Writing Riddles

Morning Challenges
 Day 1 Riddles
• I am a snowman’s nose,
• And a reindeer’s Christmas Eve treat.
• I’m good to eat, but crunchy when raw; Click to reveal the
• Bugs Bunny’s favourite.
answer!
What am I?
LA
Instructions: use the next list to help you write your own riddle
I look like
about a banana
I sound like
I have
•I look like I am
•I sound like I feel
•You find me MA
Remember to use
•I have WOW words and
•I am connectives like ‘but’
and ‘so’
•I feel
HA
Remember to use WOW words
and a connective like ‘however’
and ‘although’
 Day 2 Riddles
• My transport is a boat.
• My teeth are often crooked or missing.
• I love jewels and gold. Click to reveal the
• My pet is a parrot.
answer!
What am I?

Challenge A Challenge B Challenge C

Can you add three more clues Can you write a different
Can you write a riddle about a
to the riddle above? pirate riddle?
mermaid?

Ideas: what pirates say, his Include a clue about his Try and start one of your
wooden leg, sailing the seas, a wooden leg. sentences with an adverb e.g.
bottle of rum… carefully, loudly
 Day 3 Riddles
Instructions: two riddles have been blown about in the
wind. Can you put the two riddles back together?
Clue: one is about a chimpanzee and one is about a brown (grizzly) bear.

The sound I make is an ‘oo’ Challenge A

I have four paws.
‘oo’. Look at the riddle about the brown
bear. Give each line a name: ‘Food’,
My arms are longer than my ‘Body’, ‘Nose’, ‘Where it lives’ and
legs. Alone is how I live. ‘How it lives.’
Challenge B
Write a riddle about a friend.
Roar! Fish and berries are my Remember to describe:
favourite foods. -hair
-eye
-things they like/dislike
I live in America. Challenge C
Create two riddles: Each riddle is about
I am an ape. a different person in the class. Read it
My long arms help me to out and see if anyone can guess which
swing through the trees. I like living in groups. is which.
 Day 3 Riddles
I have four paws.
My arms are longer than my
legs.
Roar!
I live in America.
My long arms help me to
swing through the trees.
I have four paws.
Roar!
I live in America.
Alone is how I live.
Fish and berries are my
favourite foods.
The sound I make is an ‘oo’
‘oo’.
Alone is how I live.
Fish and berries are my
favourite foods.
I am an ape.
I like living in groups.
My arms are longer than my
legs.
The sound I make is an ‘oo’
‘oo’.
I am an ape.
I like living in groups.
My long arms help me to
swing through the trees.
 Day 4 Riddles
Instructions: this riddle has zbeen started for you. Today
you will need to finish this riddle.

No one can reach me Challenge A

They say there’s a pot of gold at the end I look like
I have
This riddle has been started, what will you I am
write next?
I come out when
Challenge B
Here are some ideas… How can you use 3 WOW words in your
sentences?
When you see a rainbow
Challenge C
The colours How can you use the following sentence
openers…
-adverb?
Leprechauns
-Ing word?
After it has rained -A WOW word?
 Day 5 Riddles
• I am part of a bird but I always stay dry.
• I fly over land following the bird wherever it goes. Challenge A
• I can fly across the oceans and never get wet. Change some of the
• I can change shape and size. words to make them
z into WOW words.
• I can change from dark to pale. Challenge B
• You can’t catch me or touch me. Change how some of
the sentences start.
What am I? Add a connective
somewhere.
Challenge C
A bird’s shadow! Change the order of
some of the words to
Click to reveal the make it sound
answer! different.