Teaching Resources for March

march morning riddles, teaching resource
March Morning Riddles

             MARCH MORNING RIDDLES

20 March riddles for your students to read, think, write, and solve. These riddles are a great writing activity for morning seatwork. Students settle right in with reading and writing. It is motivating because the children love to guess the answer to today's riddle. You can easily assign these riddles for distance learning and school-at-home work.

Each riddle is a March theme idea and contains many high-frequency words. Your students read the riddle, think, and write a sentence that answers the question. Next, they illustrate the sentence that they wrote. This is a motivating writing-reading-thinking literacy activity that you may use for morning seatwork, homework, for fast finishers, or anytime. This resource includes teacher directions, bin labels, and an answer key. Also, if you wish to make a 'March Riddle' booklet, there are covers. It is appropriate for grades 1 -2 and homeschoolers.


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How to include a morning riddle in your daily routine:

  1. When students arrive each morning, they ready themselves to start the day. Riddles are in a bin on a shelf.
  2. Students bring their morning riddle to their tables or desks.
  3. Students start to read, and it will warm your heart to see independent readers already reading, even before attendance has been taken.
  4. Allow students to help each other with the reading.
  5. The natural talk begins.