Riddles
What runs all around the backyard but never moves?
A fence
The word basketball has this many syllables.
Three
The “e” makes the “a” say its name in this word you use to stick paper together.
Tape
You use this three-syllable word to talk about your brother or sister.
family
This force pulls objects toward the center of the Earth — it’s why things fall when you drop them.
Gravity
What starts with a ‘P’, ends with an ‘E’, and has thousands of letters?
Post office
This word sounds like flour but means a blooming plant.
Flower
The ir in this word makes the same sound as in bird, and it comes before “second.”
First
This two-syllable word describes something very big. The first syllable is closed, and the second is open.
giant
This shape has three sides and three angles. Spell it correctly!
Triangle
What is always in front of you but can't be seen?
the future
This prefix means “again.”
Re-
The “ee” says /ē/ in this word, and you have two on your face.
Cheeks
A two-syllable word for what you use at meals to keep clean. Both syllables are closed (short vowels).
Napkin
If you have one whole pizza and cut it into 8 equal slices, each slice is one of these. Spell it correctly!
Fraction
What has 13 hearts, but no lungs, feet or bellybuttons?
A deck of cards
These two words sound the same — one means “two,” the other means “also.”
To and Too
The “ea” in this word says /ē/, and you eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Meal
This word has three syllables and names an animal that sleeps through winter.
hibernates
This is the layer of air that surrounds Earth.
Atmosphere
What appears once in a minute, twice in a moment, but not once in a thousand years?
The letter M
This word has a silent “b” and a digraph — it names a part of your body near your hand.
Thumb
This word breaks the “i before e” rule — you use it to spell a number.
Eight
I have two syllables, and one of them includes a digraph that makes one sound.
You see me when you read stories!
Chapter
This is the name for water that falls from the sky as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. Spell it correctly!
Precipitation