Na m e : _______________________________________ _____________________Directions:Date:To be a good detective, you have to know what facts
are important and not important to the case you’re
solving! So, ask yourself questions as you read.Page 29
1 donkey
- potato
- popcorn
- shoe
- dad
- mom
- grape
- vase
- pot
- joke
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Student’s path should
show line back to Jungle
Jim’s hut.
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Examples:
Person: Mom, Dad,
Danny, Mr., Kipper
Place: camp, Maine, Lake
Fishy, library, and post
office
Thing: Mr. Ribbit, time,
ball, sailboat, water, nose,
towel washing machine,
book, video, bus, frogs,
trip, house, and teddy
bear
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Breakfast: fried egg, soft-
boiled egg, omelet, cereal,
bagel, oatmeal, pancakes,
and French toast
Lunch: meat loaf, chef
salad, hamburger, beef
steak, fried chicken, fish
sticks, clam chowder, and
hotdog
Page 33 - day
- eyes
- sleep
- short
- foot
- drive
- cheese
- sad
- window
- cold
Page 34 - tool
- conductor
- fur
- water
- white
- hand
- pig
- lemon
- fast
- shoe
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you are to me
wind is to the sea
Juliet is to Romeo
Caesar is to Cleopatra
fire is to light
flower is to fragrance
jet is to coal
ebony is to mud
flamingo is to pink
polar bear is to white
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sweat is to underarm
smell is to sneaker
rat is to sinking ship
fly is to vinegar
ape is to gorilla
monkey to golden
macaque
goal is to hockey
touchdown is to football
tall is to tale
short is to story
law school is to attorney
medical school is to
doctor
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Important information:
- A dozen cookies are
missing from Mrs.
Puddin’s kitchen. - There are no windows
in the building. - There is only one door
leading out of the kitchen
and it was locked from
the outside. - The night watchman
was on duty and had the
only key. - Nick is allergic to
cookies. - There is a large mouse
hole in the kitchen wall. - A fat mouse awakened
Nick on the night the
cookies were taken.
Not so important
information: - The kitchen is at the top
of a ten-story building. - Mrs. Puddin wears a red
apron. - Nick has a pet goldfish.
- Detective Dan had an
olive sandwich for lunch. - It is suppose to rain
tomorrow.
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- Lisa
- Lisa
- Both Lisa and Beth
- Both Lisa and Beth
- Beth
- Beth
- Beth
- Lisa
- Both Lisa and Beth
- Lisa
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Answers will vary.
Page 40 - Lucy knows how to
mix and match colors. - Max is big and strong.
- Mr. Tuddle is crazy.
- Brittany is jealous.
- I got sick.
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a shining cobweb
against the midnight sky
rain like cats and dogs
as clear as a bell
not a cloud in sight
walking the beat with
my shadow
run me ragged
turns over a new leaf
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Who: the Student
Council
What: announcing the
teams and wishing them
luck
When: Monday, Sept. 8
Where: the new school
auditorium
Why: The rally was well
planned.
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Answers will vary.
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The balloons float away.
Samantha hides under
her covers.
Mrs. Smithers waves her
cane at Jimmy.
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Answers will vary.
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- 4
- 7
- 31
- 17
- 12
- 25
- 21
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- bison and buffalo
- aardvarks and deer
- pages 34 and 78
- pages 32, 96 and 99
- dorcas gazelle
- alligators, baboons
and bison - Africa
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Answers will vary.
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Walking the Plank: The
movie is about a greedy
pirate who will do
anything to get rich.
The Great Rat Caper: The
movie is about rats that
help their cat friends
keep safe from danger.
Green Slime from Outer
Space: The movie is
about aliens who eat
garbage and come to
Earth in search of it.
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Answers will vary.
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Space Case: - singing and dancing
- Bagar
- an adventure
Travels with Smedly: - true
- true
- yes
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Dognapped: - true
- true