WEEK 5: WHODUNNIT?
For the fifth week
of the Summer Reading Club we took out our notebooks, put on our trench coats and
became detectives! At the beginning of the program we talked about what a spy does and all the different things that he has to do for a job. Then we talked about if anyone would want to be a spy for a day and
everyone thought that would be the coolest job ever!
For the first book
that we read, the kids needed to put on their thinking caps because they had to
investigate. The book was I spy with my little eye by Edward Gibbs. The kids had to guess what the animal was by little clues such as "I spy with my little eye something that is gray, and who has a very long truck" An elephant!!
Next we played a little
eye spy game of our own from objects all around the room. The kids were
excellent detectives and spotted the object without any clues!
The second book we read was:
We did a little
dancing next as we sung the hokey pokey. We changed up the lyrics so it would
fit with our mystery theme!
You put your fingerprints in. you put your
fingerprints out.
You
put your fingerprints in and you shake them all about.
You do the detective pokey and you turn
yourself around.
That’s what the case is all about!
You put your shoeprints in. you put your
shoeprints out.
You put your shoeprints in and you shake them
all about.
You do the detective pokey and you turn
yourself around.
That’s what the case is all about!
You put your smelling sense (nose) in. you
put your smelling sense out.
You put your smelling sense in and you shake
them all about.
You do the detective pokey and you turn
yourself around.
That’s what the case is all about!
You put your hearing sense (ears) in. you put
your hearing sense out.
You put your hearing sense in and you shake
them all about.
You do the detective pokey and you turn
yourself around.
That’s what the case is all about!
You put your “thinking” (head) in. you put
your “thinking” out.
You put your “thinking” in and you shake them
all about.
You do the detective pokey and you turn
yourself around.
That’s what the case is all about!
The third book we read was:
We played a game called “What doesn’t belong”
I gave them four objects and they had to figure out which one didn’t fit into
the category. Here are some of the ones we talked about:
-A dolphin, a lion, a shark or a fish.
-Fries, hamburger, a cat, chips or a hotdog.
-Car, Soccer ball, volley ball, tennis, ball or
a basketball.
The craft for this week was a puzzle piece
question mark. All you need for this craft is:
-a piece of paper
-cutout of a question mark
-glue stick
-puzzle pieces from an old puzzle.
-markers for decorating
Do you have a knack for sleuthing and want to discover more mystery books? Here are some suggestions!
Practice holding your breath for next week
because we are going to be diving Under the Deep Blue Sea we will be
talking about all the underwater creatures and discovering the vast ocean!
Don’t forget to bring in your reading notebook next time, with all your readings from the past week so you can enter into the weekly prize. The prize will be drawn Friday at 4:00!
