DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 176
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 4
Stage 1: Learn to be an expert!
In your group, read the information about your animal and complete the column in the
jigsaw for that animal. Now each member in your group is an expert on your animal!
Stage 2: Teach your friends!
Now form new groups.
Each new group has at least ONE expert on each animal.
Each expert will teach the others about his or her animal.
Complete all the columns in the table together.
Stage 3: Fill in your Detective’s Notebook!
Use the answers in the table to complete page 133 in your Detective’s Notebook.
Hand out the charts and divide the class into expert groups, telling each group which animal to
focus on.
Each group reads the passage on their animal and fills in the corresponding column.
Make sure the groups are working properly and everyone is participating.
It’s vital that ALL the students write everything down so they can share with others.
HOTS – Compare and Contrast: Once the groups have completed their column ask each group to
report their answers to the class. Copy the table onto the board in fill in their answers.
Answer key:
Group 1
HUMMINGBIRDS
Group 2
SEA TURTLES
Group 3
DOLPHINS
Group 4
WOLVES
WHAT DOES
IT EAT?
Small insects,
juice and seeds from
flowers
seaweed, small
sea animals and
plants
smaller sea
animals
meat
WHAT IS ITS
HABITAT?
warm place with lots
of plants.
warm, quiet sea
water, quiet
beaches.
warm quiet sea
water
Forests, caves
WHAT IS THE
PROBLEM?
habitat loss
plastic garbage
plastic garbage
habitat loss
HOW CAN
WE HELP?
Tell people about it!
Save its habitat
Clean up parks
Plant red flowers
Tell people
about it!
Save its habitat
Clean up
beaches
and water
Recycle
Tell people
about it!
Save its habitat
Clean up
beaches
and water
Recycle
Tell people
about it!
Save its habitat
Recycle
Write one
sentence to
describe the
animal.
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