Kaitlin Perkins

Chapter 7 Lit Circle #3

Investigator
For the investigator role the students will fill out a sheet with at least ten different
important details from the text. They will list the information from the text in one
box. The second column will be for making the clue. The third column is where the
page number goes that the student found the information.

Textual Information:
Intermediate students
have 12-14 minutes of
stamina.

Primary students have

10-12 minutes of
stamina.

Kindergarten students
have 7-8 minutes of
stamina.

Dont worry about what

last years group did or
what my teaching
partners classes are
doing. It is all about this
group of students. What
are they capable of and
what do they need most
right now?
Read to someone = RS
I am going to read to
self. My goal is

Clue:
Intermediate students
have about ___________ of
stamina.

Page Number:
Pg. 106

Hint: The most stamina of

all three groups of
students.
10-12 minutes is how
much stamina that
_______________ students
have.

Pg. 106

Hint: They arent

secondary.
Kindergarten students
have about ___________
minutes of stamina.

Pg. 106

The numbers of minutes

are just a little higher
than their ages.
There is a quote that
discusses something very
important. This relates to
one of Dr. Gentrys
favorite quotes that he
says to us.

What does RS stand for?

What was Katies choice?

Pg. 106

Pg. 113
Pg. 113

comprehension, and I am
going to check for
understanding.
Unless they choose to
Read to Someone,
students are dismissed
individually right after
they check in, moving
directly into their choice
and getting started right
away.
Reading to someone
increases the following:
Quantity of Reading
Level of Attention to
reading
Reading Motivation
Opportunity to practice
skills and motivation
Fluency
Expression
Reading Rate
Word=-attack skills
Vocabulary
Love of Reading
Not everyone does
Listen to Reading or
needs to.
Word Work Materials
Include:
Whiteboards
Magnetic Letters
Clay
Letter Stamps
Shells
Technology
Colored Markers

Students are released to

begin___________.

Pg. 114

There are ten things that

one of the choices
promotes and improves
they are: ___________

Pg. 115

Not everyone does or

needs to ________________

Pg. 117

The text lists _________

materials for word work.
Those materials are:
______________

Pg. 119

The Investigator Game:

Hello there fellow investigators! Detective Perkins
here.. I am enlisting your assistance in identifying
the culprit of the October Pumpkin Vandalism.
October was located downtown one fine Monday
evening. When the townsfolk returned the next day
the poor pumpkin had been vandalized. I need you
wonderful detectives to help me to understand the
clues that the culprit left behind. They sure did
leave a messy crime scene, therefore it shouldnt
be too difficult to identify them. We do already
have a few suspects. How can you help you ask?
Easy peasy. Answer your questions using your
clues. For each clue that you correctly find
evidence in the text for then youll receive a clue
for crime scene evidence. Just like any court case
you must give evidence to support your theory. You

know that whole innocent until proven guilty

mambo jambo. We investigators must abide by
this. Show all evidence and lets find help this
victim and close this case.
Thanks,
Detective Perkins

Clue #1: under the desk of the blonde!

Clue #2: Where Gentry witnessed the crying girl.
Clue #3: where the markers belong.
Clue # 4: lalalala lalalala elmos world!
Clue# 5: Sista-Sista (copy-copy)
Clue #6: You need this to sit around the campfire
or at a ball game. (hint Hint- Brittany likes
campfires)
Clue #7: Anything that needs to go to waste goes
here

Clue #8: Every day you use this... in and out in

and out
Clue #9: The seat that belongs to the only certified
one here.
Clue #10: there are only four of these in the room.
In one of these four youll find me.

Clue #1:
Intermediate students have about ___________ of stamina.
Hint: The most stamina of all three groups of students.

Clue #2:
10-12 minutes is how much stamina that _______________ students have.
Hint: They arent secondary.

Clue #3:
Kindergarten students have about ___________ minutes of stamina.
The numbers of minutes are just a little higher than their ages.

Clue #4:
There is a quote that discusses something very important. This
relates to one of Dr. Gentrys favorite quotes that he says to us.
Clue #5:
What does RS stand for?

Clue #6:
What was Katies choice?
Clue #7:
Students are released to begin___________.
Clue #8:
There are ten things that one of the choices promotes and improves they are:
___________.
Clue #9:
Not everyone does or needs to ________________
Clue #10:
The text lists _________ materials for word work. Those materials are: ______________