Adverbs Animal Mysteries Activity

Here is an Adverbs Animal Mysteries Activity that your students will love! These mysteries were designed with 2nd – 4th grade students in mind. Students will have a blast helping Mr. Harrison crack the cases.

What You Get:

There are two mysteries included.

The Case of the Food Fight

This version is higher level with more application focused questions and more advanced sentences. Recommended for grades 3-4.

The Case of the Missing Ticket Kiosk

This version is lower level with more identification focused questions and less advanced sentences. Recommended for grades 2-3. Both versions include an extended writing opportunity, suspect list, and answer key.

How This Activity Works:

For students to eliminate suspects, they must follow the steps of the clues. These clues require critical thinking as they decide which animals need to be crossed out. I suggest pre-teaching this and explaining how to eliminate suspects to avoid confusion.

Example: A clue that says, “The culprit’s name has the number of letters as your answer.” with the answer of 4 means that the culprit’s name has EXACTLY 4 letters. Students will need to cross off any animals that do NOT have 4 letters in their name.

I hope you enjoy!

1 PDF with 18 usable pages