinking

  • 1. SUM IT UP Use the Connection Chart you created as you searched for connections in the text to help you summarize the selection.

    Connection Chart
    The text saysThis reminds me of
    They pull sleds and help solve crimes.A police officer showing my class how his dog helps solve crimes

  • 2. Make Judgments Tell a friend which of the working-dog jobs in the selection you think is most important. Use details from the text to support your ideas.

  • 3. Explain Revisit the KWL Chart you made on page 420. In the L column, write what you learned about the services that rescue animals provide. Discuss your completed chart with your classmates.

  • 4. Compare Both “Dogs at Work” and “The Wonder Dog” are about dependable dogs. How were the dogs’ situations different? How were they the same?

Reading Fluency

Intonation Read the passage on page 663 to a partner. Assess your fluency.

  • 1. I read

    • a. great

    • b. OK

    • c. not very well

  • 2. What I did best in my reading was _____.

Reading Strategy

Make Connections

Share your Connection Chart with a friend. Discuss how making connections helped you better understand the text.

Vocabulary Review

Oral Review Read the paragraph aloud. Add the vocabulary words.

I _____ all summer then found a summer _____ working with seeing-eye dogs. The manager said they needed _____ who were _____ to teach dogs to provide helpful _____ to people who are visually impaired. It’s important work. The dogs are very smart. They can smell _____ better than humans. They are also _____, so it is not hard to _____ them.

Written Review Imagine you train dogs to search for missing people. Write a summary of your job. Use five vocabulary words.

Illustration of the pen icon Write about the Guiding Question

Explore Dogs and Rescue

Why are dogs so good at searching for missing people? Write your opinion. Find examples in the selection to support your ideas.