Lunar New Year
Reading Mystery Worksheets · Grades 3–6 · Holiday Traditions
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Inside the case file
Ring in a celebration with a case to crack. This printable Lunar New Year Reading Mystery turns a nonfiction passage about Lunar New Year traditions into a reading-detective investigation for Grades 3–6 classroom teachers, homeschoolers, and tutors. It drops straight into a holidays, cultures, or winter literacy lesson and gets students reading carefully to solve it.
Students gather evidence straight from the passage, ruling out suspects one answer at a time until the culprit is all that's left. No prep, no logins.
Quick Details
Grade Levels: Grades 3–6
Format: Printable PDF
Resource Type: Reading Mystery worksheets
Reading Skills: Nonfiction comprehension, text evidence, main idea, inference, and cultural understanding
Tech Needed: None — no apps, locks, passwords, or student logins required
The Case
A festive mystery has appeared during the celebrations, and a line-up of suspects is waiting. The only way to crack the case is to read closely about Lunar New Year — the zodiac animals, family traditions, and foods that mark the new year — using every comprehension answer as a clue to rule a suspect out, until just one remains.
How the Reading Mystery Works
Students become Reading Detectives, reading about Lunar New Year and using text evidence to cross suspects off until only the culprit is left.
What's Included
- A "You are a detective" case-file page that sets the scene and the mission
- An engaging nonfiction passage on Lunar New Year (the zodiac, family traditions, and festive foods)
- Multiple-choice comprehension questions (all answers found in the text)
- Open-ended comprehension questions
- A suspect line-up page for eliminating suspects one clue at a time
- Vocabulary support and extension activities for early finishers
- A full answer key
- Color and black-and-white versions
- 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
- Lunar New Year and holidays lessons
- Cultures and world studies
- Nonfiction reading comprehension practice
- Reading centers, early finishers, sub plans, and small groups
- Homeschool reading
