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Reading Comprehensions - Special Education High Interest Reading
     The Far Side of Weird (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Weird as Blackbeard, Part 1 (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Weird as Blackbeard, Part 2 (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Weird as Blackbeard, Part 3 (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Now You See Them, Now You Don't - The Lost Colony, Part 1 (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Now You See Them, Now You Don't - The Lost Colony, Part 2 (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Now You See Them, Now You Don't - The Lost Colony, Part 3 (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Disappearing Act - The Anasazi, Part 1 (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Disappearing Act - The Anasazi, Part 2 (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Disappearing Act - The Anasazi, Part 3 (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Disappearing Act - The Anasazi, Part 4 (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Pirate Cave Ghost, Part 1 (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     Pirate Cave Ghost, Part 2 (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     Pirate Cave Ghost, Part 3 (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     Pirate Cave Ghost, Part 4 (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)


Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     Milton the Leprechaun Goes Back to Work (Very Quick Reader; Grades 1-3 Readability)
     Wally Finds Something Yummy (Very Quick Reader; Grades 1-3 Readability)
     The Night the Sky Cracked (Very Quick Reader; Grades 1-3 Readability)
     A Growing Pink Balloon! (Very Quick Reader; Grades 1-3 Readability)
     The Broken Pastry (Very Quick Reader; Grades 1-3 Readability)
     What Is Making Joey Itch? (Very Quick Reader; Grades 1-3 Readability)
     The Fruit with a Jacket (Very Quick Reader; Grades 1-3 Readability)
     Prickly Daddy! (Very Quick Reader; Grades 1-3 Readability)
     Fran the Fish Sees a Pink Surprise (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-3 Readability)
     The Strange Plate of Cheese (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Two Shining Eyes (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Pop! (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     A Musical Pet (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     It's a Mystery! (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-4 Readability)
     It's a Mystery! (Very Quick Reader; Grade 4 Readability)

Short Readers
     The Mystery of the Cottingley Fairies (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)

Spanish
     Wally encuentra algo delicioso (grades 1-3)
     Es un Misterio (grades 3-4)


Reading Comprehensions
Fiction
     Where is Sally? (Grades 1-2)
     The Sock Robber (Grades 1-2)
     Spring Surprise (Grades 1-2)
     Barn Mystery (Grades 2-3)
     Kitty Mystery (Grades 1-2)
     The Mystery of Making Friends (Grades 2-3)
     The Case of the Missing Money (Grades 2-3)
     The Mystery of the Bone that Grew (Grades 2-3)
     The Case of the Masked Bandit (Grades 2-4)
     The Mystery of the Floating Boy (Grades 2-4)
     A Sticky Situation (Grades 2-4)
     Gary the Goat? (Grades 2-4)
     The Missing Socks (Grade 3)
     Teller of Secrets (Grades 3-4)
     The Runaway Gingerbread Cookie Mystery (Grades 3-4)
     Finding Champ (Grades 3-5)
     The Mystery of the Missing Jewel (Grades 3-5)
     The Mystery of the Big Balloon (Grades 3-5)
     Plantation Mystery, Part 1 (Grades 4-5)
     Plantation Mystery, Part 2 (Grades 4-5)
     Plantation Mystery, Part 3 (Grades 4-5)
     Plantation Mystery, Part 4 (Grades 4-5)
     The Case of the Porcelain Doll (Grades 4-6)
     The Case of the Missing Deed (Grades 4-6)
     Silly Mrs. Peabody's Missing Spectacles (Grades 4-6)
     The Case of the Missing Cat's Eye (Grades 4-6)
     The Case of Peculiar Remembrances (Grades 4-6)
     The Case of the Woman with the Red Scarf (Grades 4-6)
     The Mystery of the Open Window (Grades 4-6)
     Terek's Revenge (Grades 4-6)
     Cherie's Mysterious Talent (Grades 4-6)
     The Magic Present (Grades 4-6)
     The Mystery of the Strand of Pearls, Part 1 (Grades 4-6)
     The Mystery of the Strand of Pearls, Part 2 (Grades 4-6)
     Mr. Pool and the Hot Tub Mystery (Grades 4-6)
     The Mysterious Double Life of Miss Fluffy (Grades 4-6)
     The Mystery of the Missing Ticket (Grades 4-6)
     The Mysterious Renoir Thief (Grades 4-6)
     The Cherry Cheesecake Mystery (Grades 4-6)
     The Mystery of the Newspaper Bandit (Grades 4-6)
     The Mystery of the Hidden Photograph, Part One (Grades 4-6)
     The Mystery of the Hidden Photograph, Part Two (Grades 4-6)
     The Mystery of the Hidden Photograph, Part Three (Grades 4-6)
     The Mysterious Fever (Grades 4-6)
     The Mystery of the Multiplying Chocolates (Grades 4-6)
     Mystery of the Diary Entry (Grades 4-6)
     Starting the Day on a Good Note (Grades 4-6)
     The Cornucopia Mystery (Grades 5-7)
     The Mystery of the Fifth Window, Part One (Grades 5-7)
     The Mystery of the Fifth Window, Part Two (Grades 5-7)
     The Mystery of the Fifth Window, Part Three (Grades 5-7)
     The Mystery of the Fifth Window, Part Four (Grades 5-7)
     The Mystery of the Man in the Dark (Grades 5-7)

