Product Details
Dive into captivating mysteries that challenge students to look for clues, find facts, and make inferences with the High-Interest Mini Mysteries Binder! Each mystery features interesting settings and fun scenarios that will grab students' attention and get them excited to find out what happens next. The lessons utilize research and evidence based methods to improve student learning, and the informational text and pre-reading activities build background knowledge and vocabulary to support comprehension. Common Core State Standards are identified, and a specific skills chart identifies skills addressed and text types in each lesson unit.
Each lesson unit begins with a Before You Read Activity that provides nonfictional background information, a map/illustration, questions that tap prior knowledge and prediction skills, and vocabulary words to know. The lesson unit continues with a Nonfiction passage related to the story location, followed by 4 skill-specific questions. Next, students read a high-interest mini mystery that takes place in the location they just learned about. The After You Read section follows with 10 skill-specific questions related to the mystery, including skills such as identifying the main idea, making inferences, drawing conclusions, cause and effect, determining the author's intent, understanding context clues, recognizing text features, and more.
The 200-page binder is organized with dividers for easy navigation. The included Resource CD provides all the contents of the binder in PDF format, along with a list of reading levels, a list of the Common Core State Standards met by this resource, plus eight bonus mysteries and activities for extended learning opportunities.
Reading Level: Grades 2-5
Interest Level: Grades 3+