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Paperless problem solving games! Critical thinking activities EMBEDDED with math, science, and reading content! Get your students engaged and working collaboratively every day! These engaging paperless mysteries ask students to problem solve with one another to solve a mystery that REINFORCES math, reading, and science concepts. Students will work cooperatively with YOU to solve multi-step clues! Watch their problems skills grow throughout the year!!
*I originally created these to get my students thinking and working together first thing in the morning. I called them Morning Mysteries, BUT these mysteries are not JUST limited to a morning activity. They could also be solved at any time during the day!
How do Morning Mysteries work?
-Each day, work with your students to solve one mystery. Display the mystery question and clues on the board for students using PowerPoint or PDF. (Both a PowerPoint AND PDF file are included.)
-Each mystery asks a question and includes 5 clues. Students will use the information from each clue to help solve the mystery question.
-Each mystery asks students to use their knowledge of kindergarten concepts to solve it. *This would also be a GREAT review activity for first graders.
-Each week’s mysteries also include a few (optional) printable props. These props allow students to be more hands-on with clues.
As students become more independent throughout the school year, Morning Mysteries can become more of a student-led, community building activity.
What are teachers saying about these mysteries?!
⭐”My firsties love doing this every morning! They beg to do it as soon as they walk through the door.”
⭐”I love the variety of this resource. Lots of room for differentiation and content that students are interested in. Thank you!”
⭐FUN ideas from teachers using these mysteries:
•SNACK TIME: “I have been using your mystery questions and my students love it! I am using cheerios to mark off the squares and then the kiddos get a little snack! I just wanted to share that idea. Thank you for such an awesome resource!!”
•END OF THE YEAR REVIEW: “I can’t believe I didn’t start this sooner in my classroom! But with 21 days left these Morning Mysteries are sure keeping my students engaged! We’re reviewing initial sounds, long vowels, verbs, and nouns and addition in just one mystery!”
⭐Try out TWO days for free! TWO DAYS OF FREE MYSTERIES!
View what is included in each pack below.
CONCEPTS COVERED:
PACK 1 PAPERLESS Kindergarten 1st Grade Mysteries Weeks 1-5 Letters Numbers Community Helpers
●letters
●numbers 1-10
●big/small
●colors
●animal parts/habitat (scales, fur, etc.)
●community helpers/jobs
●ordinal numbers (1st-5th)
PACK 2 PAPERLESS Kindergarten 1st Grade Mysteries Weeks 6-10 Beginning Sounds Rhyming Numbers 1-20
●beginning sounds
●color words
●rhyming
●numbers 1-20
●weight
●weather
●living/non-living
●before & after
●days of the week
PACK 3 PAPERLESS Mystery Kindergarten 1st Grade Weeks 11-15 Ending Sounds 2D Shapes States of Matter
●ending sounds
●2D shapes
●counting by 10s
●length
●odd vs even
●states of matter
●months of the year
PACK 4 PAPERLESS Problem Solving Mysteries Weeks 16-20 Short Vowels Prepositions
●short vowel sounds
●prepositions
●addition
●comparing numbers
●predator/prey
●graphing
PACK 5 PAPERLESS Problem Solving Mysteries Weeks 21-25 Subtraction
●cvc words
●plural/singular
●3D shapes
●subtraction
●needs and wants
●counting by 5s
PACK 6 PAPERLESS Problem Solving Mysteries Weeks 26-30 CVCe Landforms
●nouns
●adjectives
●opposites
●bossy e words
●subtraction
●addition
●landforms
●counting by 2s
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