Fifth graders at Varina Elementary have been learning about plants in science (SOL5.5) and they have been making inferences in reading (SOL5.5i). Since solving riddles often involves making inferences, students in Ms. Kirchmier’s class wrote plant riddles for each other to solve. We used Google slides to create the riddles. I gave them a blank template in Google classroom and showed them how to make a title page with a background image. For the second slide, students chose a color background and added a text box with their riddle. I explained that the riddle had to be about a plant part, and it had to make students think. Riddles shouldn’t be too easy to solve. Next students inserted a photo from a Google search and added animations and transitions. Finally they published their slideshows (File > Publish) and posted the links on Google classroom. Students solved each other’s riddles in the comments section. You can see them all here.
