Wrapped in Mystery
Sandra Nash
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Teacher Bibliography
Conklin, Groff, ed. Ten Great Mysteries be Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1989.
An unabridged collection of Poe's favorites. Excellent for introducing Poe to young readers. I would recommend this for the avid Edgar Allan Poe fan.
Freeman, Judy. The Best New Children's Books. Washington: Bureau of Education & Research, 1997.
This is an excellent source for teachers and librarians. Freeman herself is a children's librarian and writes a column for Instructor magazine on children's books. Not only does this book critique children's novels, but it has an annotated bibliography. It also gives related titles for interdisciplinary teaching.
Johnson, Jennifer. "It's a Mystery! Cross-curricular investigations for 'detectives' of All grade levels," Creative Classroom, v. 12, 1997.
Creative Classroom is a good professional publication for teachers to get ideas for their classrooms. The mystery article involved integrating the topic into all disciplines in the classroom.
Mason, Jana M. and Kathryn H. Au. Reading Instruction For Today. U.S.A.: Harper Collins Publishers, 1990.
A textbook for teachers that discusses reading comprehension and useful classroom strategies. It's also a reference for various kinds of Language Arts activities.
McCarthy, Tara. Teaching Genre. New York: Scholastic Professional Books, 1996.
This publication examines various genres of literature, fantasy, nonfiction, legends, etc. It also gives some great hands-on activities for use with students.
The Psychological Corporation. Connecticut Mastery Test Second Generation. Connecticut, 1993.
This book comes from the state of Connecticut and is given to teachers to help them understand the Connecticut Mastery Test. It also gives sample questions from the test and student responses. It is mainly used by teachers to prepare students for the test.
Scholastic, Inc. Literature and Writing Workshop . Investigating Mysteries. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1992.
A mini textbook for classroom use. This series has many other titles available also. Many of the stories in this book are clue-laden and draw the reader into solving the mystery by its unique questioning within the story.
Scholastic Scope. Mysteries in the Spotlight. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1994.
This skills booklet features short mystery plays from some classic stories, including Arthur Conan Doyle and Saki. They are good for incorporating drama into the mystery genre. Class sets are fairly inexpensive.
Silbert, Jack. Math Mysteries and Activities to Build Problem-Solving Skills. New York: Scholastic Professional Books, 1995.
This is a wonderful source and can be used interdisciplinary. It integrates Math and problem solving skills across the curriculum. Each activity begins with a page of teacher tips.