Non-Fiction
     Giant Squids (Grades 4-6)
     Unsolved Mystery - Bigfoot (Grades 4-6)
     Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster (Grades 4-6)
     Unicorns (Grades 5-6)
     Roswell (Grades 5-6)
     Atlantis - Fact or Fantasy? (Grades 5-6)
     Atlantis (Grades 5-7)
     Stonehenge (Grades 5-7)
     The Loch Ness Monster (Grades 5-7)
     Crop Circles (Grades 5-7)
     The Bermuda Triangle (Grades 6-8)
     The Monster of Lake Champlain (Grades 6-8)
     Johannes Kepler and the Mystery of Six-Cornered Snowflakes (Grades 6-8)
     Nostradamus (Grades 7-9)

Spanish
     Preparado, apunta, ¡lanza esa flecha! (grades 1-2)
     Misterio en el establo (grades 2-3)
     El misterio de la gatita (grades 1-2)


Read and Color
            David's Missing Grapes
             The Disappearing Donuts (PDF file)


Activity Pages
            Monster Puzzles


Bulletin Board
            May Mystery Bulletin Board


Finish the Story
     Message in a Bottle (Grades 2-4)
     The Disappearing Snowball (Grades 2-4)
     Trouble in the Lab (Grades 2-4)
     A Cry in the Dark (Grades 3-4)
     A Dark and Stormy Night (Grades 3-5)
     An Unusual Gift (Grades 3-5)
     The Hidden Locket (Grades 3-5)
     The Mystery of the Old House (Grades 3-6)
     The Pocket Door (Grades 3-7)
     Whodunit? (Grades 4-6)
     Who Ate All My Cereal? (Grades 4-6)
     You Be the Detective! (Grades 6-8)


Book Units
    Young Cam Jansen and the Pizza Shop Mystery (Grades K-2)
    Bones and the Dinosaur Mystery (Grades 1-3)
    Cam Jansen - The Snowy Day Mystery (Grades 1-3)
    Nancy Drew: The Chinese New Year Mystery (Grades 1-3)
    Third Grade Detectives #7: The Case of the Dirty Clue (Grades 1-3)
    Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Haunted House (Grades 2-3)
    Boxcar Children #6 - Blue Bay Mystery (Grades 2-4)
    Boxcar Children #5 - Mike's Mystery (Grades 2-4)
    Boxcar Children #4 - Mystery Ranch (Grades 2-4)
    Boxcar Children #8 - The Lighthouse Mystery (Grades 2-4)
    Boxcar Children #7 - The Woodshed Mystery (Grades 2-4)
    Boxcar Children #3 - The Yellow House Mystery (Grades 2-4)
    The Boxcar Children #2 - Surprise Island (Grades 2-4)
    The Boxcar Children #1 - The Boxcar Children (Grades 2-4)
    Room One (Grades 3-5)
    The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog (Grades 3-5)
    Bunnicula (Grades 3-6)
    From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Grades 4-6)
    Goosebumps - Ghost Beach (Grades 4-6)
    Holes (Grades 4-6)
    Lion Boy (Grades 4-6)
    Sasquatch (Grades 4-6)
    The Diamond of Darkhold (Grades 4-6)
    The School Story (Grades 4-6)
    Chasing Redbird (Grades 4-7)
    The Thief Lord (Grades 4-7)
    The Westing Game (Grades 4-7)
    Belle Prater's Boy (Grades 4-8)
    Coraline (Grades 4-8)
    The City of Ember (Grades 4-8)
    The Egypt Game (Grades 5-6)
    House of Dies Drear (Grades 5-7)
    Point Blank (Grades 5-7)
    Cryptid Hunters (Grades 5-8)
    Hoot (Grades 5-8)
    The Black Stallion Mystery (Grades 5-8)
    The Man Who Was Poe (Grades 5-8)
    Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Grades 5-9)
    Chasing Vermeer (Grades 6-8)
    Things Hoped For (Grades 6-8)
    The White Mountains (Grades 6-10)
    Treasure Island (Grades 7-12)
    I Am the Cheese (Grades 9-12)


Mystery Analogies
             Mystery Analogies


Funda-blanks
     Big Foot (grades 2-3)
     Colossal Squid (grades 2-3)
     Nessie (grades 2-3)
     The Mystery Gift (grades 2-4)
     Crop Circles (grades 3-4)
     Roswell (grades 3-4)


Context Clues
     Context Clues Reading Skills Unit


Short Stories
From Short Stories Units (high school):
     The Cask of Amontillado
     The Most Dangerous Game
     The Minister's Black Veil


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