Riddle Me This! 60+ Fun Brain Teasers | Brain Break Activities, Bell Ringers
Get your students hooked from the moment they walk into the room. This ready-to-use PPT is packed with 60 engaging riddles that work perfectly as brain breaks, bell ringers, morning meeting starters, do now tasks, lesson starters, or just to fill in the 5 minutes of dead-air time that can often be the cause of classroom management chaos!
More details:
Tailored for upper primary, middle, and high school, these riddles spark curiosity, engage the tough teen crowd, get students thinking critically, and build positive relationships day after day.
What's included:
✓ Over 60 riddles varying in challenge
✓ An editable instructions slide so you can change up the wording depending on how you’d like to use this resource
✓ A template included you can add your own riddles
Why you’ll love ‘Riddle Me This’!
♡ With over 60 riddles, you’ll have a bank that you can draw from day after day after day. That’s a lot of heavy lifting in that first 5 minutes of the lesson (or the final 5!!)
♡ Encourages small daily interactions that foster a sense of belonging, community, and felt safety.
♡ More than just a bunch of silly questions, they support student engagement and learning while reducing conflict and disruptions.
♡ These engaging games can be seamlessly integrated into each lesson without taking much time—a 5-minute investment for huge impact.
♡ Help students develop crucial social and emotional skills that translate into better relationships with peers and a more collaborative class culture!
How you can use these riddles:
✏️ Back to School: Use as a fun and low-stakes icebreaker activity on the first day back at the start of the year (or to ease back in at the start of a new term).
✏️ Brain Breaks: Quick, fun, and engaging 5-minute brain breaks.
✏️ Ongoing Community Building: Develop a positive class community throughout the year by using one (or a few) slides a day as attendance questions or as a part of your morning meeting.
✏️ Starter Activities: Use as bell-ringer tasks or morning work to get students warmed up and ready for the lesson or day.
✏️ Engaging and appropriate game for class parties: Need a student-friendly game for a class party or the end of the year? Here it is!
✏️ Filling in a little bit of time: Use to fill in those 5 minutes of ‘dead-air’ time in a structured way, reducing disruptions and chaos (in a way that still gets students thinking, collaborating, and having a laugh!!)
PLEASE NOTE:
The riddle slides are not editable, however there is 1 blank slide template that you are able to add your own riddles to if you choose!
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