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Activity Plan 4-5: Riddles by the Bagful!
Young scholars write a riddle to be included in a class riddle book. In this creative-thinking instructional activity, the teacher will introduce children to riddles, then guide children through the process of writing and illustrating...
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Fiddle Dee Diddle - It's Time For A Riddle
Energize your math class! They will use the story problem process to solve math riddle problems. They compute and solve problems involving addition and subtraction of 3- and 4- digit numbers and basic facts of multiplication and division...
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Stone Soup
First graders examine the use of logic, deduction, and inference to determine the answers to riddles. They listen to a teacher read aloud of Heather Forest's, Stone Soup before discussing the story which gauges their comprehension....
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Riddle Me Cents!
Pupils use their creativity and logic skills as well as their knowledge of coin values and history to solve a variety of riddles. The lesson prompts students to compose their own riddles, exchange them with classmates, and solve them.
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Solve the Riddles, Write an Equation
In this math riddles worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to solve 5 riddles that require them to use their knowledge of addition and subtraction.
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Kennings: Poetry
Using a list of adjectives, learners answer a riddle. Through this creative presentation, your class can review the use of adjectives and descriptive language. They read a poem full of adjectives and guess which animal is being...
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Place Value Logic Exercise
In this place value worksheet, students read 5 place value riddles. Students figure out what number fits the criteria and write it on the line.
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Math Stars: a Problem-Solving Newsletter Grade 7
Put on your thinking caps because middle school math has never been more interesting in this huge resource full of thought provoking questions. Written as a newsletter, the resource has 10 two-page newsletters with a variety of...
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Email Riddles
Students compose riddles that are shared in a chat session conducted on their local school network. Students create clues that describe a specific animal or object. They watch as their words are typed onto the chat screen and sent to the...
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Yes or No Logic Problem
In this statistics learning exercise, students solve word problems using statistics and probability. They solve a riddle identifying the probability of the event occurring.
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Stupid Quiz
Students listen and discuss word problems that promote students to demonstrate logical reasoning. In this logical reasoning lesson plan, students discuss 10 word problems.
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The Sherandomen and the Handleyman
In this math worksheet, 10th graders are given a riddle and are asked specific questions about the riddle. The goal is to figure out who in the story is telling the truth and who is not. This worksheet contains 1 riddle with an answer key.
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I Have A Friend Who
In this friend worksheet, students use logic and reasoning to determine the characteristics of a person. This one-page worksheet contains 1 problem. The answer is provided.
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Ant, Bat, Cat
In this secondary mathematics worksheet, students determine the solution to a riddle involving an ant, a bat, and a cat and given three statements students must determine which statement is true. The one page worksheet contains one...
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What Happened??
In this past modals of deduction worksheet, students read a statement, such as "There is a bird in a locker room" and discuss what may have happened to create this improbable situation. Students us past modals of deduction in their...
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Cards Brainteaser
In this logic worksheet, students read four hints about the placement of playing cards. Students use the clues to identify the names of the four cards.
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Logic Plus Math Equals Critical Thinking
Logic problems can be an integral part of the school day.
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Narrow It Down
Students participate in a logic activity in which they identify items. In this logic activity, students work in groups as they play a questioning game that is similar to "Twenty Questions." They ask questions and rule out items in a...
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Track Meet
In this reasoning worksheet, 3rd graders look over a table with statistics and solve the answers to 5 word problems related to the table about a class track meet.
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Judge Handley's Phone Number
In this phone number worksheet, students examine clues and use number sense to determine the answer to given riddles. Upon completion of each statement, the student will have the correct answer to Judge Handley's phone number. This...
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The Circle's Measure
Students explore circumference and diameter. In this math lesson plan, students apply their knowledge of circumference and diameter to solve mathematical riddles. Students apply this knowledge to find circumference and diameter of...
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The Brain Teaser Five Pack
In this brain teaser instructional activity, students find the answers to 5 word and number puzzles. They reason answers and use number skills to find the answers.
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Not So Snappy 4
In this math worksheet, students work out the word problems in an attempt to use the skills of logic and deduction to arrive at the correct solution.
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Choosing A Career - Without Limitations
Students examine their views on gender bias in the classroom. In this gender bias/gender equity lesson, students define non-traditional career areas for their gender. They discuss their perception of "male and female" jobs before...