Description

Ages: 7 and up

Grades: 2nd and up

Reading Level: 2.0-5.0

Interest Level: 2nd-12th

Discover the Thrill of Reading with Mystery Comprehension Caper!

Have you ever dreamed of solving a mystery while exploring exciting places around the world? With Mystery Comprehension Caper, students become detectives—following clues, uncovering facts, and making inferences to crack each case. These short, high-interest mysteries are set in fascinating real-world locations, capturing the imagination of even the most reluctant readers.

How Mystery Comprehension Caper Works:

Each mystery story is paired with an informational text about the location where the caper takes place. This unique combination introduces students to both fiction and nonfiction text types, as outlined in the Common Core State Standards. Students engage in pre-reading activities, dive into the story, and answer comprehension questions that strengthen critical reading skills.

Skills Students Develop:

While solving each caper, students practice essential literacy strategies, including:

• Main Idea: Identifying what the passage is mostly about.

• Drawing Conclusions: Using evidence to form logical answers.

• Author’s Purpose: Understanding why the text was written.

• Context Clues: Figuring out unfamiliar words in text.

• Text Features: Learning how maps, glossaries, and images support understanding.

• Sequencing: Putting events in the correct order.

• Inference-Making: Reading between the lines to solve the mystery.

Why Mystery Comprehension Caper Stands Out?

• High-Interest Stories: Mystery plots capture attention and motivate struggling readers.

• Dual Text Approach: Combines fiction mysteries with nonfiction informational passages.

• Skill-Building Activities: Pre-reading maps, vocabulary work, and glossaries boost fluency and comprehension.

• Comprehensive Resource: Organized for easy use and aligned to CCSS.

Who Can Benefit from Mystery Comprehension Caper?

• Educators: A ready-to-use binder for classroom instruction and small groups.

• Intervention Specialists & SLPs: Engaging practice for building comprehension in reluctant readers.

• Parents: A fun way to support literacy development at home through interactive mysteries.

Get Started with Mystery Comprehension Caper Today!

Turn reading into an adventure where every page brings a new clue! With fiction mysteries, nonfiction text, and skill-focused activities, this resource makes comprehension practice engaging, meaningful, and fun.

What’s Included:

✔️ 200-page binder with tab dividers
✔️ Answer key
✔️ Pre-reading activities (maps, vocabulary, glossaries, and more)
✔️ Whiteboard-ready Resource CD with PDFs of binder contents
✔️ CCSS alignment and reading level lists
✔️ 8 bonus mysteries with activities