Watson Is Missing!

Ages 5–8 · 10 minutes · English, Stories

Get snapping! It's a turtle disaster! Watson is missing, and Shirley needs your help!

Get snapping! It's a turtle disaster! Watson is missing, and Shirley needs your help! He may be slow, but you'll need to be quick to solve this case!

Part of

Mysteries with Sherlock Shirley

Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

Alabama

ELA21.2.30a — State and confirm predictions about a text.
ELA21.2.30c — Draw conclusions based on the text.
SC23.K.4 — Use observations to determine patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive, including light, water, and nutrients.

Alaska

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

Arizona

K.L.1.c — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Ask questions based on observations of the natural and/or designed world
3.L1U1.6 — Plan and carry out investigations to demonstrate ways plants and animals react to stimuli.

Arkansas

1.RC.1.RF — Ask questions about key details in a text.
1.RC.2.RF — Answer questions about key details in a text.
K.RC.4.RF — Build general and academic vocabulary and background knowledge of age and grade-appropriate topics through discussion, reading, and writing.
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world.

California

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Colorado

LS1.D — Information Processing: Animals have body parts that capture and convey different kinds of information needed for growth and survival - for example, eyes for light, ears for sounds, and skin for temperature or touch. Animals respond to these inputs with behaviors that help them survive (e.g., find food, run from a predator). Plants also respond to some external inputs (e.g., turn leaves toward the sun).

Connecticut

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

Delaware

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Florida

SC.1.N.1.2 — Using the five senses as tools, make careful observations, describe objects in terms of number, shape, texture, size, weight, color, and motion, and compare their observations with others.
SC.K.N.1.5 — Recognize that learning can come from careful observation.
SC.2.L.17.2 — Recognize and explain that living things are found all over Earth, but each is only able to live in habitats that meet its basic needs.

Georgia

S1L1.c — Design a solution to ensure that a plant or animal has all of its needs met.
SKL2.a — Construct an argument supported by evidence for how animals can be grouped according to their features.

Hawaii

K.L.1d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
K.RL.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Idaho

Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems. (K-ESS-2.2)
Asking Questions and Defining Problems
1.RC.TE.3 — Ask and answer questions about key details in texts heard or read.
K-ESS-1.2 — Students who demonstrate understanding can: With guidance and support, use evidence to construct an explanation of how plants and animals interact with their environment to meet their needs.

Illinois

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
AQDP-P1 — Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Indiana

1.RC.1 — Ask and answer questions about the main idea and key details to clarify and confirm understanding of a text. (E)
1.RC.3 — Using key details, identify and describe the elements of plot, character, and setting. (E)

Iowa

L.K.1.c — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
K-PS3-1 — Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.

Kansas

SL.K.7.c — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
W.K.10.c — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Kentucky

Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.

Louisiana

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

Maine

L.1.K.c — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
R.4.1.a — Ask and answer questions about who, what, when, where, and how.

Maryland

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
DCI.ETS1.A.K-2.2 — Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
SEP.1.K-2.1 — Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Massachusetts

K-PS3-1 — Make observations to determine that sunlight warms materials on Earth’s surface.
PreK-LS2-2(MA) — Using evidence from the local environment, explain how familiar plants and animals meet their needs where they live.

Michigan

Individually and collaboratively, students construct compelling questions and identify facts and concepts associated with a compelling question.
Individually and collaboratively, students gather relevant information from one or two sources while using the origin and structure to guide their selection.
Individually and collaboratively, students construct compelling questions and make connections between supporting questions and compelling questions.

Minnesota

0.1.4.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text, with prompting and support.
0L.2.1.1.3 — Record and use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. (P: 4, CC: 1, CI: LS1)
0.3.1.1.1 — Describe spatial information depicted in simple drawings and pictures. For example: While looking at a picture, the student says, "The boy is in front of the house. The house is at the edge of the woods." Other words describing spatial information in a picture include up, down, left, right, near, far, back, in front of.

Mississippi

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
L.2.4.1 — Evaluate and communicate findings from informational text or other media to describe how plants and animals use adaptations to survive (e.g., ducks use webbed feet to swim in lakes and ponds, cacti have waxy coatings and spines to grow in the desert) in distinct environments (e.g., polar lands, saltwater and freshwater, desert, rainforest, woodlands).
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
L.K.3A.2 — Construct explanations using observations to describe and report what animals need to live and grow (food, water, shelter, and space).

Missouri

K.L.1.A.e — use question words in sentences
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
K.PS3.A.1 — Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.

