Literacy Prop Box

Detective

Objectives:

The student will use print and picture clues to make predictions.

The student will retell the story.

The student will make connections about the genre.

The student will understand that a detective finds answers to problems.

The student will use rhyming words to solve riddles.

Vocabulary:

See, look, find, help, clue, solve, problem, suspect, police, evidence, detective, mystery

Materials:

Detective hat, magnifying glass, notepad, police badge, flashlight, camera, crime scene tape

Questions:

What do you think caused that?

How would you solve the problem?

What clues did you find?

Who do you suspect?

What do you see?

What do you think will happen next?

What do you think a normal day is like for a detective?

What does a detective do?

Songs and Fingerplays:

I am Detective Dog

(To the Tune of The Farmer in the Dell)

I am detective dog,
I am detective dog.
Hi ho the library-oh,
I am detective dog.
I like to find things,
I like to find things.
Hi ho the library-oh,
I like to find things.
Oh look, there it is,
Oh look, there it is.
Hi ho the library-oh,
I am detective dog.

https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ld/projects/trc/2012/manual/mysteryhounds.html

Its a Mystery

Moms glasses are lost. (make circles with fingers & put in front of eyes)
Where could they be? (hold out hands in questioning motion)
Hey, it is a mystery. (shrug shoulders, tap side of head)

Whats in the box (show box with hands)

That Dad brought me? (hold out hands in questioning motion)
Hey, it is a mystery.

Who took the last cookie from the plate? (pretend to eat, then rub stomach, say "yum, yum, yum")
And who broke Brothers roller skate? (make breaking motion with hands, then cry "boo hoo hoo")
And why is Sister always late? (tap wrist)
Hey, it is a mystery.

Ill try to solve these mysteries!

https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ld/projects/trc/2012/manual/celebrations.html
 If I Were a Detective

If I were a detective, Id look and look

(make circles with fingers & put in front of eyes, look around)
And write down clues in my notebook.
(pretend to write)

If I were a detective, Id think and think

(tap side of head with index finger)
And figure out the mystery as quick as a wink!
(snap fingers & wink)
http://www.susanmdailey.com/fingerplays.html

Like a detective

(To the Tune of Row, row, row your boat)

Look, look, through the glass

Magnifying glass

Find the clues, find the clues,

Like a detective

http://www.educatall.com/page/430/Detectives.html

Book List:

Berenstain, S., & Berenstain, J. (1987). The Berenstain bears and the missing honey. New York: Random

House.

Macaulay, D. (1990). Black and white. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Marzollo, J., & Wick, W. (1992). I spy: A book of picture riddles.

Moffatt, J. (1996). Who stole the cookies?. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Teague, M. (2004). Detective LaRue: Letters from the investigation.

Walsh, E. S. (2003). Dot & Jabber and the big bug mystery. Orlando: Harcourt.