A Day with Firefighters is a guided reading book that is about the role of a firefighter. I give this guided reading book a 5/5 because it introduces the concept of text features by bolding important words in the text. All of the bolded words in the text connects to the main concept of the text which is firefighters. As a teacher, one can ask the reader what the bolded word means and what the word is trying to tell us about firefighters. Depending on the answer of the student, the teacher can determine what the student's strengths and weaknesses are. The teacher can then determine what the student needs in order to advance in their reading. Additionally, visuals of the bolded words can be seen in the picture next to the text. For example, one of the bolded words was helmet. In the picture next to the text, a firefighter was putting on a helmet. Having visuals of the bolded words allows the reader to have a better understanding of what the book is about and how the bolded words connect to the concept of the book. Visuals are especially helpful to ELL students when trying to understand the meaning of the book. ( )

A Day with Firefighters by Jan Kottke is an informational text about what it is like to be a firefighter. There are sections about what firefighters wear, the fire engine’s siren, putting out a fire, and more. Readers will be fascinated by all the real pictures throughout the book of different parts of being a firefighter. A teacher can use this book to engage students in finding characteristic events and descriptive attributes. For example, “I wear a black coat with yellow stripes. I put on a helmet.”

A Day with Firefighters is an informative book about what a firefighter does. The book is easy to read, and all the text is partnered with a picture that clearly shows what the words are detailing. The book features many words that students will know and some that will be new to them. This would be a good book to help kids connect meaning to words. For example kids know what a helmet looks like but may not be able to spell it. This book would be great for that. This book although ideally for young kids can almost certainly be used for all students regardless of gender or culture since all kids know what a firefighter is or have at least seen them. ( )

discusses the job of firefighters
1 book

BR,GRL H,GL 1.7,8 copies