Making Inferences - CSI Literacy Mystery Activity - The Case of the Actor's Accident
Turn your students in detectives with this Private Eye CSI Literacy Mystery! This mystery activity will require your students to read the text carefully, make inferences, collect evidence, and analyze the text for clues to solve the Case of the Actor's Accident!
Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the Google Slides option provided within your download.
TARGETS
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Making Inferences
- Main Idea
- Drawing Conclusions
- Analyzing Text for Clues
- Definition Matching (Bonus Clue)
- Finding Evidence
- Critical Thinking
- Deductive Reasoning
In this packet you will receive:
- Teacher instructions
- The introduction page to set the stage
- Case File Templates: Suspect page, evidence page, detective note page.
*****Optional Master List table format is given in a separate editable file, which you may prefer to use instead of the original suspect/evidence pages.
- Reading pages with comprehension questions.
(There are nine pages for the investigation in total)
- Solution declaration page (students will be required to write or choose clues to convict a character for committing the crime! Two differentiated options provided for this section.)
- Answer sheets and solution guide
- Printable awards to give to students who solve the case correctly!
Multiple Uses
Use as an independent, pairs, or small group task. Make it a part of your ELA sessions, add to your early finisher tasks, keep handy for a sub, or homework assignment.
I recommend stopping at points to discuss as a class or in groups.
Ideal for Upper Elementary Students
Since reading levels can vary greatly from class to class, I've put a guide for grade levels from 4th - 6th grade. Students will need to be able to read and look for clues themselves in this mystery. If you would like a sample page, please send an email to jjresourcecreations@gmail.com
This style of mystery is different from my Reading 'Once Upon a Crime' and Math Mystery ranges. In these 'Private Eye CSI' Literacy Mysteries students will be building suspect files and reading closely to look for clues in the text. They will need to read carefully and act like real detectives to work out what is useful information to their case and what is not. Then they must use the information found to solve the Case of the Actor's Accident. They will also need to provide enough evidence to convict a suspect as being the culprit.
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NEW - Distance Learning Update: I've added a Word Document within the folder that contains a Google Doc link to share this resource with your students via Google Classroom or Drive. Parts of the pages are editable so that your students can complete without having to print the pages. Please note, you will need to make a copy of the Google Slides to your drive before you can edit.
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- Critical Thinking
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- Comprehension
- Making Inferences
- Main Idea
- Drawing Conclusions
- Analyzing Text for Clues
- Finding Evidence
- Critical Thinking
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Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the Google Slides option provided within your download.