CSI Math Mysteries for the holidays! 3rd Grade Edition. These fun math mystery activities will get your students excited about doing math review! Save time and money with this Math Mystery HOLIDAY bundle for Grade 3!

Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided within your download.

Video Hooks and Ending Clips are provided.

Bonus: Mystery Detective Badges & Fun Avatar Printable Tags included!

Students must use their math skills to unlock clues. Then, use their powers of deduction to narrow down a list and solve the case!

This pack contains:

- Groundhog Day Math Mystery: Case of The Kidnapped Groundhog

- Valentine's Day Math Mystery: Case of The Valentine Villain

- Valentine's Day Math Mystery: Case of The Vanishing Valentines

- St Patrick's Day Math Mystery: Case of The Misplaced Pot of Gold

- St Patrick's Day Math Mystery: Case of The Lost Leprechaun

- Easter Math Mystery: Case of The Rotten Eggs

- Earth Day Math Mystery: Case of The Litterbug

- End of Year Math Mystery: Case of The Graduation Gremlins

- Halloween Math Mystery: Case of The Tricking Treat

- Halloween Math Mystery: Case of The Jumpy Jack-O-Lanterns

- Halloween Math Mystery: Case of The Halloween Heist

- Thanksgiving Math Mystery: Case of The Gobbler's Curse

- Thanksgiving Math Mystery: Case of The Thankless Turkey

- Back to School Math Mystery: Case of The School Invaders

- Back to School Math Mystery: Case of The Cursed Classrooms

- Christmas Math Mystery: Case of The Selfish Elf

- Christmas Math Mystery: Case of The Zombie Elves

- New Year Math Mystery: Case of The Millennium Bug

- Chinese Lunar New Year Math Mystery: Case of The Red Envelope Riddles

- April Fool's Day Math Mystery: Case of the Troublesome Trickster

- Labor Day Math Mystery: Case of the Construction Crew Conundrum

- Oktoberfest Math Mystery: Case of the Pretzel Puzzle

- Diwali Math Mystery: Case of the Diwali Delights Dilemma

- Veterans Day Math Mystery: Case of the Veteran's Victory Vault

- Hanukkah Math Mystery: Case of the Sufganiyot Swindle

- Kwanzaa Math Mystery: Case of the Missing Unity Cup

Preparation

- Print the student pages, staple or place

in a folder, and your students are set to go.

- OR for a digital option, assign the Google Slides provided via Google Classroom. You will need to make a copy for each student.

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Multiple Uses

- Suitable for independent, pairs, or group work.

- Use as part of your math centers, add to your sub tubs, make it part of your early finisher tasks, give for homework, or make it part of your classroom practice/review sessions.

I recommend pacing this activity by giving students one clue at a time. Once the whole class has completed a clue, then move on to the next clue either within the same lesson or the next math session. New math content presented? Make a lesson out of it by modeling the math before diving into the clue. I like to say, "we must learn something new before attempting the next clue."

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How long will each mystery activity take?

Time to complete will vary anywhere between 30mins - 2 hours or more! It mainly depends on how familiar your students are with the math mystery format, as well as how difficult they find math skills covered in the particular mystery. Please check the math skills outlined in the clues above to help determine suitability for your class.

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Add extra motivation with this Detective Rank Chart Download the Mystery Record & Rank Chart FREEBIE HERE

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Not sure what a math mystery is? CLICK HERE to watch a video about Math Mysteries or read this blog post: What is a Math Mystery?

Read Blog Post: FIVE Easy Ways to use Math Mysteries in your Classroom.

TRY A FULL FREE MATH MYSTERY HERE (GRADES 1 - 6 DIFFERENTIATED BUNDLE)

Check out this blog post to save paper:

How to Create Reusable Math Mystery Files to Save Paper

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You may also be interested in grabbing these 3rd Grade Math Mystery Bundle Packs:

• COMPLETE 3rd Grade Math Mystery Bundle
• SKILLS 3rd Grade Math Mystery Bundle
• SEASONS 3rd Grade Math Mystery Bundle

You might also like to try my Reading Mysteries.

• Once Upon a Crime Reading Mysteries BUNDLE

Math Mystery Holiday Bundles available for Grades 1 and 6! Click on the links below to view:

• Math Mysteries Holiday Bundle Pack GRADE 1
• Math Mysteries Holiday Bundle Pack GRADE 2
• Math Mysteries Holiday Bundle Pack GRADE 3
• Math Mysteries Holiday Bundle Pack GRADE 4
• Math Mysteries Holiday Bundle Pack GRADE 5
• Math Mysteries Holiday Bundle Pack GRADE 6

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VIDEO HOOKS AVAILABLE TO GO WITH EACH MATH MYSTERY IN THIS BUNDLE. Use these videos to set the stage to engage when introducing each case file.

Editable mystery lists added to the packet.

Thanks!

Mrs. J

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