Mystery Solved

The January Month of Mystery has concluded with much excitement!

We kicked off this literacy and problem solving adventure the day we all returned back to school after the Christmas/New Year Holiday. Each student in each grade level received a copy of a book from the mystery genre.  Students and teachers read the selection and engaged in problem solving as the mysteries unfolded.  The grade level selections were as follows:

Kindergarten - Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard & James Marshall

First Grade - The Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin

Second Grade - Mysteries According to Humphrey by Betty Birney

Third Grade - Bunnicula by James Howe

Fourth Grade - From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

The reading and discussion of these texts concluded this week along with another mystery for our Lower School students.  When we all returned in early January it was discovered that the Golden Ticket Box was missing.  Some clues were visible and we made note of that evidence.  Throughout the month a suspect list was developed and evidence was shared at the conclusion of the daily Chapel service.  Students were developing their theories of who absconded with this box and the possible motive of why.

Yesterday, each class had to complete a task with a “Glow Day” theme.  With those completions, students received more evidence/clues about the mystery.

Finally, the mystery is solved and the box is returned to its rightful location and all is well.  Be sure to ask your student about their grade level book and the mystery of the missing Golden Ticket Box.