Home Plan - [GR1-L4-U1-LC1-57 Dogs at Work]

The document provides educators with tips and activities for teaching students about working dogs, covering topics like therapy dogs, service dogs, and detection dogs. It emphasizes vocabulary, comprehension, summarization, and comparison skills, showcasing how dogs aid people with disabilities and in various tasks like search-and-rescue missions and aiding in criminal investigations. The document encourages students to think about the roles of working dogs and consider training other animals for similar tasks, highlighting the significant contributions of canines to society.

Contents

• Pages 1—29: Educational tips for working dogs
• Pages 30—37: Teaching about working dogs

This section of the document provides tips and guidance for educators (T) to introduce various topics related to working dogs to students (S). It includes learning objectives like using content words, connecting to prior knowledge, and comparing and contrasting information in a text. Vocabulary words such as chemicals, comfort, criminals, detection, disabilities, and medicine are introduced with definitions and sample sentences for better comprehension. Activities involve looking at pictures, reading, answering questions, and understanding the new words. Different types of working dogs are discussed, like therapy dogs, service dogs, search-and-rescue dogs, and detection dogs, and their roles are explained. The document emphasizes how dogs help people with disabilities and in various tasks, such as hiking, water rescue, and even odd jobs like chasing birds away from airports. Additionally, it covers the work of detection dogs in finding hidden items like termites or assisting police in criminal investigations. Overall, the section highlights the different jobs that dogs can perform and the ways in which they contribute to society.

This section of the document provides tips and activities for educators to use in teaching students about working dogs. It emphasizes the importance of comprehension, summarization, and comparison and contrast skills. The document includes sample questions and answers related to the abilities and roles of working dogs, such as their senses, abilities to find hidden items, and help to people with disabilities. It encourages students to think about how working dogs can help people, as well as consider if any other animals could be trained for such tasks. Additionally, it introduces related vocabulary terms and lesson objectives.