DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 175
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 4
What problems do you think hummingbirds, sea turtles, dolphins and wolves have today?
(Accept all logical answers and encourage the use of the vocabulary from the previous
section – habitat, shelter, food, etc.)
Curriculum:
AI: Students will understand the
general meaning, main ideas, and
sequence of events in the text and
use this knowledge as needed.
AI: Students will identify different
text types and use this knowledge as
needed.
AI: Students will locate relevant
information for a specific purpose.
AI: Students will use simple
information tools such as a glossary,
a simplified learner’s dictionary, and
a table of contents.
SI: Students will answer questions
about familiar topics.
SI: Students will interact for purposes
such as giving directions, making
requests, etc.
2. Let's Read (pages 128-133)
Before reading
NEW WORDS
Brave
breathe
clean up
cut down
favorite
fresh
garbage
recycle
reuse
sea turtle
Vocabulary
Present the new words on the board.
Give only the following definitions for
each word and have the students try
to match the right word to each
definition.
Brave – not afraid
Breathe – what we do when we
take air into our body
clean up – make something that is
dirty, not dirty anymore
Cut down – to destroy
Favorite – something you like the most
Fresh – not salty
Garbage – what we make when we throw
things out
Recycle – to make something new out of something old
Reuse – to take something and use it again and again
Sea turtle – a large animal that lives for over a hundred years
Vocabulary reinforcement
Have the students go over the text and find the words they just learned. Ask them to read the
sentences where they found the words. If there are still unclear words, explain them.
Have the students copy the words into their notebooks and write their definitions.
For weaker students: Have them copy the sentence with the new word into their notebooks, next
to the definition they wrote. This will help them remember the context as well.
For more ideas, go to pages vi and vii in the Yellow Pages section.
Reading
Say:
Today we are going to work in groups; each group will work on a different animal in danger.
This group work technique is called a "Jigsaw".
The jigsaw follows three stages, as outlined in your books.
Let’s read the stages:
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