Description
Wow your students with the Growth Mindset – Famous Failures Reading Comprehension CSI Spy Mystery! Students will complete 4 reading comprehension tasks all while playing detective and finding clues to the case. Students will LOVE this close reading challenge! Perfect Back to School activity to reinforce a positive growth mindset.
Topics include: growth mindset, famous failures, Wright Brothers, Taylor Swift, George Lucas
Students will work individually (or in pairs) and race to see who can solve the case first! A friendly competition always increases engagement. After completing each “task” students will earn a “CLUE CARD” to help them eliminate suspects and evidence.
As students complete each task, they will bring you their answers for you to quickly check (don’t worry…each task is short). After checking, students will earn a “CLUE CARD” with clues to solve the case.
This activity can be used for individual work, partner activities, anticipatory sets, unit review, sub plans, extension activities, early-finishers, or just for fun the day before break.
A “Top Secret Case File” is read and your “lead detectives” have less than an hour to solve the case. (Time can be changed to whatever works best for you)
Oh, and before I forget…there’s also props included to make it feel like a “crime scene” and signs to hold up at the end when the CSI mystery is solved!
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
- 4 Reading comprehension tasks
- Case file dossier (recording sheet)
- Teacher answer key (when applicable)
- Set up instructions
- Props and signs
WHAT ARE THE TASKS?
- Task 1: Cloze Reading – Fill in the blank
- Task 2: Find and Fix – Fix incorrect statements
- Task 3: True or False with a secret word
- Task 4: Main idea and supporting details
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Karen N. –
Students really enjoyed this unit and it was a great way to kick off our year. Thanks for a good resource!
Jennifer S –
This is a great resource for my struggling learners
Samantha Wilson –
I really loved this activity and my students were having so much fun with it. It was a really great and engaging way to teach students about a growth mindset and have them actually try it out; as many had to work for answers. I cannot wait to use this again next year!