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Up in the Crane Cab: Planning a Job Report

Kofi interviews his aunt, a crane operator, for a class book. Students plan a report whose order and details fit the task and purpose.

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students name the purpose of a report and choose a topic sentence and a conclusion that fit it.
Students group interview notes under headings and leave out details that do not fit the purpose.

How to use

Read Kofi's interview together and ask what a report for a class book should do. Students answer the questions alone, then write the safety paragraph and read it to a partner.

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Common Core standard covered

W.3.4

With adult help, produce writing whose development and organization suit the task and purpose.

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Up in the Crane Cab: Planning a Job Report

Use interview notes to plan a report that teaches readers about a job.

Read the interview

Kofi Interviews a Crane Operator

1Kofi's class is making a book called Jobs in Our Town. Each student will write a report that teaches readers about one job. Kofi chose his aunt Dana, who runs a tall tower crane at a building site downtown. On Sunday, he asked her questions and wrote down what she said.

2"My job is to lift heavy things that people can't carry," Aunt Dana explained. "I move steel beams, big buckets of concrete and stacks of pipes up to the top of a new building."

3"I work in a small room called the cab, way up at the top of the crane. I climb a long ladder inside the tower to get there. Some days I eat my lunch up there, too."

4"I can't always see where a load will land, so a signal person on the ground helps me. We talk by radio, and the signal person also uses hand signals."

5"Safety comes first. Before I start, I check the crane's parts. If the wind gets too strong, I stop working, because wind can make a heavy load swing."

6Then Aunt Dana laughed. "My favorite color is green, and I have a cat named Pepper." Kofi wrote that down too, but he was not sure it belonged in his report.

What is the purpose of Kofi's report?

A. to tell a made-up story about a crane
B. to get readers to visit a building site
C. to teach readers about a job in town
D. to thank Aunt Dana for the interview

Read paragraph 4 again. Why does a signal person help Aunt Dana?

A. She needs someone to check the crane's parts.
B. She needs help climbing the long ladder.
C. She wants someone to eat lunch with.
D. She can't always see where a load will land.

Plan the report

Help Kofi choose and organize what goes in his report.

Which is the best topic sentence for Kofi's report?

A. A crane operator lifts heavy things at a building site.
B. Once upon a time, a crane lived in a big busy city.
C. Aunt Dana's favorite color is green, like grass.
D. I went to see my aunt on Sunday after breakfast.

Kofi wants to leave out the note that does not teach about the job. Underline that sentence.

We talk by radio, and the signal person also uses hand signals.Before I start, I check the crane's parts.My favorite color is green, and I have a cat named Pepper.I climb a long ladder inside the tower to get there.

Kofi will group his facts under two headings. Sort each fact under the heading where it belongs.

She checks the crane's parts before she starts.She works in a small room at the top of the crane.She climbs a long ladder inside the tower.She stops working when the wind is too strong.Some days she eats her lunch at the top.

Up in the Cab	Staying Safe

Kofi will write one paragraph about how Aunt Dana talks with the ground. Which sentence fits that paragraph best?

A. She checks the crane's parts every morning.
B. She uses a radio to talk with the signal person.
C. She climbs a long ladder to get to the cab.
D. She lifts stacks of pipes to the top floor.

Kofi links his ideas with words that fit a report. Use a word or phrase from the word bank in each blank.

Word bank: Because of this · Once upon a time · Before · For example

A crane operator lifts very heavy loads. , she moves steel beams to the top of a building.
Strong wind can make a heavy load swing. , she stops working on very windy days.
she starts work, she checks the crane's parts.

Which sentence would make the best conclusion for Kofi's report?