June Math Mystery 6th Grade: The Case of Jurassic June is a no-prep June math review for 6th Grade students. Looking for the perfect June math review 6th Grade activity for your classroom? Beat the end-of-year slump and keep engagement high right up until the final bell with this thrilling June math mystery! This targeted, easy-to-prep Summer Packet provides a fantastic End of Year Math Review 6th Grade activity by combining the high engagement of a detective case with crucial math practice, packing high-quality math worksheets with standards-based math skills. Your students must become lead detectives, mastering exponents, dividing fractions, area, algebra, and percentages to crack the case. It is a targeted spiral review of late-spring 6th Grade Common Core standards, making it the perfect engaging math center, summer slide prep, or whole-class June math review!
“The Case of Jurassic June” is an exciting June math mystery in which students solve clues to track down who stole the Time Machine and brought prehistoric madness to the June Jubilee! They will be begging to do more math as they complete this thrilling time-travel adventure.
Set the scene with the optional video hook for the Case of Jurassic June on your whiteboard or screen, then wrap up the case with the ending video. Students solve the math worksheets to unlock clues and eliminate possibilities after each clue to crack the case.
There are five clues to crack to solve the mystery:
Students must use critical thinking skills to work out what each clue is telling them to eliminate from the list of possibilities.
Easy prep: Print the student pages, staple or place them in a folder, and your students are ready to start. Or assign the digital version for a paperless option.
This edition is written for 6th Grade students and works in June and the final weeks of school (it beats the end-of-year slump and keeps engagement high right up until the final bell). Use it for:
Pacing and Timing: Time to complete will vary anywhere between 30 minutes and 2 hours or more. It mainly depends on how familiar your students are with the math mystery format, and how difficult they find the math skills covered in the clues. Please check the skills above to help determine suitability for your class.
I recommend pacing this activity by giving students one clue at a time. Once the whole class has completed a clue, move on to the next clue, either within the same lesson or in the next math session. New math content presented? Make a lesson out of it by modeling the math before diving into the clue. I like to say, “We must learn something new before attempting the next clue.”
For Teachers: Say goodbye to overwhelming prep times! No complicated setup required. Students simply solve the math problems on each worksheet and use the built-in Clue Key to eliminate options. The “Crack the Code” format allows you to verify student progress at a glance – if the code is correct, the math is correct!
For Students: This June math review feels like a game, but there is significant math practice and consolidation involved. Even reluctant mathematicians are fully motivated by the thrill of solving the case and beating the end-of-year boredom.
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The Case of Jurassic June is available in 6 grade editions. The story is the same; the math is different, so you can match each group to its level:
The 2nd-6th Grade editions can “clue swap” between editions to differentiate within one class. Grade 1 Math Mysteries are formatted for early learners and cannot be clue-swapped with the other grade versions. Read more: How to differentiate using Math Mysteries.
Looking for more? The Case of Jurassic June is part of the 6th Grade Math Mystery Bundle, if you’d like a full set of resources in one place.
Not sure what a math mystery is? Read What is a Math Mystery? on my blog, or watch a short video about Math Mysteries.
Add extra motivation with the free Detective Rank Chart and Mystery Record. New to math mysteries? Try the free Case of the Super Bad Superhero first.
Yes. A complete answer key is included, along with printable awards.
Yes. The Case of Jurassic June comes in 6 grade editions with the same story and different math, so you can match the edition to your students.
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