DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 174
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 4
6. Let’s Match! (HOTS – CAUSE AND RESULT) (page 127)
Explain the notion of CAUSE and RESULT.
Write Cause and Result on the board.
Curriculum:
Say:
AI: Students will understand the
Cause is why something happens while
general meaning, main ideas, and
result is what happens as a result of
sequence of events in the text and
the cause.
use this knowledge as needed.
For example: The cause is that you left
AI: Students will locate relevant
your window open when it rained.
information for a specific purpose.
The result is that your bed got all wet.
In stories we find many cause and result pairs.
In our story:
The cause - There is a mystery would be.
The result - The Green Team came.
Have the students answer in their notebooks. Tell them to copy the chart into their notebooks and
match the results with each cause.
When they have finished, go over the answers with them.
Answer Key:
1–b
2–c
3–e
4–d
5–a
Part 3: Animals in Danger! (page 128-132)
Let’s Remember
Ask:
Which eco mystery do Tom and Kate and the Green Team need to solve? (why animals are
missing in Greenville)
What is an animal’s habitat? (Where the animals get their food and water and build their
shelter)
What do we know about an animal’s habitat? (When the habitat changes, the animal has to
move away.)
1. Let’s Talk (HOTS – Prediction) (page 128)
Discuss the title of the section.
Ask:
Which animals do you think we’ll be talking about in this part? Scan the next few pages in
the book and find out. (the hummingbird, the sea turtle, the dolphin, the wolf)
Do you know any animals in your country that are in danger? (a specific breed of seal, a big
variety of birds, many of the desert animals – the oryx, the ibex, the gazelle, different types
of bats, and a few others)
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