The Classroom Mystery
The Classroom Mystery

Author: Tracy Packiam Alloway

Publisher:

Published: 2019-07

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13: 1786035790

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Someone has been stealing food from Snowball, the classroom pet bunny! Can Izzy use her SEN Superpowers to track down the culprit and save the day? SEN Superpowers: The Classroom Mystery explores the topic of ADHD with an empowering story and adorable illustrations. The SEN Superpowers series celebrates the positive traits associated with a range of common SEN (Special Education Needs) conditions, boosting the confidence and strength-awareness of children with those conditions, while also allowing for better understanding and positivity among their peers. Each book includes a page of discussion points about the story, a page of tips for how to boost abilities (inclusive for children with and without special educational needs), and, finally, a further page of notes for parents and teachers. The books feature a dyslexic-friendly font to encourage accessibility and inclusivity for all readers.

Detective LaRue
Detective LaRue

Author: Mark Teague

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780439458689

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While on vacation, Mrs. LaRue receives letters from her dog Ike who has been falsely accused of harming the neighbor's cats and is trying to clear his name.

Secret Coders: Secrets & Sequences
Secret Coders: Secrets & Sequences

Author: Gene Luen Yang

Publisher: First Second Books

Published: 2017-03-07

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1626720770

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"Meet Hopper, Eni, and Josh as they write their first line of code, and join them for their final showdown with Dr. One-Zero."--Slipcase.

The Private Eye School
The Private Eye School

Author: Mary Ann Carr

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 1000489698

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In this companion to her best-selling books , Carr presents five exciting new mysteries for student detectives to tackle. Students will sharpen their sleuthing skills after completing the course designed for great detectives at the Private Eye School, before moving on to tackle mysteries such as “The Vandal Strikes” and “The Great Electric Train Robbery.” Along the way, students will learn to analyze bloodstains and lip prints, while decoding messages and solving challenging puzzles. Each of these mysteries requires students to think outside of the box, organize data, take notes, make inferences, and use deductive reasoning skills. The mysteries include a teacher's guide and attractive reproducible pages for students to use in their investigations. The Private Eye School also provides directions for creating a classroom learning center, in which students write their own mysteries, create logic puzzles, and sketch crime scenes. Grades 4-8

Mystery Festival
Mystery Festival

Author: Kevin Beals

Publisher: Great Explorations

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780924886102

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Student detectives conduct forensic science investigations on evidence found at a "crime scene." The critical distinction between evidence and inference is emphasized.

Mysteries in the Classroom
Mysteries in the Classroom

Author: Nancy J. Polette

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2009-10-27

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1591589320

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Celebrated author Nancy Polette offers a complete mystery literature guide for primary, intermediate, and middle school mysteries. Librarians and teachers alike will find this engaging title from popular author Nancy Polette a joy to use, and the information it offers is a sure way to engage students in literature. Mysteries in the Classroom introduces 23 reading strategies tied to the National Standards in Reading, Language Arts, and Social Studies that can be used with any mystery. Booktalks and activities are presented for 17 favorite mystery series and 6 favorite authors. The book includes hands-on activities to introduce each series and author, booktalks for the Edgar Allan Poe Juvenile Mystery Award winners from 1979 to 2008, and step-by-step directions for turning booktalks into readers theatre presentations. An especially exciting feature is a section contributed by Newberry-award winning author Richard Peck in which he guides budding young writers in coauthoring a mystery with him. Grades 1-6

30 More Math Mysteries Kids Can't Resist!
30 More Math Mysteries Kids Can't Resist!

Author: Martin Lee

Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781338257304

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Who doesn't love a mystery? Students will have a blast reading the adventures of kid detectives Zara and Mendel and their dog, Digit, and helping them solve intriguing math puzzlers along the way. In this collection of comical mysteries, students meld reading strategies, such as text marking, with essential math skills to tackle real-world problems. A delightful way to practice whole-number computation, fractions, measurement, geometry, algebraic reasoning, and so much more!

Writing Mysteries in the Classroom
Writing Mysteries in the Classroom

Author: Cheryl Garrett

Publisher: PRUFROCK PRESS INC.

Published: 2007-05

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 159363224X

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Students naturally love the thrill of solving crimes and cracking mysteries. Why not allow them to learn to write their own suspenseful stories? Writing Mysteries in the Classroom takes students step-by-step through the process of creating a good mystery story. Lessons include creating believable settings, writing suspenseful plots, detailing a crime scene, implementing mysterious tones and moods, describing suspicious characters, and writing realistic dialogue. Each lesson includes examples for students to follow and contains exercises that allow students to progressively complete their own detective stories. Grades 5-8

More One-Hour Mysteries
More One-Hour Mysteries

Author: Mary Ann Carr

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-09-03

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 100049473X

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Teachers loved Mary Ann Carr's One-Hour Mysteries and asked for more! In this follow-up to her wildly popular book, Mary Ann Carr offers five motivating mysteries that your students can solve using clues and logical reasoning. Your students become crime scene investigators, analyzing clues found at a crime scene and applying forensic techniques in their analysis. Each mystery includes a complete set of teacher instructions and blackline masters that may be photocopied for classroom use. This exciting book features the following mysteries: Miss Moneybags' Last Will and Testament, The Doggone Mystery, The Case of Forged Houdini, Who Took the Video Game, and Aunt Sally's Secret. What better way to motivate critical thinking than with a whodunit? Skills include deductive reasoning, inferring, taking notes, organizing data, and analyzing evidence. Get ready for real thinking combined with cloak-and-dagger fun! Grades 4-8