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Exploring the Mystery Genre

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Students determine the story elements of typical mystery stories including characters and plot structure. They look at vocabulary that is common to mystery stories before reading and responding to mystery chapter books. Working in guided reading groups, they act as detectives to complete case files while paying attention to details in readings.

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mysteries

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mysteries, story structures, english language arts
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3rd - 5th
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English Language Arts
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