Hey, Riddle, Riddle

At the beginning of the school year, I asked kids in grades 3-5 to warm up their brains by working together to solve riddles. Can YOU figure out the 3rd grade ones? 

1. You are a cyclist in a cross­-country race. Just before crossing the finish line, you overtake the person in second place! What place did you finish in? 
   
   
2. Jimmy's mother had 4 children. She named the first Monday and the second Tuesday. The third is named Wednesday. What is the name of the fourth child? 
   
   
3. You are driving a bus. At the first stop, 2 women get on. The second stop, 3 men get on and 1 woman gets off. Third stop, 3 kids and their mom get on, and a man gets off. The bus is grey, and it is raining outside. What color is the bus driver’s hair? 
   
   
4. Which is heavier? A pound of feathers, or a pound of rocks? 
   
   
5. What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? 
   
   
6. In my hand I have two coins. Together, they total 30 cents. One isn’t a nickel. What are the coins?

I had to wait to post pictures of the students until we got the new photo permissions list. 

Grade 3 FICtion Call Numbers

Every fictional chapter book call number has "FIC" as the first line, and then the first three letters of the author's last name as the second line. 

For example, if I wrote a book, the call number would be 

FIC 

MOO 

What would YOUR call number be? 

Students figured out the call numbers for a list of books and then created their very own for a fiction book they "wrote." Here are some of their book covers:

 

K Pigeons

Kindergartners met the Pigeon, and we discussed how the rule about him not driving the bus relates to some of the rules we have at school. Then they practiced following directions by drawing him!

You can draw him at home by following these instructions from Mo Willems: