Stories and words
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Thinking sheet · Stories and words
Riddle Writer
Write four riddles with clues, hide the answers under the flap line and try them on a friend.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Stories and words
- Kids practice
- describing, inference, wordplay
What kids do
“I have keys but open no doors. What am I? Now write your own riddles!”
- Four riddles (fold the answer under)
- The trickiest riddle was number… because…
How to run it
- Start with an object and list what it does and looks like.
- Draw the answer in the box and fold the bottom line under.
- Hold a riddle swap.
Talk about it
- What makes a riddle tricky but fair?
- Which clues gave it away?
- What is the best riddle you’ve heard?
Take it further
Make a class riddle book.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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