Vocabulary Words apprentice assemble clogs contaminated unions wastewater ROURKE’S SCHOOL to HOME CONNECTIONS Before Reading Building Background Knowledge and Vocabulary Building background knowledge can help children process new information and build upon what they already know Before reading a book it is important to tap into what children already know about the topic This will help them develop their vocabulary and increase their reading comprehension BEFORE AND DURING READING ACTIVITIES Questions and Activities to Build Background Knowledge 1 Look at the front cover of the book and read the title What do you think this book will be about 2 What do you already know about this topic 3 Take a book walk and skim the pages Look at the table of contents photographs captions and bold words Did these text features give you any information or predictions about what you will read in this book During Reading Reading for Meaning and Understanding To achieve deep comprehension of a book children are encouraged to use close reading strategies During reading it is important to have children stop and make connections These connections result in deeper analysis and understanding of a book Close Reading a Text During reading have children stop and talk about the following Any confusing parts Any unknown words Text to text text to self text to world connections The main idea in each chapter or heading Encourage children to use context clues to determine the meaning of any unknown words These strategies will help children learn to analyze the text more thoroughly as they read When you are finished reading this book turn to the next-to-last page for After Reading Questions and an Activity Vocabulary Vocabulary Is Key to Reading Comprehension Use the following directions to prompt a conversation about each word Read the vocabulary words What comes to mind when you see each word What do you think each word means
TABLE OF CONTENTS On the Job 4 What’s in My Toolbox 14 Learning the Trade 20 Memory Game 30 Index 31 After Reading Questions 31 Activity 31 About the Author 32
ON THE JOB Do you like solving puzzles Does cool technology fascinate you What about getting your hands dirty Oh and how would you like to help save water one of the planet’s most precious resources Welcome to a day in the life of a plumber A Full Pipeline of Work There are about 500,000 plumbers in the United States That big number is going to get even bigger jobs for plumbers are growing much faster than most other jobs
Plumbers use their minds and their muscles on the job
