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Critical Thinking Company
Reading Detective Beginning Book
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Teacher Overview
Lesson and Practice Activity Answers
Student Lesson: How to be a Reading Detective
PRETESTS
Mighty Hunter
Bandit
INFERENCE
Lesson: Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences
Wagons West
Why Dogs Wag Their Tails
Did Time Stand Still?
An Old-fashioned Saturday
Teeger
Lead on, Sacagawea
The Barn
Sable
VOCABULARY
Lesson: Defining Vocabulary Using Context
Frontier Women
Lizard on the Loose
George Washington Comes to Class
Desert Survivor
New World for the Old
Help Solve the Garbage Problem
STORY PARTS
Lesson: Story Parts
A View from Above
A Foolish Wish
First Wave
Surprise Vacation
A Puff of Smoke
Invisible Spy
Dexter
MAIN IDEA
Lesson: Identifying Main Idea and Supporting Details
Your Sense of Taste
The Wright Stuff
False Face Society
THEME
Lesson: Identifying Theme
A Nutty Modern Folktale
Home Away From Earth
Giant Hoax
The Cricket in Times Square
CAUSE/EFFECT
Lesson: Cause and Effect
High-rise Doghouse
Cat and Mouse
Streetball Hero
Northern Lights
Space Chase
The Secret of Popcorn
“Tracks” from The Stories Huey Tells
PREDICTION
Lesson: Making Predictions
Missing Ring
The City Street Game
Real Pirates
Pinch, Pull, Coil
Eddy the Bully
How Lies are Detected
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
MIXED SKILLS
Down the Drain
All About Ants
A Skateboarder Speaks Out
A Mystery in Time
Island Patriot
Meteors
A Long Distance
Adventure
Masai Culture
Seven Kisses in a Row
Chocolate Fever
POSTTESTS
Grandfather’s Medal
Track and Field
ANSWER KEYS
GLOSSARY
LITERATURE CITATIONS
SAMPLE ACTIVITY FROM READING DETECTIVE™
 
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