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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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R EVISIT TH E BOO K Skill Work READER RESPONSE 1. Possible response: You can solve problems TEACH/REVIEW VOCABULARY more easily if you think creatively and use the Have volunteers define the vocabulary words right tools. and use them in sentences to help classmates 2. Joe searches the flower beds, the bushes, improve their understanding of them. and the ivy. 3. Possible responses: colossal, gigantic, huge, In pairs, have students make up massive, titanic, big a riddle game using vocabulary words. 4. Possible responses: They can find sharp Suggest an example such as “I have a objects on lawns before they can harm penny and it is very .” people. They can help police find evidence in crimes. TARGET SKILL AND STRATEGY MAIN IDEA Explain to students that the EXTEND UNDERSTANDING Tell students that a main idea in fiction explains what the story character is someone who takes part in the is about and identifies its most important events of a story. Then, explain that character ideas. Ask students to tell what the book traits are the qualities or characteristics of a is about in their own words and to provide character. Create a character web based on reasons to support their answers. a person from the book. Then invite students to identify the character’s traits and explain MONITOR AND FIX UP When students their responses with examples. Record these monitor comprehension they know when they responses on the web. understand what they read and when they do not. There are strategies to restore their RESPONSE OPTIONS understanding when problems arise, such WRITING How should Joe spread the word as summarizing facts and details to clarify about his services as a metal detector and organize ideas. Tell students to use this detective? Ask students to write an strategy when they are unsure of meaning. advertisement that promotes his services. Encourage them to write down these facts and details in a main idea chart. WORD WORK Provide students with magazines and newspapers and ask them to cut out ADDITIONAL SKILL INSTRUCTION pictures that show the meanings of the REALISM AND FANTASY Tell students that lesson vocabulary words. For example, an a realistic story tells about something that image of an elephant may represent the word could happen, and a fantasy is a story “enormous.” Have students paste their pictures about something that could not happen. Ask on a separate sheet of paper and, under each students to identify specific elements within image, write the corresponding word. Invite Metal Detector Detective that indicate which volunteers to share their work. type of story it is. Then have them point out previously read books that exemplify the other SCIENCE CONNECTION type of story and explain why. Remind students that a metal detector was used to search for a lost metal object in the story. Have students come up with other examples of how specific tools and devices are designed to solve specific problems. Metal Detector Detective 41
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Name Metal Detector Detective Main Idea • The main idea is the most important idea about a paragraph, passage, or article. • Details are small pieces of information that tell more about the main idea. Directions Read the following passage. What is the main idea of the paragraph? Write it in the box on the left. Then find three details that tell about the main idea. Write them in the boxes on the right. Using a metal detector can be a fun hobby. But there are rules you must follow before using a metal detector. Metal detectors are not allowed on National Park Service lands. There are also many places, such as public schools, churches, and private lands, where you must ask permission before you use a metal detector. If you are not sure of whether you can use a metal detector, just ask! Main Idea Detail 1. 2. Detail 3. Detail 4. © Pearson Education 3 42
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Name Metal Detector Detective Vocabulary Directions Draw a line to connect each vocabulary word with the correct description. Check the Words You Know collection enormous realize scattered shiny strain 1. collection a. sprinkled 2. enormous b. giant 3. realize c. glossy 4. scattered d. struggle 5. shiny e. group 6. strain f. understand Directions Write the vocabulary word that completes each clue. 7. This word describes the size of something. 8. When you try hard, you do this. 9. If you sprinkle seeds over a flower bed, you might describe the seeds this way. 10. You often use this word to describe a new car. © Pearson Education 3 11. People organize seashells, stamps, dolls, and baseball cards into one of these. 43
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