DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 230
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 5
Part 4: Josh’s Problem (pages 175-177)
Let’s remember
Ask:
What problem does Maya have? (the mean
Curriculum:
note)
P: Students will describe people,
Who do the girls decide to talk to? (Miss
places, things and events.
Santos)
Who is Ann? (the new girl)
What do we know about Ann? (She has a note of some sort but we don’t know what is says.)
Were the girls nice to Ann? (not particularly)
Discuss the title of the section.
Ask:
Who remembers who Josh is? (one of the boys at school)
Where did we see him? (on page 161)
HOTS— What kind of problem do you think he might have? (Accept all logical guesses.)
1. Let’s Talk! (track 51) (page 175)
Say and ask:
Take a look at the picture on page 162 again.
What is happening to Josh? (Someone is tripping him./ He’s being bullied./ He’s being picked
on.)
What do you think about Josh’s problem? (Accept all logical guesses.)
What do you think Josh can do? (Accept all logical ideas.)
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.
2. Let’s Read! (page 175)
Before reading
Say and ask:
Look at the first picture.
Who do we see in the picture? (Kate, Nadia,
Hallie, and Maya as well as Tom, William,
Josh and Ricky)
Where are they? (outside the teachers’
lounge)
What do you think they are all doing there?
(Accept all logical guesses, but guide them
towards "waiting for the teachers" /"the
girls are waiting for Miss Santos.)
What do you think is going to happen in this story? (Accept all logical predictions.)
Say:
Before we read, there are two expressions that I want to make sure that you know: accident
and big deal.
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