Description

✅ Your Complete, Easy-Prep Case File Includes:

You get everything you need to run this engaging mystery smoothly. Just print and go!

• Easy-to-Follow Teacher Instructions for a quick and simple setup.
• An Engaging Introduction Page to set the stage and hook your students.
• Detective Case File Templates where students can organize their suspect list, evidence, and notes.
• ⭐ NEW! Optional Table Format: A separate file provides a master list table for a different, streamlined way to organize clues!
• 7 Pages of Investigation Materials, blending reading passages with comprehension questions and two fun “crack the code” challenges focusing on synonyms and antonyms.
• The Final Declaration where students must act as lead prosecutor, using clues to write a conviction (differentiated options included!).
• Printable “Top Detective” Awards to celebrate a case well-solved!
• Complete Answer Keys & Solution Guide to make your life easy.

✅ A Unique Critical Thinking Challenge

This isn’t your average reading worksheet! This “Private Eye CSI” mystery is designed to make students think more deeply. Instead of just answering questions, students will:

• Act like real detectives, deciding for themselves what information is a useful clue and what is irrelevant.
• Actively build their own case files from scratch.
• Synthesize information from multiple sources to unmask the Masked Menace.
• Use text evidence to support their claims and write a final report to prove their case.

✅ Flexible For Your Classroom

This versatile resource is perfect for a variety of uses. Try it for:

• ELA Reading Centers
• Whole-Class Activities
• Small Group or Paired Work
• Early Finisher Tasks
• Emergency Sub Plans
• Homework Assignments

Check out the video hook below: