Sam and Cam own a detective agency. They are contacted by the Bear family, who is upset because their banana pancakes have been eaten and someone has been sitting in their chairs. Sam and Cam use various pieces of evidence they and contact Professor Evvie Dense to help them use the clues to solve the mystery. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt StoryTown, 2008)

This lesson was created as part of the Basal Alignment Project, during which teachers created CCSS-aligned lessons for existing literary and information texts in basal readers. All page numbers and unit/week designations found in this lesson relate to the edition of the basal reader named above. If you are using a trade book or different edition of this title, the page/unit/week references in this lesson will not match. Consult the content referenced in the body of the lesson to determine appropriate page numbers for your text.