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Question of the Day: Common Core: 2nd Grade English Language Arts
Dogs at Work
Many people have dogs. Dogs are good friends. They love to play and cuddle. Dogs will keep you company and make you feel better. Dogs will keep you safe and protect you from danger. Dogs are smart. They know their names and can learn cool tricks. Dogs are great pets. But did you know, many dogs have important jobs?
Therapy Dogs
Many dogs work to help people feel better. These dogs are called therapy dogs. Many therapy dogs work in hospitals to keep people happy and comfort people who are sick. Dogs make people feel happy and calm, which can help someone feel better when they are ill.
Some therapy dogs work with kids in schools. Kids can read to dogs and practice their skills to become better readers.
Service Dogs
Some dogs have jobs to help people with disabilities. These dogs are called service dogs. Many people who cannot see or hear have service dogs. Service dogs are trained to help their owners in their everyday lives. Service dogs can help people who cannot see by telling them when it is safe to cross the street and leading their owners so they do not trip or run in to something.
Other service dogs help people who have illnesses. These service dogs are trained to sense when their owner is going to get sick and warn their owner to take medicine or call for help.
Search-and-Rescue Dogs
Search-and-rescue dogs help find people who are lost or trapped. Dogs have a very good sense of smell – much better than humans. Search-and-rescue dogs use their senses to help locate missing people or people who are trapped in caves or fallen buildings.
Detection Dogs
Some dogs, like search-and-rescue dogs, use their sense of smell to help find people who are lost. Other dogs use their sense of smell to find things that are hidden. These dogs are called detection dogs.
Detection dogs can help police find people who have broken the law and are hiding. Detection dogs can also help find explosives or bombs before they can cause damage.
Dogs are great pets. They are smart, friendly and good companions. Dogs also work hard and help us in many ways. It’s a good thing there are dogs!
According to the text how are Search-and-Rescue dogs and Detection dogs different?
Search-and-Rescue dogs help find bombs and Detection dogs help find people who are hiding.
Search-and-Rescue dogs help find people who are lost, and Detection dogs help find people who are hiding.
Search-and-Rescue dogs help people who are sick and Detection dogs help people who have a disability
Search-and-Rescue dogs help find people who are hiding, and Detection dogs help find people who are missing
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