BOOK GUIDES
Ideas and activities for reading Miss Nelson is Missing.
LESSON PLANS
Find everything you need to teach lessons on mysteries, character development, vocabulary and story writing with this…
WORKSHEETS
Use these printable activity sheets with the Timmy Failure series to encourage critical and creative thinking. Your…
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn is an award-nominated mystery that takes place in 18th-century Japan. These ideas and…
Host a Ruby Redfort event in your classroom or school library. Get your master code-crackers warmed up with some…
Entice middle-grade readers with humor and mystery in Smashie McPerter and the Mystery of Room 11 by N. Griffin. This…
TEACHING RESOURCE
The excerpted chapters three and four of the The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn can be used to entice students into reading…
DAILY WARM-UPS
In this printable warm-up, students read a short mystery and answer comprehension questions.
Introduce children to classical music through the engaging and entertaining murder mystery The Composer Is Dead by…
Assess students' comprehension skills as they read Ziggy & the Black Dinosaurs: Lost in the Tunnel of Time. This…
Burning Blue, a soulful novel by Paul Griffin, is written in first-person narration. Encourage thoughtful discussion…
GAMES AND APPS
Celebrate 50 years of adventure with games and printables featuring detective Leroy Brown, a.k.a Encyclopedia Brown.…
From Norvelt to Nowhere is the sequel to the Newbury Medal-winning novel Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos. Set in 1962…
This literature guide for The Bell Bandit—the third book in the Lemonade War series by Jacqueline Davies—offers…
In this printable daily warm-up, students read a mystery and answer comprehension questions.
REFERENCE
Brief biography of Agatha Christie.
Teach students about the elements of a mystery and learn about the genre's history with this printable guide to Cam…
Host a Tuff Fluff private eye party in your classroom to get kids in touch with their inner detective. Have pupils bring…
ASSESSMENT
How well do your students know detective fiction? Test their knowledge of famous mystery writers with this quiz. Or,…
After reading Silent to the Bone, use the discussion topics in this reader's guide to explore the book's characters and…
Activities in this teacher's guide for Ziggy & the Black Dinosaurs: Shadows of Caesar's Creek include writing prompts, a…
Develop students' language arts skills while extending their enjoyment of Ziggy & the Black Dinosaurs: The Buried Bones…
Examine events, characters, and relationships in Paper Towns with the aid of discussion questions, projects, and…