3rd Grade Mystery Unit

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Cereal Box Book Report Project Fiction Book Report Template & Activities Rubric
Cereal Box Book Report projects are fun, unique, and easy for students in 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th grades and middle school! This creative book report idea has templates, rubrics, graphic organizers, writing activities, and awards! Students learn how to make a cool cereal box book report for fiction, nonfiction, and biographies with this DIY book report packet!
Mystery anchor chart! We're almost finished reading The Boxcar Children so the kiddos marked where they think we are on our Story Mountain.
Be a Problem Detective!
Give students a Top Secret envelope filled with problem/solution case files. If they solve the problems, they become members of The Problem Detectives Club!
Set the stage to engage - Case of the Missing Cookies: A Cookie Detective Unit - Flip your classroom into a crime lab as students try to solve the mystery, "Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?" Your students will be fully engaged as they solve clues (math and literary tasks) to solve the mystery.
Scholastic Teaching Tools | Resources for Teachers
Investigating the Mystery Genre | Scholastic.com (3rd Grade)
Detective Clubs!
2 week mystery unit! -- first week is with me modeling how to stop and check for/discuss clues, suspects, detectives, witnesses, evidence, etc BECAUSE during the 2nd week of the mystery unit, students do this with a small group.
Who Done It? Mystery Genre Kick-Off
Mystery anchor chart- using tons of good mystery vocabulary words!
Ratios and Mysteries! - Teaching with a Mountain View
Teaching With a Mountain View: Anchor chart for mysteries
Guided Reading Super Sleuths
Guided Reading Super Sleuths - Guided Reading ideas that spark interest and excitement :)