Mini Series: Let’s Be Detectives! 🕵️ Mystery #1

The Dirty Classroom

🔍 Read the Story

The classroom is clean in the morning.
After lunch, the floor is very dirty.
There is paper and trash on the floor.
Three students are in the classroom: Mia, Jake, and Leo.

🧩 Look at the Clues

• Mia says, “I cleaned my desk after lunch.”
• Jake has paper in his hands.
• Leo is putting trash in the trash can now.

Question:

👉What happened?

👉I think __________ made the classroom dirty because __________________________.

Bonus:

👉 Why is it NOT the other 2 students?

I think __________ did not do it because __________________________.

Scroll down for the answer!

Answer:

The criminal is Jake!

Don’t be fooled by Leo, who is holding the trash–he is trying to clean up the mess Jake made!

It can’t be Mia, since she cleaned her desk after lunch.

Jake has been caught in the middle of throwing paper everywhere!

…Did you solve the mystery? 😉