A Mystery in the Library: Digital Mystery Game

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Keeping students engaged before and after breaks can sometimes be a challenge. Are you looking for something to captivate your students before the end of the year break? Then look no further! Thousands of teachers have used these mysteries for back to school activities, engaging students before Thanksgiving, Christmas break, Spring Break, adding fun to Halloween, end of the year activities, reading comprehension, critical thinking, morning work, guided reading, and SO much more! This engaging, fun, and educational mystery game will leave your students begging for more! And the best part is, they won’t even know they’re learning!

THIS MYSTERY ALSO HAS AN EDITABLE VERSION - Add the names of students and school staff!

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.

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.

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 Sites
Access to Google Forms

*Editable mysteries cannot be used in the digital format, because the information cannot be transferred online. You can however screen share the clues and get creative if you want to use the editable version digitally!