Junior Reading Comprehension Mystery Activity: Bo-Peep's Stolen Sheep
This Junior Reading Mystery, Bo-Peep's Stolen Sheep, is a fun way to incorporate reading comprehension, spelling, and the start of learning the art of deductive reasoning. Calling all student detectives to help Bo-Peep solve who stole her sweet rainbow sheep!
The Junior Reading Mysteries are designed to help children improve a variety of skills. These include:
- Reading: Children will read the mysteries and follow along with the story.
- Comprehension: They'll need to understand the text to answer questions, encouraging them to think about what they've read.
- Vocabulary: One page includes word clues that children will match with pictures, helping them learn new words and their meanings.
- Spelling: The final clue page provides an opportunity for some spelling practice on some words.
- Guided Deductive Reasoning: As they answer the comprehension questions, they will be guided as to which character to eliminate at the end of each clue.
The Case of Bo-Peep's Stolen Sheep is one of the mysteries in my 'Junior Reading Mystery - Once Upon a Crime' series. It is structured and packaged differently from my more challenging Once Upon a Crime Reading Mysteries. The mysteries in this range are easier and target 1st Grade and 2nd Grade students (please note that the level of difficulty for your students may vary depending on reading abilities).
What's included in this Junior Reading Mystery resource packet?
For the first time in this new series, I'm offering the printable worksheet combined with a digital graphic game in the one resource pack. This is because the questions/answers are almost the same in both versions. You can choose which method of delivery you prefer to use.
>>> The Printable Worksheets Option
There are five reading comprehension pages in total. Each page contains a small reading section and then some comprehension questions or a spelling puzzle. The prep is simple; print, copy and solve! Samples of the pages are provided in the preview section.
>>> The Digital Game option
The digital game option contains lots of colorful graphics and can be used on any device; all required is a steady Internet connection.
>> Please <click here> to try a sample clue from Broken Beanstalk free to see if these types of games work on your device/computer. The answers are presented in a multiple-choice fashion and/or 'find the image' type of puzzle.
Sharing Options for the Game Link:
- two URL's (one short, one long) to copy and paste
- QR Code
- Google slide link with the game link embedded on the slide
>>> Video Hook
There's an optional video hook (see video preview) provided to set the stage to engage! It's an ideal way to announce to your students that it's mystery time!
>>> Bonus Materials
- Printable article style certificate or small printable awards to choose from to celebrate your detectives' success!
- Printable word search (ideal for early finishers)
- Printable coloring-in page (ideal for early finishers)
- Ending video provided in the digital game version to celebrate the 'case solved.'
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- If you'd like more reading resources like this, check out the Junior Reading Mysteries section of my store.
- If you find that this reading/mystery style is too easy for your kids, you might want to check out the more challenging printable mysteries in my Once Upon a Crime series (ideal for 3rd-4th Grade).
- Want to take it up another notch and work on inferring skills? Then, the Private Eye CSI Literacy Mysteries might be of interest. (Ideal for 4th - 6th grade).
Add extra motivation with this Detective Rank Chart Download the Mystery Record & Rank Chart FREEBIE HERE.
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