Montana

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
K-LS1-1 — use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals, including humans, need to survive.
RL.K.4 — Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

Nebraska

Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
LA.K.W.1.e — Use interrogatives to ask questions.
Ask and/or identify questions that can be answered by an investigation.

Nevada

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
K-PS3-1 — Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.

New Hampshire

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

New Jersey

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.

New Mexico

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.

New York

Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
Distinguish between explanations that account for all gathered evidence and those that do not.

North Carolina

ESS.2.1.1 — Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to summarize how energy from the sun serves as a source of light and warms the land, air, and water.
PS.K.2.1 — Use models to compare the relative position of various objects observed in the classroom and outside using position words such as: in front of, behind, between, on top of, under, above, below, beside.
RL.K.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
I.1.2 — Recognize a compelling question with prompting and support.

North Dakota

Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
K-LS1-1 — Describe patterns, through observation, of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
K-PS3-1 — Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.

Ohio

L.K.1.d — Understand and use interrogatives (question words) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
1.LS.1 — Living things have basic needs, which are met by obtaining materials from the physical environment.
SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented in various media and other formats (e.g., orally).
1.LS.2 — Living things survive only in environments that meet their needs.

Oklahoma

Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
Sunlight warms the Earth's surface. (K.PS3.1, K.PS3.2)
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s). (K.ESS3.2)
Animals are able to use their perceptions and memories to guide their actions. (4.LS1.2)

Oregon

1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
K.L.1d — Understand and use question words.
K.RL.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
K.LS1.1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. [Clarification Statement: Examples of patterns could include that animals need to take in food but plants do not; the different kinds of food needed by different types of animals; the requirement of plants to have light; and, that all living things need water.][assessment boundary: assessment is limited to patterns of light, food, or water as sources of matter and energy needed for growth. the process of photosynthesis is beyond the standard at this grade level.]

Pennsylvania

Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
3.1.K.A — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

Rhode Island

Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

South Carolina

K-ESS3-3.DCI.ETS1.A: — Defining and Delimiting an Engineering Problem Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems. NRC Framework Link
K-PS3-1.DCI.B: — Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer Sunlight warms Earth’s surface. NRC Framework Link

South Dakota

K.L.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives).
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
1.RL.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).

Tennessee

K.FL.SC.6.e — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) when speaking and in shared language activities.
1.SL.CC.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
2.LS2.2 — Predict what happens to animals when the environment changes (temperature, cutting down trees, wildfires, pollution, salinity, drought, land preservation).
1.PS3.1 — Make observations to determine how sunlight warms Earth’s surfaces (sand, soil, rocks, and water).

Texas

1.10A — investigate how the external characteristics of an animal are related to where it lives, how it moves, and what it eats;
2.10A — observe, record, and compare how the physical characteristics and behaviors of animals help them meet their basic needs;
1.2A — ask questions about organisms, objects, and events observed in the natural world;

Utah

K.2.2 — Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about patterns in the relationships between the needs of different living things (plants and animals, including humans) and the places they live. Emphasize that living things need water, air, and resources and that they live in places that have the things they need. Examples could include investigating plants grown in various locations and comparing the results or comparing animals with the places they live. (LS2.A, LS2.B, ESS3.A)
2.2.1 — Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about patterns of living things (plants and animals, including humans) in different habitats. Emphasize the diversity of living things in land and water habitats. Examples of *patterns*in habitats could include descriptions of temperature or precipitation and the types of plants and animals found in land habitats. (LS2.C, LS4.C, LS4.D)

Vermont

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Distinguish between explanations that account for all gathered evidence and those that do not.

Virginia

1.1.a.i — Ask questions and make predictions based on observations.
1.RI.1.A — Ask and answer literal (who, what, when, where) and inferential (why, how) questions about what is read, including demonstrating an understanding of the main topics.
K.8.a — The sun provides light and warms Earth’s surface.
K.8.c — Objects in shadows and objects in sunlight have different temperatures.
K.1.b.ii — Identify characteristics and properties of objects through observations.

Washington

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems.
Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

Washington, D.C.

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
RL.K.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

West Virginia

Building and appropriately using science domain vocabulary and phrases
Asking questions and defining problems
Develop questions through investigations.

Wisconsin

ELA.1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
ELA.K.L.5.c — Question words (who, what, etc.).
ELA.K.SL.2 — With guidance and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Wyoming

L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems
Distinguish between explanations that account for all gathered evidence and those that do not.