THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 3Detective’s Notebook! (4) (page 112)Have the students answer in their Detective’s Notebooks.When they are finished, go over the answers with them.Curriculum:P: Students will produce a shortpiece of coherent writing.Ask:Who are the suspects? (Bettina, Miss bates and Frank)Which people AREN’T suspects any more? (Bettina)Why aren’t they suspects anymore? (have the students explain)So which suspects are left now? (Miss Bates and Frank)Go into your Detective Notebook and let’s see what we know about these two people. (havethe students read out their clues)Could Frank be the thief? Explain. (accept any logical answers)3. Let’s Read! (Track 36) (page 112)Outside Miss Bates’s House – Part IIHave the students look at Part II.Ask:What did we learn from Frank in Part 1? (that heCurriculum:knows how the thief entered the museum)AI: Students will understand theParagraph 1general meaning, main ideas, andWhat does Frank explain to Kate and Tom? (thatsequence of events in the text andit’s almost impossible to cut glass and mostuse this knowledge as needed.thieves break the windows)AI: Students will identify differentDoes this information help the kids in any way?text types and use this knowledge as(Yes, Kate thinks this is an important clue.)needed.Paragraph 2AI: Students will locate relevantWhat can be used to cut glass? (a special tool orinformation for a specific purpose.a diamond)AI: Students will extract informationWhy can’t Kate cut glass? (She doesn’t have thefrom visual data such as a timetable.tool or a diamond ring.)Who has a very large diamond ring? (Miss Bates)Why is Frank at Miss Bates’s house? (Sheordered two frames.)Why does Kate think that maybe Miss Bates is the thief? (She owns a diamond ring.)What additional information does Frank give? (Miss Bates ordered two frames and twopictures were stolen from the museum)Paragraph 3What do the kids realize? (She may be the thief; she wants to 'take back' the paintings. Thatwas on the note she left in the museum.)Who calls the police? (Frank)Why does Kate send a text message to Jack and Amy and Robert? (She believes they knowwho the thief is.)132
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