Main Idea and Supporting Details Reading Mystery Task Cards

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Practice main idea and supporting details with this exciting 4th, 5th, and 6th grade ELA reading comprehension mystery activity! These Reading Mystery Task Cards are perfect for helping students master identifying the main idea and supporting details in short text passages and paragraphs, while solving a classroom mystery. Students will walk around the room, answer reading comprehension questions, and cross off suspects to discover who broke the Maplewood Wildcats' championship trophy!

This reading mystery encourages critical thinking, movement, and reading comprehension all at once. Each task card presents a short text passage followed by a multiple-choice question focused on identifying the main idea. Students record their answers, eliminate names from the suspect list, and work toward solving the mystery. These text passage task cards are perfect for ELA review, literacy centers, scoot activities, or as a highly engaging early finisher task.

Inside this resource, you will find:

• Reading Mystery Task Cards focused on main idea and supporting details
• A student recording sheet with suspect eliminations, and a complete answer key
  

These 5th grade reading comprehension task cards align with Common Core standards. The no-prep format makes it easy to set up — simply print the task cards, post them around the room, and watch your students transform into detectives using their reading comprehension skills to solve the case!

Looking for an interactive, fun way to practice 4th-grade, 5th-grade, or 6th-grade reading skills? These Reading Mystery Task Cards are perfect for reinforcing main idea, supporting details, and ELA reading comprehension using engaging text passages.

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