FW - Detective Adjective

Function of Words
Function of Words:
Detective Adjective
Materials A box marked with an adjective symbol containing 63 triangles.
The 7 different types of triangles are made in three colors and in three
sizes: 7 x 3 = 21 x 3 = 63
Strips of paper, pencil, pencil holder, underlay for writing slips
Grammar symbol box, scissors

Prepared cards for independent work with the words:
large yellow scalene right-angled
medium red isosceles obtuse-angled
small blue equilateral acute-angled
the triangle
Purposes To help the child become aware that adjectives can single out an object
from the group (the detective powers of the adjective)
Preparation The child knows the names of the triangles from the geometry cabinet
Age 4.5 and up

Function of Words
Detective Adjective
Presentation 1. Invite the child to the shelf.

2. Name the activity and then ask child to get a rug.
3. Return to ask child to carry the box with the triangles to the rug.
4. Ask child to take out all the triangles with you.
5. Ask child to get the box of grammar symbols and carry it to the
table, placing it on the upper right side of the table.
6. Go and get the writing folder, then sit down at the table with child.
7. (The omission part) Tell the child that you are going to think of
something and will write it down so write “the triangle” and ask
child to read and go to get the triangle. The child goes and picks a
triangle and returns to the table.
8. Validate choice, but say it is not the triangle you were thinking of.
9. Ask them if they know what a detective does and how clues help
the detective. Just like that you are going to give him clues too, so
take the same slip and write the color of the triangle on it e.g. red so
it looks like “the triangle red”.
10. Ask child to read it, then say that doesn’t sound right does it, then
cut the slips into separate pieces and ask child to transpose to “the
red triangle”.
11. Go with the child to the rug and say we are looking for a red
triangle do we need the yellow and blue triangles, we can put these
away and do so.
12. Ask child to come back with a red triangle.
13. Once both of you are seated, look at the triangle and say that’s that
the triangle you were looking for but you are going to give a clue,
take the paper and write the size e.g. small.
14. Ask child to read and then place it in the sentence so now the
sentence looks like this “the red small triangle” the child reads this
and then goes to eliminate the large and medium red triangles then
goes to look for a small red triangle.
15. When the child returns, say it is not the triangle you are looking for.
Do this with the type of triangle e.g. isosceles and then the type of
angle making sure the child reads the clues and brings the triangle
back till it looks like this “the red small isosceles obtuse angled
triangle”.
16. Each time the child goes with a clue the other triangles are
eliminated. Marvel at the child’s detective powers and encourage
the child to read the whole sentence.
17. Ask the child the questions to get to symbolize the sentence starting
with “which word told you which object I was thinking of?” (the
triangle).
18. Ask child to get the symbol from the box of grammar symbols that
is on the table, then “which words told you what kind of triangle”/
The child points to color, shape, type of triangle and angle (except
if it is an equilateral one).
Function of Words
Detective Adjective
19. Ask child to place the symbols over the words. Then “which word
told you I was looking for one specific triangle”? Then ask child to
get the symbol for it.
20. Transpose the sentence, then return to the original one. Then ask
child to read the whole sentence and then ask to put away the
triangle, followed by the slips that go into the reading folder and
then the symbols back into the box.
21. Once the table is cleared of previous work introduce the prepared
slips so the child can work independently. “What are we looking
for?” The triangle. “What color triangle?” Let child say it e.g. blue.
Then, what size is the triangle e.g. medium. Then, “what kind of
triangle?” e.g. scalene. Then what kind of angle? Acute angled.
22. Let child read the complete sentence “the blue medium scalene
acute angled triangle” and fade away.
Control of Error None
Following
Exercises None
Pedagogical The prepared slips cover the triangle, color, size, type of triangle and
Notes angle.
We start by eliminating different attributes after every clue. You

validate the child’s choice but it is never the one you were thinking of.

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Function of Words

Strips of paper, pencil, pencil holder, underlay for writing slips

Grammar symbol box, scissors

Age 4.5 and up

Presentation 1. Invite the child to the shelf.

Control of Error None

We start by eliminating different attributes after every clue. You

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