Worksheet

What Police and Detectives Do

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What do police and detectives do to keep their community safe? Six short-answer questions make up a worksheet designed to reinforce reading comprehensions skills while providing information about police officers and detectives.  

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CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Ideas
  • Invite a police officer or detective to speak to the classroom about their profession 
  • Direct learners to write a narrative in which they are a police officer or detective 
  • Divide the class into homogeneous groups based on reading level; work with small groups in need of extra support and encourage marking the text
Classroom Considerations
  • Requires copies—four pages, or two front-to-back 
  • Preview the passage's reading level to confirm its appropriateness for your population 
Pros
  • Presents information in a bullet point and narrative format
  • Clear font makes for easy reading 
Cons
  • Does not provide lines for learners to write question answers 
Common Core