Challenges - What Am I?

Challenges - What am I?

Your students will love these daily challenge activities. You can post clues day-by-day, or use the entire passage at once.

1st Grade

A1 - Flag Free

Read the daily clues about the American Flag and have kids guess the mystery object.

A2 - Popcorn Free

Can your students figure out the mystery food with these clues?

A3 - Vet Member

Who helps pets, farm, animals, and zoo animals? Students use the daily clues to solve the mystery.

A4 - Raisin Member

It's a small food that you might find in your cereal. Will your students be able to figure out the answer?

A5 - Barn Member

What type of building is a large, red house where animals live? Challenge your students to figure out the answer.

A6 - Egg Member

I am white or brown on the outside. I am yellow and white on the inside. You can fry me, bake me, or boil me.

A7 - Tree Member

I am used to make pencils and paper. Animals make their homes in me. I give shade on hot, summer days.

2nd Grade

B1 - White House Free

Read the article or daily clues to see if your students can determine the mystery place.

B2 - Watermelon Member

Learn about watermelons this week, with these challenge clues.

B3 - Sand Member

Sand is the answer to this tricky challenge.

B4 - Home Member

After reading these tricky clues, will students be able to guess the mystery place?

B5 - Marshmallow Member

Did you know how the marshmallow got its name? I didn't before I read this.

B6 - Ants Member

I am sometimes called a groundnut or a goober-pea. I am used to make medicine, soap, paint, and kitty litter.

B7 - Skunk Member

I am a black and white animal that can be found in North America. I am the size of a house cat. Don't make me mad or I'll let out a terrible odor.

3rd Grade

C1 - Pizza Member

Students try to determine the mystery food by reading the daily clues.

C2 - Aardvark Member

What unusual African animal could these clues be describing?

C3 - Spiders Member

Living creatures with 8 eyes? What could these clues be describing?

C4 - Peanut Member

I am sometimes called a groundnut or a goober-pea. I am used to make medicine, soap, paint, and kitty litter.

C5 - Penguin Member

We are birds, but we don't fly. Most birds are afraid of people, but we are not. We all live in the Southern Hemisphere.

C6 - Chocolate Member

I am made from a bean. Long ago I was used to make a bitter drink. Today I am found in candy, cake, and even ice cream.

C7 - Goat Member

I was one of the first animals to be tamed by humans. I am smart and curious, which explains why I often escape from my pen.

C8 - Polar Bear Member

I am an animal with black skin and a black tongue. I mostly eat seals, but I can even eat some types of whales. My fur is white and I live in Alaska, Greenland, and Canada.

4th Grade

D1 - Bats Member

Students read the daily clues to guess the mystery animals.

D2 - Cell Member

In this tricky challenge activity, students will learn many new facts abut cells.

D3 - Owls Member

What flat-faced animal lives in trees and on the edges of cliffs?

D4 - Jefferson Member

Which man was the third president of the USA and writer of the Declaration of Independence?

D5 - California Member

In the 1850s, I became a state. Many people looked for gold here, which is why it is known as the "Golden State."

D6 - Tarantula Member

Some people think I'm scary. Others think I make a great pet. People in Cambodia think I make a tasty snack.

D7 - Octopus Member

Scientists say that I am one of the smartest invertebrates. If you put me in a tank, I may be able to figure out how to escape.

5th Grade

E1 - George Washington Carver Member

What famous black agriculturalist was known as the 'Plant Doctor' and discovered 300 ways to use peanuts?

E2 - Plaque Member

People have been trying to get rid of me for a hundreds of years. They once used crushed bone and oyster shells to do away with me.

E3 - Antarctica Member

I am a place. It's summer here from November through February. In the winter it's dark all the time. In December and January it can be light for up to 20 hours a day.

E4 - William Seward Member

I served as Secretary of State under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson. I am most famous for purchasing Alaska for the United States.

E5 - Paul Revere Member

I worked as a goldsmith and silversmith. Perhaps I could be called The Marvelous Messenger because I warned American colonists that British troops were planning to arrest them.

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