Halloween Junior Reading Comprehension Mystery Game – Spooky Singer

Description The Case of the Spooky Singer is one of the mysteries in my’Junior Reading Mystery – Once Upon a Crime’ series. It is structured and packaged differently from my more challenging Once Upon a Crime Reading Mysteries. The mysteries in this range are designed for 1st and 2nd-grade students (please note that the level of difficulty may vary depending on your students’ reading abilities). Skills The Junior Reading Mysteries are designed to help children improve a variety of skills. These include: Reading: Children will read the mysteries and follow along with the story. Comprehension: They’ll need to understand the text to answer questions, encouraging them to think about what they’ve read. Vocabulary: One page includes word clues that children will match with pictures, helping them learn new words and their meanings. Spelling: The final clue page provides an opportunity for some spelling practice on some words. Guided Deductive Reasoning: As they answer the comprehension questions, they will be guided as to which character to eliminate at the end of each clue. ​What’s included in this Junior Reading Mystery resource packet? For the first time in this new series, I’m offering the printable worksheet combined with a digital graphic game in one resource pack. This is because the questions/answers are almost the same in both versions. You can choose the method of delivery you prefer. >>> The Printable Worksheets Option There are five reading comprehension pages in total. Each page contains a small reading section, followed by comprehension questions or a spelling puzzle. The prep is simple; print, copy, and solve! Samples of the pages are provided in the preview section. >>> The Digital Game option The digital game option contains lots of colorful graphics and can be used on any device; all required is a steady Internet connection The answers are presented in a multiple-choice fashion and/or ‘find the image’ type of puzzle. Sharing Options for the Game Link: – two URLs (one short, one long) to copy and paste – QR Code – Google Slides link with the game link embedded on the slide >>Video Hook An optional video hook is provided to set the stage for engagement. It’s an ideal way to announce to your students that it’s mystery time! >>> Bonus Materials Printable article style certificate or small printable awards to choose from to celebrate your detectives’ success! Printable word search (ideal for early finishers) Printable coloring-in page (ideal for early finishers) Ending video provided in the digital game version to celebrate the ‘case solved.’ ——————————————————————————————————————— – If you’d like more reading resources like this, check out the Junior Reading Mysteries section of my store. – If you find that this reading/mystery style is too easy for your kids, you might want to check out the more challenging printable mysteries in my Once Upon a Crime series (ideal for 3rd-4th Grade). – Want to take it up another notch and work on inference skills? Then, the Private Eye CSI Literacy Mysteries might be of interest. (Ideal for 4th – 6th grade). Add extra motivation with this Detective Rank Chart Download the Mystery Record & Rank Chart FREEBIE HERE . __________________________________________________________________ Thank you! Mrs. J. © 2021