Third graders at Eagle Point and Yahara Elementary Schools have been strengthening their ability to be highly engaged with reading through the exploration of mysteries. These emerging "detectives" are learning to follow ideas across texts, recognize cause-and-effect relationships, notice clues, and make predictions. And they aren't fooled by red herrings! Those pesky additions are designed to throw off even the best of sleuths, but they are no match against our third graders.
To support their learning, DeForest Police Chief Jim Olson and School Resource Officer Andy Freeman recently visited both Eagle Point and Yahara to share how the same skills the students are developing as readers are used by police officers and detectives when solving crimes. Chief Olson and Officer Freeman described and shared several tools that are used when working to solve a real-life mystery: evidence tents, notepads, a fingerprint kit, and a camera. Just as when the young detectives are reading, officers use many of the same skills: they investigate, analyze, document, review, make predictions and review those predictions. Additionally, students learned that working as a team, listening, asking good questions, and being curious are skills that are incredibly valuable even outside of the classroom.
Thank you, Chief Olson, Officer Freeman, and third-grade teachers for this fun and engaging connection to learning!
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