by Brilliantly Lit
5th - 8th Grade
These two fun FREE Christmas brain teaser activities are intended to keep Middle School students happy and busy, while still exercising their critical thinking skills. No Christmas craziness will hit YOUR lessons! The high interest brain teaser mystery story requires them to search for clues and make inferences. The puzzle will provoke chuckles and co-operative learning. Santa would approve!
How to present these activities
The easiest way to present the seasonal mystery is to show it on your screen. The answer to this brainteaser story is on a separate page to avoid a spoiler glimpse ruining the fun of being a Christmas detective.
The other activity - unscrambling coded Christmas riddles - could be presented on a screen or photocopied. To promote classroom "Ho ho ho!" spirit and to save on photocopying, these activities could be completed in pairs. To reduce the required amount of photocopying, you could put the answer key up on your screen.
I hope that your students have lots of fun and festive spirit!
List of contents of the resource this freebie is taken form
3 Christmas brainteaser stories & solutions
Christmas dice roll story
Christmas numbers to words puzzles
Christmas scrambled words
Christmas writing race #1
Blind group poetry
Writing race
Christmas riddles mix and match
Silly book titles mix and match
Book titles invention
Christmas movies word search
Christmas Riddles with coded answers
Activity ANSWERS
This resource is part of an exciting 50% off brain teaser bundle: 50% OFF BRAIN TEASER BIG BARGAIN BUNDLE.
For another Christmas resource try: READERS' THEATER CHRISTMAS SCRIPT: CHILLY THE SNOWMAN or
READERS' THEATER CHRISTMAS BRAIN TEASER MYSTERY MIDDLE SCHOOL SCRIPT or
CHRISTMAS READERS' THEATER FUN SCRIPT: RUDE ALF THE RED-NOSED REINDEER
Students will also love the 15 tales in Mini Mysteries grades 5-8
OR select a bundle of ELA Games and mini-mysteries: Brain Teaser Bundle grades 5-8
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