Test Prep and Problem Solving Mysteries Units - Printable and Google Classroom

Are you tired of boring test prep, but still want to increase your students' test scores? Take a break from practice tests and task cards, and prepare for state testing using fun collaborative learning activities! This bundle includes 15 mysteries with inference activities. Learning how to make inferences is key to the higher level skills associated with state testing. This collection also includes 15 Test Prep review games that cover ALL of the reading informational and reading literature standards. Every skill is covered!

This bundle includes:

15 Mysteries with group activities (see below)
15 Test Prep Games to be played in groups (see below mysteries description)

Mysteries without Murders: A collection of 15 mystery stories with inference activities, suspect cards, Ace Detective award certificates, and prize coupons. Directions are included to successfully run the 15 Mystery Workshops.

Students read the mysteries, and collaborate in groups to solve them. The activities are printable AND Google paperless. Both versions are included with your purchase. Perfect for close reading skills because students go back into the text to support their suspects.

Includes everything you need to conduct 15 Mystery Workshops:

- 15 original multi-page mysteries
- Inference activities for each mystery for students to fill out

- Directions on how to successfully run the mystery workshops in your classroom

- All answer keys
- Print and go copies of mysteries, inference activities, and suspect cards
- Google doc links and directions for paperless activities
- Ace Detective Awards and Prize Coupons
-Suspect Cards have been added to the last seven mysteries only

These mystery workshops are teacher friendly and very easy to implement. Quick and easy directions are included.

Students will have so much fun that they won't even realize they are implementing important close reading skills to determine the correct suspects!

Titles of the 15 Original Mysteries written by Nancy A. Bruen:

#1 - The Case of the Missing Pencil

#2 - The Mystery of the Stolen Baseball Cap

#3 - The Case of the Missing Playdough

#4 - The Case of the Missing Orange

#5 - The Case of the Missing Mystery

#6 - The Case of the Missing Ray-Bans

#7 - The Case of the Missing Cell Phone

#8 - The Mystery of the Stolen Manuscript

#9 - The Case of the Missing Smartwatch

#10 - The Case of the Missing Grrrumball

#11 - The Case of the Missing Bubble Yum
#12 - The Case of the Missing Scarecrow
#13 - The Case of the Missing Teacher
#14 - The Case of the Missing Fortnite Deep Freeze Bundle
#15 - The Case of the Missing Christmas Cookies

Mystery Unit Bundle

Students can solve the mysteries on paper, or teachers can use the Google Docs option for paperless activities. Perfect for Ipads, Chromebooks, Desktops, Laptops, etc.

15 TEST PREP GAME SHOWS!!

Raise your scores! Put down the pencils and get ready for state testing using these ELA Reading Literacy test prep learning games! They are a bundle of 15 Literacy PowerPoint Jeopardy style review game shows for Reading and English Language Arts. These are teacher led "no prep" activities that are run from PowerPoint. There are 375 questions and answers.

The types of questions include:

3rd grade reading informational

3rd grade reading literature

3rd grade main idea and text evidence

3rd grade language and writing

3rd grade vocabulary #1

3rd grade vocabulary #2

4th grade reading informational

4th grade reading literature

4th grade vocabulary

4th grade Greek mythology

5th grade main idea and text evidence

5th grade vocabulary

5th grade figurative language

5th grade grammar

5th grade point of view and author’s purpose

The answers to all of the game questions are visible when the questions are clicked. All questions and answers can be edited in Power Point.

I added a Nerf basketball set to my room, and have the students shoot for two extra points every time they get a correct answer. They love playing these games!

Why am I qualified to write these mysteries and inference activities? Not only have I worked as a Language Arts Teacher for 30 years with a Highly Qualified Status, but I also have spent 15 years writing state and national assessments, such as the SATs, ACTs, and individual state assessments that align with the Common-Core standards. This includes grading, item writing, and passage writing for these assessments.

Because these activities include inference activities and improve reading comprehension, they are a fun way to help students prepare for state testing such as Georgia Milestones (GMAS), TNReady (TN Ready), FSA, NWEA Map, Smarter Balanced (SBAC), ILearn, PARCC, Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS), TerraNova, Texas STAAR, Engage NY, Ohio's State Test (OST), Azmerit, Act Aspire, Virginia Sol, PSSA, Oklahoma Test Prep (OSTP), NC EOG, SC Ready, MCAS, CAASPP, and others.

Other mystery activities by A - Plus Literature Guides includes Detectives in Togas, The Graveyard Book, and The BEST Halloween Ever

3rd Grade Test Prep Reading

4th Grade Test Prep Reading

5th Grade Test Prep Reading
6th Grade Test Prep Reading
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