A to Z Mysteries: The Runaway Racehorse | 
pickThe Runaway Racehorse
Author: Ron Ray
Illustrator: John Steven Gurney
Genre: Traditional Literature
A disappearing horse, Weird mud prints, and a race to win tomorrow? Sounds like your reading an A to Z Mystery! Ron Ray is at it again with the mystery novel The Runaway Racehorse. I think this book would be great for an Authors Study(AS), students can pick out one of the many A to Z mystery books written by Ron Ray and generally get the same
LauraLeighn experience out of them. These mystery books encourage students to think critically and use prediction skills to solve the many mysteries in the lives of Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. UDL 3.2 is once again useful as it Highlights patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships. This strategy is easy to implement when talking about mysteries as students need to use high levels of thinking to solve the problem By highlighting patterns and big 4y
LauraLeighn ideas, teachers can guide students who need help towards the answers and promote critical thinking with others. ESOL 26. Maintain a library of supplementary books and workbooks written in simple English, which offer additional illustrations for problems, is applicable. This book has very simple vocabulary and detailed images that enhance the story and would be a level appropriate read for intermediate/ advanced ELLs in 3rd to 4th grade. 4y
LauraLeighn I think doing a mystery lesson would be fun, this website walks the teacher through setting up simple and elaborate clues and puzzles for students to solve. https://enjoy-teaching.com/fun-mystery-activities-kids/ #ucflae3414SU20 4y
DrSpalding Ron Roy created and easy to read series of books using the alphabet! I have read them all. Mysteries and trying to figure out who committed the crime… AIDS comprehension. The content in these books could actually be appropriate for upper first and second graders as well. 4y
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