1. Mrs. Brown’s Third Grade Class
Hinky Pinkies
Mrs. Brown’s Third Grade Class

2. What is a hinky pinky?
A hinky pinky is a riddle that has two rhyming words for an answer.
For example:
What is a hinky pinky for a hilarious rabbit?

3. A funny bunny!!!

4. But a hinky pinky can be more…
Hink pink = 1 syllable words
Hinky pinky = 2 syllable words
Hinkity pinkity = 3 syllable words
Got It???

5. so let's review Cat, Earth, and pop
A one syllable word only has one beat or clap are all one syllable words.
Who is a student in our class with a one syllable name?
Cat, Earth, and pop

6. Money, swimming, and hotel
So a two syllable word would have 2 claps or beats.
are two syllable words!
Who in our class has a two syllable name?
Money, swimming, and hotel

7. So then a three syllable word would have how many claps or beats???
What words have three syllables?

8. One more review…
A hink pink will have how many syllables in each word?
A hinky pinky will have how many syllables in each word?
A hinkity pinkity will have how many syllables in each word?

9. What is a hink pink
for a squashed feline?

10. A flat cat!

11. What is a hinky pinky
for a happy Tinkerbell?

12. A merry fairy!!!!

13. What is a hink pink
for an angry father?

14. A mad dad!

15. What is a hink pink
for pleasant
rodents?

16. Nice mice!

17. What is a hink pink
for a dark bag?

18. a black sack!

19. What is a hinkity
pinkity for a red
fruit wind storm?

20. A tomato
tornado!!

21. Okay so tell me… How did you solve these word problems?
What did you do first?
Then what?

22. Work together to come up with a hink pink!!!
Now it is your turn!
Work together to come up with a hink pink!!!
Hint: Sometimes it is easier to come up with the two rhyming words first. Then think of a question that matches the two words!

23. Great!
Now can you
do a hinky pinky??

24. Do you think we can try to make a hinkity pinkity?
Think about it throughout the day. When you come up with one, write it and your name on a piece of paper and put them on my desk. Good luck!

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