Christina, Grant, Mimi, and Papa go "All aboard!" the train Papa's borrowed train for a fast-adventure across America - and try to keep from being "derailed" by mysterious mishaps, spooky surprises, and - oh, it's so dark in here! - those treacherous tunnels!
Look What's Inside This Mystery - people, places, history and more!
Places: Washington, D.C. - Union Station • The National Mall • Washington Monument • Lincoln Memorial; Nebraska - Union Station • Union Pacific Railroad Historical Museum • Chimney Rock; Missouri - Museum of Westward Expansion • Independence • Eads Bridge, St. Louis; Colorado - Union Station; Utah - Salt Lake City • Promontory Summit; and Mississippi River and Sierra Nevada Mountains
People: Lewis and Clark • Harry S. Truman • Shakespeare • Abraham Lincoln • Pioneers
Educational Items: Cattle drives • Union Station's history • Steam Engines • Louisiana Purchase • Transcontinental Railroad • Westward Expansion • Oregon Trail • Manifest Destiny • Golden Spike ceremony • The Old West • Bethel Granite • Sierra No. 3 • The Gateway Arch • California Trail • California Gold Rush • Kerosene • Coal • Oil • The Pony Express • Pinto horses • Historic trains: No. 119 and Jupiter
Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.
Below is the
Reading Levels Guide for this book:
Grade Levels: 2-8
Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 3.6
Accelerated Reader Points: 2
Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 150376
Lexile Measure: 610
Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q
Developmental Assessment Level: 40
Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters
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For additional resources, go to the Resources Tab. On the Resource Tab, you will find Common Core State Standards for Teachers, Where Have You Been map, additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussion Questions and Book Club Activities, and the Around the World Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA.
FREE resources for you!
1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries
Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards HERE.
2. Download the
Where Have You Been map
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3. Utilize the
Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries
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4. Download additional activities including
Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities HERE.
5. The corresponding
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