ANZAC Day
Reading Mystery Worksheets · Grades 3–6 · Honouring Courage & Sacrifice
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Inside the case file
Help your students honour the Anzac story. This printable ANZAC Day Reading Mystery turns a nonfiction passage about Gallipoli, the Anzac spirit, and the traditions of remembrance into a reading-detective investigation for Grades 3–6 classroom teachers, homeschoolers, and tutors. It drops straight into an Anzac Day commemoration or history lesson and turns comprehension practice into a case they want to crack.
Every comprehension answer clears another suspect, so students have to read closely and reason carefully to name the culprit — print it and go.
Quick Details
Grade Levels: Grades 3–6 (best for Grades 4–6)
Format: Printable PDF
Resource Type: Reading Mystery worksheets
Reading Skills: Nonfiction comprehension, text evidence, main idea, inference, and historical understanding
Tech Needed: None — no apps, locks, passwords, or student logins required
The Case
A collection of personal letters and artefacts from Gallipoli has been found, but no one knows who they belonged to. It is up to your students to connect the clues, restore the memory of a forgotten soldier, and work out who the letters belonged to — learning about the Anzac spirit and why we remember along the way.
How the Reading Mystery Works
Students play Reading Detectives, reading about ANZAC Day and narrowing the suspect list one text-based answer at a time until the case cracks.
What's Included
- A "You are a detective" case-file page that sets the scene and the mission
- An engaging ANZAC Day reading passage (the ANZACs, the Gallipoli campaign, the Anzac spirit, and traditions such as the Dawn Service, red poppies, and remembrance marches)
- 15 multiple-choice comprehension questions (all answers found in the text)
- Open-ended response questions
- A suspect line-up page for working through the clues
- A word find and extension activities for early finishers
- Print-and-go PDF format
Skills Covered
- Reading and understanding nonfiction informational text
- Finding and using text evidence
- Identifying main idea and supporting details
- Drawing inferences and conclusions
- Vocabulary in context
- Logic, reasoning, and critical thinking
Best Used For
- Anzac Day commemorations and remembrance lessons
- Australian and New Zealand history and social studies
- Nonfiction reading comprehension practice
- Reading centres, early finishers, sub plans, and small groups
- Homeschool reading
