All in a Day's Work: Police Officer (TIME FOR KIDS Nonfiction Readers)

by Diana Herweck

Overview

Give children an in-depth look at what a career as a police officer is like. With this informative nonfiction title, readers will learn about various aspects of life as a police officer—from being accepted into the academy to keeping streets safe. Readers will learn what a typical day in the police academy is like as well as a day in the field as an officer. Through Time For Kids© content, helpful charts and diagrams, and colorful images in conjunction with informational text and stunning facts, readers discover important aspects of keeping communities safe, including what's inside a patrol car, K-9 units, reading Miranda rights to suspects, writing incident reports, penal codes, and interrogations. This book also includes text features such as a table of contents, glossary, and index, as well as resources like an interview with a real-life police officer, a bibliography, a list of useful websites for learning more about this profession. Keep students reading from cover to cover this high-interest book!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433349058
Publisher:	Teacher Created
Publication date:	01/15/2013
Series:	TIME FOR KIDS®: Informational Text
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	457,331
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	760L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 11 Years

Table of Contents

Protect and Serve 4

Learning the Ropes 8

Joining the Force 24

On the Beat 40

The Call of Duty 48

Glossary 58

Index 60

Bibliography 62

More to Explore 63

About the Author 64