Description
Give students focused reading practice and opportunities to explain their understanding.
- Grades: 3–5
- Format: MagiCore Web + Printable pages
Learning Objective
Students read a detective-style story about a galactic space station.
What's Included
- Teacher Introduction
- Mystery Student Letter and Video
- Suspect List
- Clue 1 Story & Questions
- Clue 2 Story & Questions
- Clue 3 Story & Questions
- Clue 4 Story & Questions
- Clue 5 Story & Questions
- Conclusion & Questions
- Confidential Suspect File and Videos
- Certificate
- Answer key
Ways to Use
Whole-class instruction, small groups, independent practice, or enrichment.
Preparation
Preview the student pages, choose the activities, and print the pages you need. For digital use, check device and internet access and assign the version you will use.
Standards & Skills
Students read a detective-style story about a galactic space station.








McKenzie C. –
My students really enjoyed working on this and were able to review skills.
Miss Blair’s Creations –
My students love reading mysteries, so they enjoyed this!
Michaela C. –
Great resource! The directions were clear, the materials were easy to prep, and it kept my students engaged throughout the lesson. I also appreciated how easy it was to modify for different learning levels. Thank you for creating and sharing this!
Caroline H. –
loved this to add to a room transformation i already have
Savannah B. –
Great review for test prep that ties into our science standards
kimberly B. –
My kids LOVE when they hear they have a virtual field trip or webquest from Magicore! It is so easy to assign in an instant. The kids enjoy the videos. The read aloud option id great for my kids who have accommodations. They cover SO MANY different topics.
Ashley M. –
These really kept my students engaged and practicing key skills. Thank you!
Liz Strathman –
This resource was great for my 3rd graders, thank you!
Lianne W. –
My students loved using this resource. They were engaged the entire time.
Lindsay Hawsey –
This is a great resource for space day! Students enjoyed the activity
Ashley F. –
The Galactic Space Station Puzzle made reading comprehension exciting and fun! My students enjoyed the space theme and worked together to solve the puzzles, which helped boost their understanding and engagement with the texts.
Ashley G. –
This resource was just what I needed! It’s easy to use, well-organized, and saved me so much time. My students stayed engaged, and it fit perfectly with our curriculum. Thank you for creating such a helpful tool!
Elementary Vibes with Mrs McNeal –
These escape rooms have been the perfect review activity for my students!
Kayleigh Sykora –
This was an excellent resource for our third grade class. Thank you for creating and sharing your work!
NotJustAnotherTeacher –
My students love your reading activity. They are just the right amount of challengening and covers concepts we are working on in class. They are great resources. Thank you
Josephine P. –
My students really enjoyed this review activity. It was an engaging way to review for state testing.
Kennya G. –
LOVE this resource! Keeps my scholars busy but also challenges them!
Andrea F. –
Students loved this activity. They asked for more. They also had a very easy time navigating through the activities.
Kate Urban –
These are so fun!!! I purchased a bunch of these to leave with subs and they have been incredible. We did a practice one together and then the kids are able to go and do it independently. I love that it self checks and that the students can’t move on until all their answers are correct! Love, love, love these!!
Miranda A. –
My students loved this activity. They were so engaged and asking questions about how to navigate. Most students asked to play again or do to another one. I will definitely be using this again.
The Simple Side –
This is exactly what I needed in my classroom! Engaging and easy to prep! Thank you so much for a great resource!
Leia W. –
This was GREAT! My students loved the extra puzzle challenge.