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This Reading Mystery, 'Once Upon a Crime—Stolen Time,' is a fun way to incorporate a range of ELA skills into one. It's easy to prep— Print, copy, and solve! You can also go paperless with the new Google Docs option provided within your download.
If you prefer this resource in a Digital Graphic Game Escape Room format to play online .
⭐A video hook sets the stage for engagement! Check out the video hook in the preview section.
⭐A bonus ENDING VIDEO clip is included to celebrate finishing the mystery.
⭐Visual Suspect Cards included.
- Students must highlight the evidence in the reading to prove their answers.
- The discovery format requires a fill-in-the-missing-letter process to unlock clues. (A Differentiation Option is included, B-Edition Structure, which requires full answers but a teacher to check. Word Banks are provided to make the word puzzles easier.)
- Reading is required to solve the missing letters in words, sentences, and statements, answer the questions/solve the vocabulary puzzles.
- Each clue requires students to think critically and use deductive reasoning to decide which suspects they can eliminate from their suspect list. The last suspect remaining is the culprit!
EASY PREP! Print and solve! Everything you need for this activity, including the reading passages, is in the download.
Implementation suggestion: Depending on your student's reading abilities, the ease of this activity may vary. To keep everyone at the same pace, you could read the passages together as a class and then follow up with the activities to fill in the missing letters that will help unlock a clue. For independent work, set a timer for reading only, and then allow them time to answer the questions and re-read the text if they need. If your students find this too easy, I'd recommend the 'Private Eye CSI - Literacy Mysteries' range instead, which requires inferring and more skill to solve the mystery.
If your students try to attempt the activity section without reading the passages, instruct them to highlight the evidence in the reading text to show you where they found the answers.
What are Once Upon a Crime Reading Mysteries?
Learn more about what to expect in this blog post.
There are FIVE clues to crack!
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)
OPTIONAL: After finishing the five clue sheets, an optional mystery declaration sheet can be used to state the villain. On this declaration page, students report WHO they think did the crime, plus outline the clues discovered along with their elimination reasoning for each.
Fun printable awards in an article format are included too! (Shhh.... keep these a secret as they reveal the culprit in the newspaper article your little star detective is also featured in.)
You will also receive instructions, answer sheets, and an elimination guide.
Your feedback on this resource would be appreciated.
Increase student motivation and Download the Mystery Record & Rank Chart FREEBIE HERE.
Differentiation Options Included with this Resource
- A 'B-Edition' Alternative Structure is included for differentiation purposes. This alternative copy of Stolen Time removes the missing letter-filling structure and requires full answers. If you choose to use the B-Edition copy, you will need to prep the clue cards into envelopes or boxes (or keep them hidden), and students will need to check in with you to gain access to each clue.
- Word Banks are included within a single file found in the alternate options. These are useful if you need to make this activity easier for some of your students.
- Check out the 'Read me' file included in the folder download first.
Thank you, and enjoy!
You may also be interested in the other Once Upon a Crime Reading Mysteries:
- Magical Mischief Maker <-- Cause and Effect Focused
- Rescue Rudolph!
- Poisoned Valentine
- Which Witch? <--- Homophones Focused
- Fool's Gold
- EGGpocalypse!
- The Haunting Hat
- Humpty's Fall
- A Knight's Tail <--- Parts of Speech
This mystery is also available in a Spanish Version .
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Description
This Reading Mystery, 'Once Upon a Crime—Stolen Time,' is a fun way to incorporate a range of ELA skills into one. It's easy to prep— Print, copy, and solve! You can also go paperless with the new Google Docs option provided within your download.
If you prefer this resource in a Digital Graphic Game Escape Room format to play online .
⭐A video hook sets the stage for engagement! Check out the video hook in the preview section.
⭐A bonus ENDING VIDEO clip is included to celebrate finishing the mystery.
⭐Visual Suspect Cards included.
- Students must highlight the evidence in the reading to prove their answers.
- The discovery format requires a fill-in-the-missing-letter process to unlock clues. (A Differentiation Option is included, B-Edition Structure, which requires full answers but a teacher to check. Word Banks are provided to make the word puzzles easier.)
- Reading is required to solve the missing letters in words, sentences, and statements, answer the questions/solve the vocabulary puzzles.
- Each clue requires students to think critically and use deductive reasoning to decide which suspects they can eliminate from their suspect list. The last suspect remaining is the culprit!
EASY PREP! Print and solve! Everything you need for this activity, including the reading passages, is in the download.
Implementation suggestion: Depending on your student's reading abilities, the ease of this activity may vary. To keep everyone at the same pace, you could read the passages together as a class and then follow up with the activities to fill in the missing letters that will help unlock a clue. For independent work, set a timer for reading only, and then allow them time to answer the questions and re-read the text if they need. If your students find this too easy, I'd recommend the 'Private Eye CSI - Literacy Mysteries' range instead, which requires inferring and more skill to solve the mystery.
If your students try to attempt the activity section without reading the passages, instruct them to highlight the evidence in the reading text to show you where they found the answers.
What are Once Upon a Crime Reading Mysteries?
Learn more about what to expect in this blog post.
There are FIVE clues to crack!
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)
OPTIONAL: After finishing the five clue sheets, an optional mystery declaration sheet can be used to state the villain. On this declaration page, students report WHO they think did the crime, plus outline the clues discovered along with their elimination reasoning for each.
Fun printable awards in an article format are included too! (Shhh.... keep these a secret as they reveal the culprit in the newspaper article your little star detective is also featured in.)
You will also receive instructions, answer sheets, and an elimination guide.
Your feedback on this resource would be appreciated.
Increase student motivation and Download the Mystery Record & Rank Chart FREEBIE HERE.
Differentiation Options Included with this Resource
- A 'B-Edition' Alternative Structure is included for differentiation purposes. This alternative copy of Stolen Time removes the missing letter-filling structure and requires full answers. If you choose to use the B-Edition copy, you will need to prep the clue cards into envelopes or boxes (or keep them hidden), and students will need to check in with you to gain access to each clue.
- Word Banks are included within a single file found in the alternate options. These are useful if you need to make this activity easier for some of your students.
- Check out the 'Read me' file included in the folder download first.
Thank you, and enjoy!
You may also be interested in the other Once Upon a Crime Reading Mysteries:
- Magical Mischief Maker <-- Cause and Effect Focused
- Rescue Rudolph!
- Poisoned Valentine
- Which Witch? <--- Homophones Focused
- Fool's Gold
- EGGpocalypse!
- The Haunting Hat
- Humpty's Fall
- A Knight's Tail <--- Parts of Speech
This mystery is also available in a Spanish Version .
__________________________________________________________________
>> CLICK HERE to follow my store <<
__________________________________________________________________
(c) Mrs. J's Resource Creations 2017
