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Metal Detector 3.2.3 Detective MAIN IDEA MONITOR AND FIX UP SUMMARY A boy named Joe is bored until R EAD TH E BOO K his grandmother teaches him how to use a SET PURPOSE Have students set a purpose metal detector. Joe has a chance to use the for reading Metal Detector Detective by asking device to find a gold ring that was lost by his them questions about the title. What do detec- grandmother’s neighbor. He decides that using tives do and what type of story might have the metal detector will be a fun way to stay a detective in it? What might a detective be busy during the summer. seeking with a metal detector? Ask students LESSON VOCABULARY to base their answers on previously read collection enormous books and their own prior knowledge. realize scattered STRATEGY SUPPORT: MONITOR AND FIX UP shiny strain Students need to monitor their comprehension while reading by sorting out and organizing INTRO D UCE TH E BOO K thoughts and questions that come up. This INTRODUCE THE TITLE AND AUTHOR Discuss strategy helps them fill in gaps in their under- with students the title and the author of Metal standing and determine the book’s main idea. Detector Detective. Ask them to look at the In small groups, ask students to share their cover illustration and identify the metal detec- thoughts about Metal Detector Detective. Then tor. For what purposes might the person use a help organize these responses in a main idea metal detector? How can students tell? chart or web. BUILD BACKGROUND Have students discuss COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS times when they or someone they know PAGE 7 How did Ms. Choi lose her gold ring? helped others by coming up with a creative (It most likely slipped from her finger while she solution to a problem. What was the solution was working in her garden.) and how did it solve the problem? How did everyone feel afterward? PAGE 9 What solution did Joe and Grandma come up with for finding Ms. Choi’s ring? Why PREVIEW/USE TEXT FEATURES Read aloud the did it make sense? (They decided to use the title and have students glance through the metal detector to find the ring because the ring illustrations. Ask students to predict what type was made of metal.) of story they will read and what will happen in it based on these features. PAGE 11 What might Joe do with the metal detector later in the summer? (Possible response: He might find coins for his coin collection or metal cans for recycling.) 40 Metal Detector Detective

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