Kindergarten Detectives

OMG! What fun is this book – InvestigatingKindergarten! So, there is a story to read to the child with a problem to figure out at the end. Then there are skill pages that review CCS and “clues” to help solve the mystery! There are top secret files. There are clues on pages. There are questions to answer. There is also an answer key – for those adults who like to look ahead and read the last page of the novel before finishing the book! Oh, wait- that’s me! LOL Any one else??

Back to this book… each top secret file has learning goals. It tells where the evidence can be found and gives clues. The activities are grouped in the secret files by topics – Langauge Arts: Letters and Sounds; Math: Numbers, Counting, Adding,& Subtracting; LA: Grammar, Sight Words & Vocab; Math: Greater/Less, Measurement & Shapes. There is a Detective Notebook to keep track of all the DATA. The kids will love making sure they are filling in all the clues!  This would be such a fun, awesome way to practice skills over the summer with your child. It certainly gives a purpose for practicing. Doing a page or two a day will also help build stamina and perseverance to get to the answer. It will keep those skills fresh over the summer. Taking care of that summer slide!

Here is my thought! What if we did it in class? I know every child couldn’t do each page. But what if you did it whole class. Read the story to them. Then special student of the day does the page of the day. The rest of the class can practice the skill on white boards. Or the special student could do the page “in place of” a center must do. Or just because. Then as a group put the clues in the notebook and work through the answers together at the end. How much fun would that be?? I think the kids would have a blast trying to figure it out. They would be thrilled as special student to be detective of the day! They could have the magnifying glass on their table!

I really like this one Carson Dellosa!

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