Phonics
Thematic Unit
Riddles
100

What are the vowels in the alphabet?

                                                       


    

A E I O U (Y)

100

Ron has a big job to do. His mom and dad are too busy to rake the leaves in his yard. He finished his homework early so he is going outside to rake up all the leaves.

                                                     

silly    responsible    happy    kind

responsible

100

What month of the year has 28 days?

All of them

200

What are consonants? 

Any letter that is not a vowel

200

Mr. Scarecrow loves to make friends. He lets all the birds rest on his arms. He lets the mice and squirrels run up and down his legs. He likes to play with all the animals in the cornfield.


friendly    funny    responsible    scary

                                                       


    

                                                       


    

friendly

200

What question can you never answer yes to?

are you asleep yet?

300

Add "ing" to shop 

Shopping 

300

Brad lives in a new house. He does not have any friends in his new neighborhood. He sees some kids playing football. He likes football. He sits on his steps and watches the kids play. He hopes they will see him.


friendly    shy    silly    mean


                                                       


    

shy

300

What goes up but never comes down?

Your age 

400

How many syllables does the word alligator have? How do you know? 

400

Jill and Kim are carving pumpkins. Kim wants to make a happy face. “You can’t do that!” yelled Jill. “They have to be scary!” She took the pumpkin from Kim.


helpful   generous   bossy   thoughtful

                                                       


    

                                                       


    

bossy 

400

A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?

He was bald 

500

Spell 

beautiful 

500

Dean and his family play card games on Sundays. When no one is looking Dean takes an extra card. He wants to win and doesn’t have a very good hand. He hopes his family will not notice.


bossy    friendly    dishonest    nice

                                                       


    

dishonest 

500

What has hands, but can’t clap?

a clock

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