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BLAST Elementary Thematic Program
Mysteries
(October and November 2005)
- It's a Mystery! K-1
- Who Dunnit?! 2-3
- What's Really Going On Here? 4-5
It's a Mystery!
What has happened? Who do you think did it? Students will follow clues, and learn what it takes to become a good detective! Fiction and nonfiction books are the basis for this mysterious program.
Recommended for grades K-1.
Fiction Books:
Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? by Bonnie Lass and Philemon Sturges
Grandpa's Teeth by Rod Clement
Mystery at the Club Sandwich by Doug Cushman
Miss Nelson is Missing by James Marshall
Informational Text:
Cookie Fun! by Judy Bastyra
Let's Make Cookies by Mary Kill
Quick Standards:
1.6. A&B.-Speaking and Listening
Websites:
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Return to the topWho Dunnit?!
This is the question! Students will use their detective skills to investigate the elements of a good mystery, and also solve a few tricky tales themselves! Both fiction and nonfiction books will be used to enjoy some good mysteries! Recommended for grades 2-3.
Fiction Books:
The Web Files by Margie Palatini
Grandpa's Teeth by Rod Clement
Mystery at the Club Sandwich by Doug Cushman
Miss Nelson is Missing by James Marshall
Informational Text:
Where Fish Go In Winter and Answers to Other Great Mysteries by Amy Goldman Koss
Quick Standards:
1.6. A&B.-Speaking and Listening
Websites:
Activity:
Have students become real detectives and decorate a badge. Have them color the badge with fun colors of crayons and then color over it with a black crayon. Students can then scratch their name or designs out of the top layer of crayon with a pencil.
What's Really Going on Here?
Throughout this program students will be given the opportunity to investigate real life mysteries and decide for themselves, "What is really going on here?" Nonfiction books will be used to discover real life unsolved mysteries. Recommended for grades 4-5.
Fiction:
Mini Mysteries 20 Tricky Tales to Untangle by Rick Walton
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
Informational Text:
Where Fish Go In Winter and Answers to Other Great Mysteries by Amy Goldman Koss
The Mysterious Times by Melissa Heckschler
The Mary Celeste An Unsolved Mystery From History by Jane Yolen
Mysteries of History by Rober Stewart, Ph. D.
Bigfoot by Michael Burgan
The Loch Ness Monster by Terri Sievert
The Mystery of Crop Circles by Chris Oxlade
Lands of Mystery by Judith Herbst
PA Academic Standards:
1.6. A&B-Speaking and Listening
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Activity:
Students will complete the Mysterious Times newspaper activity provided by BLAST.
