DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 211
UNIT 5 AT A GLANCE
THE PROBLEM
This story happens during a single school day, as different kids in Tom and Kate’s school
are bullied.
THE CHARACTERS
Tom, Ricky, William
and Josh
Maya, Nadia, Hallie
and Kate
Miss Santos
Ann
THE STORY - Problems at School
Mr. Holmes
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We meet Maya in the school hallway. She is crying because someone wrote a note
accusing her of cheating on a math test. Whoever wrote it sent the same note to
Maya’s friends, too.
Mr. Holmes makes the school announcements over the PA system. One of the
things that he announces is that Jack and Amy will be at the school today at 3 p.m
for a special after-school meeting.
Kate goes to the computer room to try to find out how she can help Maya. She
reads about a group called KAB – Kids Against Bullies. Ann is in the computer room
too, because someone has posted mean comments on her Facepage. Kate says
she knows how to help and the two girls leave together.
It’s the end of the school day, and the hallway outside the Teachers’ Lounge is full
of crying, unhappy kids. The boys — Tom, Ricky, William, and Josh — are there to
get help for Josh, who is being bullied.
Jack and Amy arrive and talk to Miss Santos. They tell all the kids to go to Room
101 and wait for them there.
In Room 101, the kids find out some surprising things about bullying from Jack,
Amy and Miss Santos. Kate tells everyone about the KAB program, and the kids
decide to put up a COOL/UNCOOL box for notes in the hallway.
That night, three people write apology notes and leave them in the box; one note is
for Ann, one is for Maya, and one is for Josh. A mystery person leaves a fourth note
in code. The code says “Make new friends and keep the old; one is silver, the other
is gold.”
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THE CLUES
There aren’t any clues in this unit. We aren’t focused on finding out WHO the
bullies are, but on HOW the problem of bullying can be solved.
THE SOLUTION
The kids learn that BULLYING STOPS WHERE FRIENDSHIP STARTS.
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