DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 172
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 4
What happens when the animals’ habitat changes? (They have to find a new place or
they may die.)
Frames 8-10
What do hummingbirds do? (They help plants grow by carrying the seeds from one plant
to the next.)
What happens when the plants die? (The animals won’t have shelter or food.)
Sasha says ‘plants and animals depend on each other’. What is one way that plants and
animals help each other? (The hummingbird helps plants grow and the plants feed the
animals.)
Frames 11-12
What is the Green Team giving out? (bags with brochures)
What’s in the brochures? (clues and information to solve the eco mystery)
What else is in the bags? (a pen, a notebook to take notes in, a poster and an ID card)
Frame 13
Why is the Green Team talking to the students in school? (They want everybody to join
them and help find out what is happening to the animals.)
How do the students respond? (They all agree to join.)
After Reading
Ask:
What is the mystery again? (Animals are missing.)
What do you think the kids can do to help the Green Team solve the mystery? (Accept all
logical answers.)
If you were in Lakeview, what do you think you could do? (Accept logical answers.)
Extra teaching point:
Say and ask:
Go back to frame 6.
Look at the sentence “It’s where an animal gets its food” (Write it on the board.)
What’s the difference between the two words – 'it’s' and 'its'? (If the students don’t
know, explain that 'it’s' is short for “it is” and 'its' is a possessive pronoun)
Appreciation of Language
NOTE: By going back and explaining the difference between the two words you are helping the
students further understand how the English language works, which is very important to enable full
comprehension.
4. Let’s Answer! (page 126)
Have the students answer in their notebooks.
When they have finished, go over the answers with them.
Answer Key:
1. Eco-detectives Lily, Sasha, Jordan and Ella
2. b
3. b
4. a. lives
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