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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.

Challenges - What Am I? - Worksheets

1st Grade

A1 - Flag  FREE 
Read the daily clues about the American Flag and have kids guess the mystery object.
1st Grade
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A2 - Popcorn  FREE 
Can your students figure out the mystery food with these clues?
1st Grade
Who helps pets, farm, animals, and zoo animals?  Students use the daily clues to solve the mystery.
1st Grade
It's a small food that you might find in your cereal.  Will your students be able to figure out the answer?
1st Grade
What type of building is a large, red house where animals live?  Challenge your students to figure out the answer.
1st Grade
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.
1st Grade
I am used to make pencils and paper.  Animals make their homes in me.  I give shade on hot, summer days.
2nd Grade

2nd Grade

Read the article or daily clues to see if your students can determine the mystery place.
2nd Grade
Learn about watermelons this week, with these challenge clues.
2nd Grade
Sand is the answer to this tricky challenge.
2nd Grade
After reading these tricky clues, will students be able to guess the mystery place?
2nd Grade
Did you know how the marshmallow got its name?  I didn't before I read this.
2nd Grade
I am sometimes called a groundnut or a goober-pea.  I am used to make medicine, soap, paint, and kitty litter.
2nd Grade
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

3rd Grade

Students try to determine the mystery food by reading the daily clues.
3rd Grade
What unusual African animal could these clues be describing?
3rd Grade
Living creatures with 8 eyes?  What could these clues be describing?
3rd Grade
I am sometimes called a groundnut or a goober-pea.  I am used to make medicine, soap, paint, and kitty litter.
3rd Grade
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.
3rd Grade
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.
3rd Grade
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.
3rd Grade
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.
3rd Grade

4th Grade

Students read the daily clues to guess the mystery animals.
4th Grade
In this tricky challenge activity, students will learn many new facts abut cells.
4th Grade
What flat-faced animal lives in trees and on the edges of cliffs? 
4th Grade
Which man was the third president of the USA and writer of the Declaration of Independence?
4th Grade
In the 1850s, I became a state.  Many people looked for gold here, which is why it is known as the "Golden State."
4th Grade
Some people think I'm scary.  Others think I make a great pet.  People in Cambodia think I make a tasty snack.
4th Grade
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.
4th Grade

5th Grade

What famous Black agriculturalist was known as the 'Plant Doctor' and discovered 300 ways to use peanuts?
5th Grade
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.
5th Grade
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.
5th Grade
I served as Secretary of State under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson.  I am most famous for purchasing Alaska for the United States.
5th Grade
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.
5th Grade

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Blank template for writing your own  ' What am I?' challenges.
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Blank template for writing your own 'Who am I?' challenges.
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