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      • Case of The Graduation Gremlins
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      • Case of the Invisible Illusionist - Integers Math Mystery Activity
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      • Case of The Kidnapped Groundhog
      • Case of The Litterbug
      • Case of the Lost Leprechaun
      • Case of the Magnificent Growth Mindset
      • Case of The Mathattan Meltdown
      • Case of Mean Mountain
      • Case of The Millennium Bug
      • Case of the Mirror Madness
      • Case of The Misplaced Pot of Gold
      • Case of the Missing Campers
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      • Case of the Never-Ending Rain
      • Case of the Outback Outlaw
      • Case of The Phantom Phoenix
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      • Case of The Poisonous Pizzas
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      • Case of The Robot Robbery
      • Case of The Rogue Runner
      • Case Of The Rotten Eggs
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      • Case of The Selfish Elf
      • Case of The Shogun's Sword
      • Case of The Snowman Army
      • Case of The Sticky Bank Burglary
      • Case of The Super Bad Superhero
      • Case of the Thanksgiving Thief
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      • The Case of the Ghost's Gumballs
      • The Case of the Hippo's Hat
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      • The Case of the Kangaroo's Kite
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      • The Case of the Vampire's Violin
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Reading & Literacy Mysteries

Reading & Literacy Mysteries

Below you will find a range of reading and literacy mysteries. Clicking on an individual resource item will direct you to the activity download on my TPT store where you can find out more.

The difference between a 'Reading Mystery' and 'Literacy Mystery' in my range is the structure. A brief explanation below:
  • The 'Reading Mystery - Once Upon a Crime' series focuses mainly on reading, comprehension, finding evidence in the text, and vocabulary work. Answering questions will help students' discover letters to crack a clue code on each page. The clue will help students' narrow down a list of suspects to find the culprit! (This format is easier than the Private Eye CSI series).
  • The 'Private Eye CSI - Literacy Mystery' series focuses on reading, comprehension, vocabulary work, with a heavy emphasis on inferring throughout. In this format, students must collect the information about characters and decide whether or not they could be a possible suspect. They then must continue to read through the mystery and use information given (plus some bonus clues) to eliminate any suspects and figure out who the culprit is. (This format is more challenging than the Once Upon a Crime series).
To Learn more, check out the blog post 'What's the Difference between the Once Upon a Crime Reading Mysteries and Private Eye CSI Literacy Mysteries?' 

Reading Mysteries 'Once Upon a Crime' Series

More will be made for this series, so keep coming back to check for any new releases. 

Stolen Time

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SKILLS TARGETED
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Spelling
- Cause and Effect
- Finding Evidence in the Text
- Character Traits 
- Vocabulary
- Critical Thinking
- Writing (optional on the mystery declaration sheet)

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!

Rescue Rudolph

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SKILLS TARGETED
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Spelling
- Cause and Effect
- Synonyms
- Character Traits 
- Vocabulary
- Critical Thinking
- Writing (optional on the mystery declaration sheet)

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!

Poisoned Valentine

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SKILLS TARGETED
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Spelling
- Rhyming
- Antonyms
- Character Traits 
- Vocabulary
- Critical Thinking
- Writing (optional on the mystery declaration sheet)

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!

Burrow Slime

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SKILLS TARGETED
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Spelling
- Rhyming
- Definitions
- Character Traits 
- Vocabulary
- Critical Thinking
- Writing (optional on the mystery declaration sheet)

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!

Fool's Gold

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SKILLS TARGETED
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Spelling
- Definitions
- Character Traits 
- Vocabulary
- Nouns/Verbs/Adjectives

- Critical Thinking
- Writing (optional on the mystery declaration sheet)

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!

Egg-Pocalypse

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SKILLS TARGETED
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Spelling
- Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives
- Synonyms
- Character Traits 
- Vocabulary
- Cause and Effect
- Critical Thinking
- Writing (optional on the mystery declaration sheet)
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!

FOREST GRIME

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SKILLS TARGETED
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Spelling
- Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives
- Rhyming
- Character Traits 
- Critical Thinking
- Writing (optional on the mystery declaration sheet)

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!

Teacher Toads

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SKILLS TARGETED
​- Reading
- Comprehension
- Spelling
- Nouns, and Adjectives
- Definitions and vocabulary
- Character Traits
- Critical Thinking
- Writing (optional on the mystery declaration sheet)

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!

