Theme 3: Around Town

a town is larger than a village and

smaller than a city.

Selection 2: A Trip to the Firehouse

By: Wendy Lewison

© Cheryl Saoud

Genre: Realistic Fiction

fictional characters but events could

really happen.

Comprehension Strategy:

Question

Comprehension Skill:

Topic and Main Idea

Question parts

of the story

you don’t

understand.

Phonics: vowel pairs ay and ai

Spelling train pay rain

tray sail they

mail hay stay

play great day

trail subway nail

High Frequency clothes order guess

brought touch roll

different poor wear

special work

Vocabulary Skills:

Dictionary Beginning, Middle, End

Grammar Skills: Special or Proper Nouns

a specific person,

place, or thing

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