1 2 3 people work (fiction)

People Work
by Sara Fischer

ELL Reader 1.2.3

Fiction

INTRODUCE THE BOOK

RESPOND

Activate Prior Knowledge/Build
Background Read the title, and ask children
to talk about workers they have seen. Ask:
Where did you see the workers? What were they
doing? Tell children this book describes different
neighborhood workers.

Answers to the Reader’s Inside Back Cover:

Preview/Use Text Features Preview the
reader by talking about the illustrations together
and naming the labeled items.
Preteach Vocabulary Review the highfrequency words that appear in this book: out,
people, who, and work. Introduce these key
words from the book: school (p. 2) and person
(p. 4). Discuss these words and add them to a
Word Wall.

READ THE BOOK
Choose among these options for reading to

support children at all English proficiency levels.
Read Aloud Read the book aloud as children
follow along. Pause to verify comprehension and
to explain unfamiliar concepts.
Monitored Reading Have children read
aloud a few pages at a time. Use the following
questions to support comprehension:
• Pages 2–3 What does the girl see? (The
girl sees people at work.)
• Pages 4–5 What do these people do at
work? (The people drive a bus, wash clothes,
cut hair, and paint walls.)
• Pages 6–7 What else do people do at
work? (People bake bread, make cakes, sell
food, and clean floors.)
• Page 8 What worker do you see? (I see a
crossing guard.)

Talk About It
1. Possible responses: A teacher works in
my school. I see bakers and firefighters in my
neighborhood. (Main Idea)
2. Answers will vary.
Write About It
3. Invite children to close their eyes and think
about who they see on their way to school.
Children should then draw a picture of a worker
in their neighborhood, such as a grocery store
worker.
Support writers at various English proficiency

levels.
Beginning Ask children to identify one kind
of worker in their picture.
Intermediate Have children identify several
different workers.
Advanced Have children tell about the
workers they have drawn.
Extend Language A person who works is a
worker. Have children look in the story for other
worker names that end in -er, including a driver,
a painter, and a barber.
Answers to page 18:
Page 4: A driver drives a bus.
Page 5: A painter paints walls.
Page 6: A baker bakes bread.
Family Link Read aloud the Family Link activity
on page 18 before sending copies of the Study
Guide home with children. Later, have children
talk about the work their family members do.

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Reread Have children reread the book with a
partner, in small groups, or independently. Have
them complete the Study Guide on page 18.

ELL Readers Teaching Guide

Unit 2, Week 3 People Work

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Study Guide

People Work

Name

• Read People Work again.
• Answer the questions.
Pages

Question

4

Who drives a bus?

5

Who paints walls?

6

Who bakes bread?

Answer

Family Link

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Ask family members about the type of work they do.

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People Work

Unit 2, Week 3

ELL Readers Teaching Guide