Anastasia Suen - From Accident to Hospital

Before & After Reading Activities

Level: G Word Count: 190 Words 100th word: put

Teaching Focus: Phonics: Word Study- Count the syllables in the words paramedic and doctor. Which word has more syllables? Which word has more letters? Before Reading: Building Academic Vocabulary and Background Knowledge Before reading a book, it is important to set the stage for your child or students by using pre-reading strategies. This will help them develop their vocabulary, increase their reading comprehension, and make connections across the curriculum. Read the title and look at the cover. Lets make predictions about what this book will be about.Take a picture walk by talking about the pictures/photographs in the book. Implant the vocabulary as you take the picture walk.

Be sure to talk about the text features such as headings, Table of Contents, glossary, bolded words, captions, charts/diagrams, or Index.Have students read the first page of text with you then have students read the remaining text.Strategy Talk use to assist students while reading.
- Get your mouth ready
- Look at the picture
- Thinkdoes it make sense
- Thinkdoes it look right
- Thinkdoes it sound right
- Chunk it by looking for a part you know
Read it again.After reading the book complete the activities below.Content Area VocabularyUse glossary words in a sentence. ambulance Emergency Room EMT paramedic stretcher After Reading: Comprehension and Extension Activity After reading the book, work on the following questions with your child or students in order to check their level of reading comprehension and content mastery. 1.Why is it important for cars to pull over when they see an ambulance with its sirens on? (Inferring)2.Why is the word ambulance spelled backwards on the hood of the vehicle? (Summarize)3.Have you ever met an EMT, firefighter, or 911 operator? Tell us about it. (Text to self connection)4.Which jobs in the book work together? How do they work together? (Asking questions)Extension Activity Draw it out! After reading the book, draw out the events that happened. You should create a picture from the car accident to the hospital. After you have completed drawing your picture, retell the story to a parent, teacher, sibling, or classmate. A 911 operator answers the call. Job ShopThere are 911 operators at work day and night. The 911 operator calls for the police and an . The ambulance at fire station 51 gets the call. Job ShopSome people call an ambulance a bus or a truck. . Job ShopSome people call an ambulance a bus or a truck. .

The EMT is the ambulance driver. Job ShopAmbulance workers are trained to give first aid in an emergency.Job ShopEMT stands for Emergency Medical Technician. The EMT drives the ambulance with sirens and lights on. The cars and trucks on the road pull over to the side. Wooo Wooo WoooJob ShopIts the law. You must move out of the way when an ambulance comes. The ambulance arrives at the accident. . .

The paramedic treats the patient. The EMT helps. Job ShopThe person hurt in an accident is called the patient. The paramedic rides in the back of the ambulance with the patient. Job ShopThe paramedic takes care of the patient on the way to the hospital. . Job ShopPart of the job of being an EMT is knowing the way to every hospital in the city. The paramedic tells the nurse and the doctor about the patient. Job ShopThe nurse and the doctor check the patient.The doctor decides what to do next. The doctor wants to see inside the patients leg. Job ShopThe nurse and the doctor check the patient.The doctor decides what to do next. The doctor wants to see inside the patients leg.

A technician will take an X-ray. Job ShopThe X-ray technician takes a picture of the patients leg bones. The patients leg is broken. The doctor puts a cast on the patients leg so it can heal. Job ShopAfter the cast hardens, the patient can go home.