Description

✅ Your Complete, Easy-Prep Case File Includes:

You get everything you need to run this fun summer-themed activity 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 into the mystery.
• Detective Case File Templates where students can organize their suspect list, evidence, and notes.
• 6 Pages of Investigation Materials, blending reading passages with comprehension questions and two fun “crack the code” challenges focusing on definitions and synonyms.
• The Final Declaration where students must select and write about five key clues to prove their case (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 solve the crime.
• Use text evidence to support their claims and write a final report to convict the surfboard thief.

✅ Flexible For Your Classroom

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

• Fun End-of-Year or Back-to-School Activities
• Summer School ELA Sessions
• Reading Centers
• Small Group or Paired Work
• Early Finisher Tasks
• Emergency Sub Plans
• Homework Assignments

Check out the video hook below: