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Riddle-Ku! [mountain’s crumb]

April 26, 2014 By Laura

  Riddle-Ku of the Day ?? ? ? I’m the mountain’s crumb hard and old, jagged or smooth  Broken???????? Beautiful –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   ?   HINT 2:   .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): ROCK   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of […]

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Riddle-Ku! [big drum]

April 25, 2014 By Laura

  Riddle-Ku of the Day ? ? ? Big drum, wooden, waxed I wait for your feet to beat a loud romping song –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   ?   HINT 2:   ? .aLL Photos by?Randy Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): GYMNASIUM   [Educators, please click here to see a […]

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Riddle-Ku! [don’t shoot]

April 24, 2014 By Laura

  Riddle-Ku of the Day ? ? Oh, no! Don’t shoot me! I like to gather, not hurt? pigtails, papers?please? –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   ?   HINT 2:   ?   .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): RUBBER BAND   [Educators, please click here to see […]

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Riddle-Ku! [watch me]

April 23, 2014 By Laura

  Riddle-Ku of the Day ?? ? I feel you watch me, wanting my hands to point to lunchtime or recess –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   ?   HINT 2:   .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): CLOCK   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup […]

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Riddle-Ku! [water slide]

April 22, 2014 By Laura

  Educators, if you’re on Twitter, tonight I’ll be part of the #SharpSchu Book Club (along with Kate Messner!). Would love to answer your questions about LEAF CAN BE… and WATER CAN BE…. Click here for all the details! Hope to see you there! Now…back to riddle-ku:>)     Riddle-Ku of the Day ? ? […]

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Riddle-Ku! [light rules]

April 21, 2014 By Laura

  Riddle-Ku of the Day ?? ? When I’m up, light rules When I’m down, darkness descends My moods switch often –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   ?   HINT 2:   .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): LIGHT SWITCH   [Educators, please click here to see a […]

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Riddle-Ku! [hold cold]

April 20, 2014 By Laura

  Riddle-Ku of the Day ?? I hold cold inside Unfold me out, make a spout I’m a white mustache –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   ?   HINT 2:   .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): MILK CARTON   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup […]

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Riddle-Ku! [simple twist]

April 19, 2014 By Laura

  Riddle-Ku of the Day ? ? Without me, a door is an unmoving, flat wall I’m a simple twist –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   ?   HINT 2:   .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): DOOR KNOB   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup […]

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Riddle-Ku! [no faces]

April 18, 2014 By Laura

  Riddle-Ku of the Day ? I don’t see faces Only back pockets and legs introduce themselves –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? [Addendum: Revision inspired by Michelle’s joke in the Comments: ? We dance cheek to cheek, but I never see your face. You rest on my legs. –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights […]

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Riddle-Ku! [slurp-burp]

April 17, 2014 By Laura

  Riddle-Ku of the Day Suck up! Make me a mini milk vacuum cleaner Sip soda?Slurp?Burp! –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:     HINT 2:   ?   .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): STRAW   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s […]

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