OCTOBER PROGRESSIVE PUZZLE

This fall-themed puzzle can be used as a fun break from your classroom routine or as a team contest. The final message reveals some magical “tricks with treats” and the word puzzles incorporate a little trivia and history.

A PROGRESSIVE PUZZLE is a set of puzzles that must be solved in sequential order. The solution to the first puzzle is needed in order to solve the next puzzle, and this continues with each successive puzzle. Students will use a variety of critical reading and thinking skills as they work their way from one puzzle to the next to get to the final message when you will share a little magic with candy.

All four puzzles can be printed on one page as two-sided copies and links to tutorials are included in case students are not familiar with any of the puzzle formats. The puzzles are: (1) a hidden word puzzle; (2) a cryptogram, (3) an alpha-grid puzzle; and (4) a fallen phrase puzzle. In addition to puzzle tutorials, the TEACHER PAGE includes links to videos for research or extension, tips and hints, and puzzle solutions.

If you like this resource, you may be interested in these:

BACK-TO-SCHOOL Progressive Puzzle

DECEMBER Progressive Puzzle

NEW YEAR’S Progressive Puzzle

ST. PATRICK’S DAY Progressive Puzzle

APRIL FOOL’S Progressive Puzzle

LAST DAYS of SCHOOL Progressive Puzzle

Use Mini-Mystery Progressive Puzzles at any time of the year!

MINI-MYSTERY #1 "Prize in the Purloined Purse"

MINI-MYSTERY #2 "Ransomed Ruby in the Ratatouille"

MINI-MYSTERY #3 -"Vengeance for Victims of a Valentine Vandal"

Use Edutainment Progressive Puzzles for enrichment or with a mini-unit!

NASA's ARTEMIS Progressive Puzzle

MYSTERIES of the DEEP SEA Progressive Puzzle

Math and Logic Progressive Puzzles - computation with critical thinking

FIGURING with FIBONACCI

DABBLING with DICE

For additional resources specifically designed for gifted and advanced students, please visit BIG IDEAS for LITTLE SCHOLARS. You'll find many more engaging activities for students in K-8.