A fun, abstract vocab puzzle in which students can add one letter per line, forming a pyramid of words.
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Puzzler: A Number With ‘A’
Counting up, what’s the first number with an “a” in it?
Puzzle: Words Within Words
In need of some nice word puzzles that will keep your gifted kids busy? Ask them to find as many words as they can within another word. For example: can you find five words made from the letters in “snowy?” How about ten?
Puzzle: Word Ladders
One of my favorite tricks in the classroom was having a “puzzle of the day.” The great difficulty was finding puzzles that challenged my students, but didn’t require meticulous work or strange knowledge. Word Ladders were always a consistent hit.