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Research for Kids with Detective Booksy

6 episodes

Detective Booksy Academy turns the elementary research process into a case to crack. Across these short animated lessons, a trench-coated detective character walks young researchers through one skill at a time: turning a topic into a question worth answering, tracking down trustworthy sources, hunting a page for the facts you need, jotting brief notes in your own words, and sorting what you gather so it makes sense. Each episode names the skill, shows it worked on a real example like the life cycle of a butterfly or a fact about the U.S. Constitution, and ends with a quick challenge to try. Built for grades K–5 doing their first reports and inquiry projects.

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What Research for Kids with Detective Booksy covers

6 episodes in the library, tagged for K–5th. Heaviest coverage: Reading & Writing (ELA). Between them they line up with 6 distinct standards across 1 framework.

Episodes per grade

K: 1
1st: 1
2nd: 3
3rd: 5
4th: 5
5th: 5

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Reading & Writing (ELA): 6

Common Core — ELA 6

W.2.8Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
W.3.8Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
RI.2.2Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
RI.3.2Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
RI.4.9Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
W.K.8With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

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