Haunting Hat

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SKILLS TARGETED
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Spelling
- Rhyming 
- Proper and common nouns
- Character Traits
- Critical Thinking
- Writing (optional on the mystery declaration sheet)

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!


Humpty's Fall

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SKILLS TARGETED
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Spelling
- Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives
- Definitions and vocabulary
- Synonyms
- Character Traits
- Critical Thinking
- Writing (optional on the mystery declaration sheet)

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

Turkey Trouble

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SKILLS TARGETED
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Spelling
- Nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives
- Cause and effect
- Character Traits
- Critical Thinking
- Writing (optional on the mystery declaration sheet)

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

bundle & save

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Includes all of the Reading Mysteries for the Once Upon a Crime Series. Any new mysteries in this series will be added to this bundle. 

Save 20% off full price with this bundle. Every time I add a new mystery to it, the price will increase a bit too, so the earlier the 'buy in' the sweeter the deal.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

Which Witch?

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Reading Mystery: Once Upon A Crime, Which Witch?
Your students will have fun solving this mystery while learning skills in reading, comprehension, homophones, critical thinking, and deductive reasoning!


EASY PREP, just print and solve!

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!

Wizard Blizzard

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End of Year Reading Mystery: Once Upon A Crime, Wizard Blizzard!
Your students will have fun solving this mystery while learning skills in reading, comprehension, synonyms, antonyms, nouns, verbs, adjectives, critical thinking, and deductive reasoning!


EASY PREP, just print and solve!
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!


Private Eye C.S.I - Literacy Mysteries

More will be made for this series, so keep coming back to check for any new releases. ​

The Case of the
​Wacky Wand

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TARGETS
- Reading
- Making Inferences
- Comprehension
- Main Idea
- Vocabulary (Definitions)
- Drawing Conclusions
- Analyzing Text for Clues
- Critical Thinking

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!

The Case of  The
Stolen Surfboard

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TARGETS
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Main Idea
- Vocabulary (Definitions, Synonyms)
- Drawing Conclusions
- Analyzing Text for Clues
- Making Inferences
- Critical Thinking
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!

The Case of the
​Pilfered Pencils

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TARGETS
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Main Idea
- Vocabulary (Definitions, Synonyms)
- Drawing Conclusions
- Analyzing Text for Clues
- Making Inferences
- Critical Thinking
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!


The Case of The
​Critter Chaos

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TARGETS
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Making Inferences
- Main Idea
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Drawing Conclusions
- Analyzing Text for Clues
- Critical Thinking

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!

The Case of the
Masked MEnace

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TARGETS
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Making Inferences
- Main Idea
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Drawing Conclusions
- Analyzing Text for Clues
- Critical Thinking

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!

The Case of the
Ruined Research

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TARGETS
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Making Inferences
- Main Idea
- Synonyms
- Drawing Conclusions
- Analyzing Text for Clues
- Finding and Analyzing Evidence
- Critical Thinking

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!


The Case of the 
Grumpy Ghost

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TARGETS
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Making Inferences
- Main Idea
- Definitions
- Drawing Conclusions
- Analyzing Text for Clues
- Finding and Analyzing Evidence
- Critical Thinking

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!

The Case of the 
​Reckless Reindeer

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​TARGETS
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Making Inferences
- Main Idea
- Rhyming Words
- Drawing Conclusions
- Analyzing Text for Clues
- Finding and Analyzing Evidence
- Critical Thinking

​CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!

BUNDLE & SAVE
Private EYE CSI  PACK

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Includes all of the Literacy Mysteries for the Private Eye CSI Series. Any new mysteries in this series will be added to this bundle. 

Save 20% off full price with this bundle. Every time I add a new mystery to it, the price will increase a bit too, so the earlier the 'buy in' the sweeter the deal.
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

