During our Mystery Genre Study, students were divided into Detective Clubs to solve mysteries in a book club setting.

 

Detective Clubs
Five different Detective Clubs were formed in our classroom.  Each group of reading detectives is solving a different mystery.
 

 

book cover of 

The Mystery of the Stolen Music 

 (Boxcar Children, book 45)

by

Gertrude Chandler Warner

 

 

 

 

      book cover of 

The Mystery of the Stolen Music 

 (Boxcar Children, book 45)

by

Gertrude Chandler Warner

 

 

Detective Case File
Each reading detective is given a reading badge and a case file.

 

 

 

 

Included in the case file is a Detective's Dictionary, a Suspect List, and a Clue Clipboard Worksheet.  As students read the mystery, they keep track of possible supsects and important clues.

Case File Cover (PDF)

Detective Dictionary (PDF)

Clue Clipboard (PDF)

Suspect List (PDF)

 

Detective Club Meetings

Students meet every couple of days to discuss the mystery chapter they are reading.  They share clues they have uncovered and possible suspects who seem to have a motive for committing the crime.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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