Riddle of the Day for Text Evidence Printable and Digital Year Long Bundle
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Riddle of the Day is a fantastic activity that reinforces reading skills such as inferring and looking for text evidence in a fun and engaging way. Each day, your students will look forward to hearing and solving the riddle. Additionally, you can target other skills like sight words, phonics focus, and phonemic awareness! Your class will love the riddle of the day!
In each month of riddles you will find:
- 20 Original Riddles of the Day with the answers
- A printable PDF Version and Image files
- You can use the image files to embed in your interactive whiteboard
- Full color and black/white images are included if you wish to print the riddles out
- Seesaw Preloaded Activity slides. Just click to add.
September Riddle of the Day Themes:
- School Supplies Riddles
- School Subjects Riddles
- Lunch Items Riddles
- Colors Riddles
October Riddle of the Day Themes:
- Fire safety Riddles
- Halloween-ish (spiders, bats, candy corn, then two Halloween things) Riddles
- Pumpkin facts Riddles
- Shapes (2D shapes) Riddles
November Riddle of the Day Themes:
- Thanksgiving Riddles
- Fall Things Riddles
- Family members Riddles
- What season am I? Riddles
- Nocturnal animals Riddles
December Riddle of the Day Themes:
- Hibernating Animals Riddles
- Cookie baking Riddles
- Gingerbread man characters Riddles
- Holiday symbols Riddles
January Riddle of the Day Themes:
- Parts of a snowman Riddles
- Winter things Riddles
- Arctic Animals Riddles
- Winter Games Riddles
- January Celebrations (Martin Luther King, Jr. and 100th day) Riddles
February Riddle of the Day Themes:
- Community Helpers Riddles
- Space Riddles
- February celebrations (Groundhog Day, Valentine's Day, President's Day, 100th Day) Riddles
- Our body (heart, lungs, muscles, brain, bones) Riddles
March Riddle of the Day Themes:
- 5 senses Riddles
- Weather Riddles
- What plants need and plants Riddles
- Plant helpers Riddles
April Riddle of the Day Themes:
- Helping the earth -Earth Day Riddles
- Farm Riddles
- Oviparous Animals (guess what is in the egg) Riddles
- Animal Habitats Riddles
May Riddle of the Day Themes:
- Zoo Animals Riddles
- Insects Riddles
- Life Cycles Riddles
- Ocean Animals Riddles
June Riddle of the Day Themes:
- Sports Riddles
- Summer things Riddles
- At the beach Riddles
- Going camping Riddles
Would you like to see these riddles in action?
How to use these riddles in the classroom:
Many years ago, I incorporated the Riddle of the Day into my daily routine. This is what it looked like back then:
- Each morning, when my students walked in, I would have a riddle written out and waiting for them on chart paper.
- As my students trickled in, I read the riddle to them.
- Students would then take a scrape of paper (small 2” x 2” paper from the recycle bin) and draw a picture for what they thought the answer was.
- Students would fold up their answers and place them in a plastic bag, but you can use a cup.
- After our pledge, I would read the riddle again and I would begin to tally mark the guesses.
- We would then count the tally marks and write the numerals. You can have a quick discussion about more/less, how many more crayons than chalk… You can even graph your data.
- Next, we would start to read the riddle again while digging into the clues.
- As we read each line, we think If that was a good clue and if we should cross out any guesses.
- Usually, we are left with a few possible answers. We look at the initial sounds to determine which was the correct one.
- We also return to the poem and underline the words that helped us the most.
- Over time, students will begin to pay attention to the text clues…plus it is fun!
TIP: You can also go back to this riddle and look for certain letters, words, rhyming words, 2 syllable words… the possibilities are endless. It would make a fun center activity too!
