Nate the Great Goes

Undercover

Lesson 1

Pages 1-13
Cover study
What is the title of the book

Who is the author?

Who is the illustrator?

What is an illustrator?

What do you predict this book might

be about by looking at the cover?
 Vocabulary
• Undercover- someone who is doing secret work...shhh
• Detective- a man or woman whose job is to solve crimes
by looking for clues
• Case- the crime a detective is trying to solve
• Stale- not fresh anymore, old
• Snatcher- someone who takes something he shouldn’t
• Strange- means odd or weird
• Relish- a chopped pickle condiment we put on foods like
hotdogs or hamburgers
• artichoke- a vegetable with pointy scales and a yummy
heart inside
• Cauliflower- a tightly bound cabbage-type vegetable
which grows as a head
 Vocabulary fun!
• Pick the vocabulary word that best describes the picture,
then use it in a sentence.
 Comprehension
What does Nate the Great say he is?

What is a detective?

What does he plan to do after his last case?

Do you think that is a good idea?

 What do you
usually do
before
breakfast?

• What was Nate doing in the morning before breakfast?

• Who is Sludge? Where did Nate find him?

• Why does Nate say, “I knew he was my kind of dog?”

• Who is Oliver?

• Nate describes Oliver as a pest.

What else can be a pest?

• Can you think of a time when a

pest bothered you? Describe
what happened.
Describe the picture above.
• What did Oliver want Nate to
help him with? Why?
 What is a pest?
A pest is a bug or some other kind of animal that is destructive. It can
ruin crops or be bothersome to people. Let’s look at some!

What makes each a pest?

Can you think of others?

termites
fly mosquito
• What kind of person does
Nate describe as taking the
garbage?

• Hungry and sleep are

adjectives: Look at the
adjectives below and tell me
some that describe you!

lazy fast
excitable happy

fun
angry
tired
shy
clever
loud
• Why do you think Nate wants his dog to sniff?

Tell me about some of your favorite smells.

Tell me about some of your least favorite smells.

• Who is coming down the street?

How many cats are
with Rosamond?

What does this tell you

about Rosamond?

How do you think she

looks?
Alphabetical order
Rosamond says she will eat all these things before she ever
eats garbage:
hamburger, ice cream, candy,
pickles, bananas, potato chips,
Krispy Krappies, relish, doughnuts,
spaghetti, ice cubes, mint leaves

Let’s look at how to put these in

alphabetical order.
 Let’s say the alphabet together.

What letter comes first b or s?

To put things in alphabetical order, we look at the first letter of the

words and decide which comes first in the alphabet. If I compared
the word book to dog, book would come first because b comes
before d. Use the picture of the alphabet to put the words from our
story in alphabetical order!

hamburger, ice cream, candy, pickles,

bananas, potato chips, Krispy Krappies,
relish, doughnuts, spaghetti, ice cubes,
mint leaves
1. Do you think Nate likes listening to Rosamond? How do you know?

2. How many reasons did Rosamond have for not taking Oliver’s garbage?

3. Write that number!

4. Write these numbers too!

One hundred
Twenty-seven
Two hundred fifteen
Forty-six
• What do Rosamond's
cats eat?

• Do you eat any of that?

• What foods do you eat?

• How do we get our

food?
• Where does Nate go next?

• What did he ask?

• Why did Esmerelda always have her mouth

open?

• What does it mean to yawn?

• What do you think Nate should do next?

1. Why does Nate think no one would ever go near Oliver’s garbage?

2. Think of a question you would ask Nate as he tries to solve the

case. I will write it below. Remember to use a QUESTION MARK
(?).
What is Rosamond’s favorite
food?

What is a fraction?

What does ¼ mean? Show me

the picture that shows ¼ .

What does ½ mean? Which

picture shows ½ ?
Spelling/Grammar 1. What ending letters do you see in Sludge?
connection
Udge is pronounced : uj

2. Look at these photos and write the word beneath them from the list below,
then tell me it’s meaning and use in a sentence.
Judge budge fudge grudge trudge
 YOU DID GREAT!!

• Homework:
• Reading: Read pages 12 – 25. I know
you have already read up to page 13,
but it is good to remind yourself what
was happening in the story, so
rereading pages 12 and 13 will help.

• Try this! Write one sentence using a

word that ends with “udge”.