Easter Reading Comprehension Passages READING MYSTERY ACTIVITY

Easter Reading Mystery: Once Upon A Crime, Easter 'EGGpocalypse.' A fun reading and comprehension activity to engage young readers this Easter. Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Docs option provided within your download.

⭐This resource is ideal for 3rd - 4th Grade⭐ (or high reading level 2nd graders)

>> For a more challenging Easter Reading Mystery (high 4th - 6th Grade), check out the Case of the Easter Egg-Scapade

⭐A video hook is provided to set the stage to engage! Check out the video hook in the preview section.

⭐A bonus ENDING VIDEO clip is included to celebrate finishing the mystery.

⭐NEW: Fun Visual Suspect Character Cards Included.

>>To play this mystery in a digital graphic game mode <please click here>

• The main goal of this mystery is to encourage reading.
• 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. (Differentiation Option 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!

All of the reading passages are included in this original story, which features your 'student detective' as the hero.

Preparation

This is a print-and-go activity. Everything you need for this activity, including the reading passages, is in the download. Print, copy for your students, and set up the (optional) video hook for viewing at the start! The video hook is designed to make students think, 'what's going on?' This was done on purpose to encourage them to read.

Implementation suggestion: Depending on your students' 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.

How long will this activity take?

This varies depending on the age and reading level of your students. If you want to keep your class at the same point, I recommend pacing the clues individually.

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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

- Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives

- Synonyms

- Character Traits

- Vocabulary

- Cause and Effect

- 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 culprit. On this declaration page, students report WHO they think is responsible for the Eggpocalypse, plus outline the clues discovered along with their elimination reasoning for each.

The end of the story is wrapped up in a one-page article certificate. (Shhh.... keep these a secret as they reveal the mystery answer in the newspaper article your little star detective features in.)

You will also receive instructions, answer sheets, and an elimination guide.

⭐Differentiation Options included with this Resource

• A 'B-Edition' Alternative Structure is included for differentiation purposes. This alternative copy of EGGpocalypse 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 in the folder download first.

Your feedback on this resource would be appreciated.

Thank you, and enjoy!

⭐You may also be interested in the following:

• Easter Math QUEST: Raiders of The Lost Egg
• Easter Math Mystery: Case of the Egg Thief
• Easter Math MYSTERY: Case of the Rotten Eggs
• Easter Literacy Mystery (Making Inferences) - The Case of the EGG-Scapade
• Reading Mystery - Once upon a Crime: Stolen Time
• Digital Graphic Game of this Mystery - EGGpocalypse

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

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