"We have a mystery. And mysteries call for… Detective Milo!" This ready-to-teach packet turns a funny mystery into three short lessons on story elements, clues, position words and matching pairs.
Milo has one yellow sock and one missing yellow sock. He questions Teddy (who says nothing, because Teddy is a teddy bear), searches behind the couch and in the toy box, and even checks the refrigerator ("Sock emergency."). Then he spots something yellow, something stripy, something sticking out from underneath… Cooper!
What's inside (20-page printable PDF):
3 sessions of 15–20 minutes each: We Have a Mystery!, Look Closely, and Case Closed!
Video timestamps and a hide-the-sock position-word game
Who Is in the Story? and Detective Milo's Search, with scenes from the video
Where Is the Sock? (in, on, under, behind) and Clue Riddles built on describing words
Match the Socks (pairs and counting), Who Took the Socks? suspect cards, Milo's Story in Order, a What's Missing Next? prediction page with a cut-out detective badge, and exit tickets
Standards: Common Core RL.K.1, RL.K.2, RL.K.3, RL.K.7, K.G.A.1, K.CC.B.5 and SL.K.1; Head Start ELOF P-SCI 1, 3 and 4
Teaching-with-care notes (safe detectives, ask first, pets and socks), key words, differentiation, a family page, an answer key and source links
Works with the free video on Teach Between the Lines TV (about 3 minutes).
License: one teacher, for use with their own students. Please do not share, post publicly or resell.