1. Riddle Poems Read the riddle and try to guess what the object is!
Hint: You can find the answers in your classroom!
Poems are from Betsy Franco’s 201 Riddle Poems to Build Literacy (Scholastic, 2000)

2. I have two hands. I have a face. My hands go round and round
I have two hands. I have a face. My hands go round and round. I have the numbers 1 to 12 Instead of smiles and frowns. Find me in the classroom.

3. I am a clock!

4. Find me in the classroom.
I have four legs.
I’m made from a tree.
You stuff your books
Inside of me.
Find me in the classroom.

5. I am a desk!

6. I’m a yellow fellow with a pointed head. As thin as thin can be.
But I leave a trail on a blank white page
When someone writes with me.

7. I am a pencil!

8. And I’m most often white. I’m handy when you want to write.
I’m covered in lines,
And I’m most often white.
I’m handy when
you want to write.
Find me in the classroom.

9. I am a paper!

10. I take your books from home to school.
I’m red or blue or green or black.
You zip my zippers here and there.
I’m always riding piggy back.

11. I am a backpack!

12. Find me in the classroom.
I’m rainbow colors
Like red and blue
When you draw or color,
I’m what you use.
Find me in the classroom.

13. I am crayons!