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    • Math Mystery Video Hooks >
      • Case of the 100 Missing Treats
      • Case of The Abducted Alien
      • Case of The Alien Apocalypse
      • Case of The Angry Adder
      • Case of The Bee Bandits
      • Case of the Christmas Chaos
      • Case of the Cursed Classrooms
      • Case of The Disappearing Donuts
      • Case of The Divided Dragon's Division Review
      • Case of The Dream Snatcher
      • Case of The Egg Thief
      • Case of The Forgetful Pharaoh
      • Case of The Furious Falls Winds
      • Case of the Giant Goblin
      • Case of The Gobbler's Curse
      • Case of The Graduation Gremlins
      • Case of the Great Zoo Escape
      • Case of The Greedy Gnome
      • Case of the Halloween Heist
      • Case of the Heartbroken Heroes
      • Case of the Invisible Illusionist - Integers Math Mystery Activity
      • Case of the Jumpy Jack-O-Lanterns Halloween Math Mystery
      • Case of The Jungle Joker
      • Case of The Kidnapped Groundhog
      • Case of The Litterbug
      • Case of the Lost Leprechaun
      • Case of the Magnificent Growth Mindset
      • Case of The Mathattan Meltdown
      • Case of Mean Mountain
      • Case of The Millennium Bug
      • Case of the Mirror Madness
      • Case of The Misplaced Pot of Gold
      • Case of the Missing Campers
      • Case of the Missing Macaw
      • Case of The Monster Mix-Up
      • Case of the Never-Ending Rain
      • Case of the Outback Outlaw
      • Case of The Phantom Phoenix
      • Case of the Pickpocketing Pirate
      • Case of The Poisonous Pizzas
      • Case of The Puzzled Pirate
      • Case of The Robot Robbery
      • Case of The Rogue Runner
      • Case Of The Rotten Eggs
      • Case of The School Invaders
      • Case of The Selfish Elf
      • Case of The Shogun's Sword
      • Case of The Snowman Army
      • Case of The Sticky Bank Burglary
      • Case of The Super Bad Superhero
      • Case of the Thanksgiving Thief
      • Case of The Thankless Turkey
      • Case of The Time Traveling Troll
      • Case of The Tricking Treat
      • Case of The Valentine Villain
      • Case of The Vengeful Vampire
      • Case of The Zombie Elves
    • Junior Reading Mysteries >
      • Bo-Peep's Stolen Sheep
      • Broken Beanstalk
      • Miss Muffet's Missing Muffins
      • Mother Hubbard's Robbed Cupboard
      • Poisoned Porridge
      • Ruined Ruby Slippers
      • Spooky Singer
      • The Ever After Emerald
      • The Greedy Guest
    • Reading Mystery Video Hooks >
      • Burrow Slime
      • EGGpocalypse
      • Fool's Gold Read Mystery
      • Forest Grime - Reading Mystery
      • Haunting Hat - Reading Mystery
      • Humpty's Fall Reading Mystery
      • Knight's Tail
      • Poisoned Valentine
      • Rescue Rudolph
      • Stolen Time
      • Teacher Toads - Reading Mystery
      • Turkey Trouble!
      • Twinkle's Lost Shine
      • Which Witch? - Reading Mystery
      • Wizard Blizzard
    • Math Quest Video Hooks >
      • Escape Monster Mansion
      • Over The Rainbow Math Quest
      • Raiders of The Lost Egg
      • Redbeard's Rebellion
      • Reindeer Roundup
      • School Jungle Jam
      • The Heartless Queen
      • The Terrible Turkey Takeover
    • A-Z Letter Detectives Video Hook >
      • The Case of the Alien's Apples
      • The Case of the Banana Bandit
      • The Case of the Cat's Cookies
      • The Case of the Dragon's Diamonds
      • The Case of the Eagle's Eggs
      • The Case of the Frog's Flowers
      • The Case of the Ghost's Gumballs
      • The Case of the Hippo's Hat
      • The Case of the Iguana's Ice Cream
      • The Case of the Jaguar's Jellybeans
      • The Case of the Kangaroo's Kite
      • The Case of the Lion's Lollipops
      • The Case of the Monster's Map
      • The Case of the Ninja's Necklace
      • The Case of the Octopus's Oar
      • The Case of the Pirate's Pizza
      • The Case of the Queen's Quiver
      • The Case of the Robot's Rocket
      • The Case of the Sloth's Skateboard
      • The Case of the Turtle's Toys
      • The Case of the Unicorn's Umbrella
      • The Case of the Vampire's Violin
      • The Case of the Wizard's Wand
      • The Case of the X-Hero's X-Ray
      • The Case of the Yeti's Yo-Yo
      • The Case of the Zebra's Zucchinnis
    • Background Music >
      • Back to School Mystery Detective Music
      • Christmas Mystery Music
      • Easter Mystery Spy Background Music
      • Halloween Background Music
      • St Patrick's Day Background Music for the Classroom
      • Thanksgiving Mystery Background Music
      • Valentine's Day Mystery Spy Music
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