Readers' Theater HALLOWEEN MYSTERY Script Grades 3-4 | Halloween Thieves Mystery

This grades 3-4 Readers’ Theater brain teaser mystery script will give students Halloween scares and giggles. The Mystery of the Halloween Thieves readers’ theater script will engage both ELA and drama classes. It requires learners to use critical thinking skills and make inferences from context clues to reveal the identities of two thieves. The script is intended for about 10 students but the number of readers can easily be contracted or expanded, depending on how many groups you wish to have.

This funny, high interest story is about a Halloween in which a sister and brother known for being ‘unmotivated’ (some might say lazy!) have a much more active 31st of October than they had hoped for. They have to track down TWO Halloween thieves, one at school and one during an evening trick or treating. Phew! They definitely need your students’ help to solve the clues.

Students not only have to assist in the solution of the two mysteries, but also discuss and write on four questions and complete a journal entry. Completing the resource are two fun extension activities: a page of mix and match spooky jokes and a Halloween ‘Find the Missing Objects’ detection activity. 5 Halloween coloring borders will keep early finishers happy and engaged!

Question sheets and answers are included.

Table of contents

Cast List page 1

Script pages 2-11
Mystery Questions page 12
Questions and activities pages 13-19
Answers pages 20-22

Need more Halloween fun resources? For a scary mystery readers' theater script try: Readers Theater Scary Mystery Script GRADES 3-4
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