FREE MISC. LESSON – “FREE ELA brain teasers mysteries & logic puzzles: critical thinking”


by Brilliantly Lit
5th – 8th Grade

These FREE brain teaser tasks are perfect to have at the ready for instant fun and critical thinking. If your grades 5-8 students are getting restless and need a change of pace or brain break, or finish early, bring out these cards! They will create smiles, while also stretching growing brains. There are 3 pages of questions, and 3 pages of answers, taken from 3 brain teaser resources. Get 3 for the price of 2 brain teaser collections! 180 MINI MYSTERIES and BRAIN TEASER PUZZLES

How to set up the activity

If you intend to get the students to ask each other the brain teasers, photocopy enough question and answer cards for the number of groups you wish to have.

You can leave the cards in sheets (6 to a page) or cut them into individual cards and double back the answers- whatever you prefer! Photocopy them onto card stock or laminate them and they will continue to delight many future classes.


If your students enjoyed the brain teaser stories, try:

Mini Mysteries grades 5-8 and this long, single mysteryBrain teaser mystery fun inferential skills practice.
15 further mysteries can be found at BRAINTEASERS MYSTERY STORIES VOL. 2

For a daily brainteaser to add zing! to the start of a class: BRAINTEASER BELL RINGERS: MYSTERY STORIES, RIDDLES AND PUZZLES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
If you want a mystery resource that demands more writing from your students, try
Reading Comprehension Mysteries & Questions

Do your students enjoy being detectives? There’s lots to keep them busy and engaged in MYSTERY UNIT DETECTIVE SKILLS & ACTIVITIES
There are 5 more mysteries in ELA Games Grades 5-8
Or go for the -20% off bundle: Brain Teaser Bundle grades 5-8

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