DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 177
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 4
3. Word Detective! (page 133)
Have the students copy the words into their notebooks, leaving two blank lines between each
word. Then tell them to go back to the unit and find each word in the texts on pages 129-132. Tell
them to copy the sentences into their notebooks next to each word.
Afterwards, have the students write a new sentence for each word. Explain that it has to be
DIFFERENT from the one they copied from the texts.
When they have finished, go over the answers with them.
Answer Key:
Brave - It is brave and very smart. (p. 132 in "What is it?")
Breathe - They need clean air to breathe, and they need fresh water, too.
(p. 129 in "What is its habitat?")
Clean up - You and your friends can clean up a park or school playground and plant some
flowers. (p. 129 in "What can we do to help?")
Cut down - When we cut down plants and forests to build buildings, … (p. 129 in "What’s
the problem?")
Favorite - The hummingbird eats small insects, but its favorite food is the juice and seeds
of flowers. (p. 129 in "What does it eat?’)
Fresh - It needs clean air to breathe and it needs fresh water, too. (p. 132 in "What is its
habitat?")
Garbage - Less garbage means cleaner animal habitats, so don't throw it away! (p. 129,
130 in "What can you do to help?")
Recycle - Reuse and recycle paper, plastic and glass. (p. 129, 130, in "What can we do to
help?")
Reuse - Reuse and recycle paper, plastic and glass. (p. 129, 130, 131 in "What can we do
to help?’)
Sea turtle - The sea turtle is one of the few animals in the world that has not changed since
dinosaurs walked the earth! (p. 130 in "What is it?")
Detective’s Notebook! (page 133) (HOTS- Compare and Contrast)
Have the students work in their Detective’s Notebook to answer the questions.
They can work in pairs. When they have finished, go over the answers with them.
Answer Key:
1. Similar: a) All animals eat small/smaller animals.
b) People are the source of the problem.
Different: a) They are four different animals.
b) Two of the animals, dolphins and sea turtles, live in water. Two of the animals,
hummingbirds and wolves, live on land.
c) The problem of the hummingbirds and the wolves is loss of habitat. The problem of
the sea turtles and dolphins is plastic garbage.
2. We can tell people about it. (Accept any other logical answers.)
3. Look (Accept logical answers, e.g., In order to be a good detective, you need to look around very
carefully.)
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