ADVENTURES of the PUZZLE SQUAD.

The Puzzle Squad kids are coming to your school. Fill in the blanks above with your school name and the temperature in your area. Can you find these things you will need at school?

* ruler

* lunch box

* pencil

* compass

* book bag

* calculator

* eraser

* scissors

Flag-a-Rama

Two things are wrong with this flag. Compare it to your flag at school to learn what is wrong. Bonus: Do you know what the stars and stripes stand for?

Answer

It does not have t3 stripes and 50 stars. Bonus: The stripes stand for the 13 original colonies. The stars represent the 50 states.

Missing ABCs

Whoops! Some of the ABC cards are missing. Find the cards hidden in the classroom and circle them.

Hidden Metropolis

Rick is watching the kids build something. Connect the dots to see what it is.

Puzzling Pieces

Casey is trying to build a castle. Help him put the pieces in order.

Story Problem

Stacy has 15 pencils in her bag. Kelly has 14 in her desk. How many pencils do they have together? How many will be left if Jay takes 10 pencils?

Answer

There are a total of 29 pencils. If Jay takes t0, 19 will be left.

Space Search

Help Annie complete this astronomy word-search on the computer. You'll find the words on the sheet of paper beside the computer. Circle the hidden words on the computer screen.

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Power Hitter

Casey has hit the baseball so hard that no one can find it. Can you locate the missing ball hidden somewhere in the picture.

Answer

Behind the basketball goal

Crossword Hopscotch

Look at the clues below and write the correct answer for each clue in the proper space.

Across

2. A weather condition in winter

4. Cook soup in a --

6. -- and chairs

7. Winnie the --

9. Let's go fly a --

Down

1. Holder for school papers

2. A small stain

3. Opposite of "yes"

5. 2+3 times 2

8. Opposite of "bye"

Answer

Across: 2. snow; 4. pot; 6. table; 7. Pooh; 9. kite.

Down: 1. notebook; 2. spot; 3. no; 5. ten; 8. hi.

Puzzling Playground

Find and circle eight funny things that don't belong on a school playground.

Answer

Clown, calf, rabbit, fish, bookworm, submarine periscope, monkey, duck.

Trapeze Artist

Connect the dots to see what Annie and Abby are doing.

Basketball With a Twist

Rick and the kids are playing a basketball word game. Whoever misses a basket gets a letter. The first player to spell out the word on the backboard loses the game. Unscramble the letters on the backboard to learn what the word is. (Clue: It's an animal.)

y k d n e o

Answer

donkey