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Title - Pumpkin Math Riddle
By - Lisa Hitt
Primary Subject - Math
Grade Level - 3-6

MAKE A KEY BOX LIKE THIS:

LETTER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P
   
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Q R S T U V W X Y Z !


Then make up a riddle like...

    RIDDLE QUESTION
    Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?


    then put the letter codes like this...

    RIDDLE
    8549414'20812252085 721201927
       
    RIDDLE ANSWER
    HE DIDN'T  HAVE THE GUTS!


It is like a brain boggler to kids, so it is fun!

Here is a website where you can get more Halloween riddles and jokes:

www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/halloween/games/jokes.html


Hope you and your class have fun with it!

E-Mail Lisa Hitt!

 
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