Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Mystery Game Team Building Making Inferences
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This mystery is a great way to bring in the Thanksgiving spirit! Kids love to solve mysteries and this game is very exciting and fun! Read the story aloud to the students. Pass out the clues to each student and let them solve the case together. This is a great tool for critical thinking, finding inferences, and team building skills. Discussion questions at the end will help the students understand how the mystery was solved! NEW Math mystery clues! Students must solve the math problems to see what the clue is!
Students use the clues provided to figure out who stole the Thanksgiving Turkey. Let your students put their inferencing skills to work!
Are you ready to watch your student engagement skyrocket?! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about learning.
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NOW INCLUDES DIGITAL MYSTERY ACCESS PERFECT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING!
What is included?
- Teacher setup instructions with detailed information about each page
- Different ways to play the game
- Graphic Organizer Breakdown
- Inference Sentence Frames
- Mystery introduction
- 25 clues to solve the mystery
- 6 different graphic organizers to choose from!
- Answer key
- Discussion Questions
- Access to the Digital Mystery
- Graphic organizer with example
What skills will we be working on?
There are so many different skills that students will be working on, that it would be impossible to list them all, but here are a few:
- Team building
- Collaboration
- Inferencing
- Problem solving
- Reading comprehension
- Critical thinking
What materials do I need?
- Paper and ink to print materials
- Just print and go!
What do I need for the digital mystery?
- Access to the internet
- Access to Google Slides
- Access to Google Forms
- PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO GOOGLE SLIDES
- If you are doing the digital mystery, there are a few things you’ll need to do before you get started. I highly suggest you TEST THE LINK on a student device to see whether or not they have access to the site. Go through the mystery and see how it would look to a student. If you do not have access to Google Sites, you may need to contact your district or school’s IT department for further assistance.
Why not turn it into a classroom management tool?!
How much time will this activity take?
I would reserve approximately 90 minutes to 2 hours for this activity. This depends on your class and how you implement the game.
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This Product Includes:
-Story Introduction
-Clues to solve the mystery
-Inference and character graphic organizer with example
-Answer key and discussion questions
-3 math mystery bonus clues with answer key
Why not just buy the whole bundle?! Save money with bundles!
THE ULTIMATE MEGA MYSTERY BUNDLE – Includes all 15 mysteries, over a $32 value!
Check out more great mystery games!
The Case of the Missing Diamonds
The Murder at Blue Mountain Lodge
The Mountain View Mansion Murder
The Kidnapping of a Millionaire
The Case of the Missing Muffins
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