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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

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)

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Rescue Rudolph

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

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Poisoned Valentine

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

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Burrow Slime

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

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Fool's Gold

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

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Egg-Pocalypse

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)
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FOREST GRIME

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

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Teacher Toads

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

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Haunting Hat

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

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Humpty's Fall

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

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Turkey Trouble

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

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bundle & save

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.

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Which Witch?

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!

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Wizard Blizzard

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!
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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

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

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The Case of  The
Stolen Surfboard

TARGETS
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Main Idea
- Vocabulary (Definitions, Synonyms)
- Drawing Conclusions
- Analyzing Text for Clues
- Making Inferences
- Critical Thinking
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The Case of the
​Pilfered Pencils

TARGETS
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Main Idea
- Vocabulary (Definitions, Synonyms)
- Drawing Conclusions
- Analyzing Text for Clues
- Making Inferences
- Critical Thinking
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The Case of The
​Critter Chaos

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

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The Case of the
Masked MEnace

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

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The Case of the
Ruined Research

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

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The Case of the 
Grumpy Ghost

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

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The Case of the 
​Reckless Reindeer

​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

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