Divergent thinking activities encourage students to brainstorm many ideas and to be fluent in their thinking. First grade students are working alone or with a partner to brainstorm ways to “undo a gnu” who is stuck in a canoe. Second and third grade students are using originality,flexibility, elaboration and sense of humor to write riddles about animals.
Here are some of the riddles that the students have come up with:
Centerfield
What do you call a lizard who is good at tennis? A smallstar! -Brent
When a cat goes to the store what does it get? Bitems! -Chad
What do you call it when a bat gets angry? He's fangry! -Luke
What do the lions do when people at the zoo look at them? They bignore them! -Murad and Mrs. J
What does a caterpillar drink at Christmas? Leggnog! -Grace
Camden Station
Where does an elephant hide in the Arctic? In a bigloo! -Tommy
How does a unicorn feel when it gets its mane wet? Mane-gry! -Allison
What does a cat use when he needs to cut something? A cute-ility knife! -Matthew
What did the mommy unicorn say to the daddy unicorn on their date? This restaurant is very hornate! -Elle
What did the fish say to the doctor? "Doc, I have a gillness!" -Kaela
What did the gazelle see when he slid into home base? The jumpire! -Maggie
What does an alligator say when it sees a flying saucer? Tailiens! -Ben
What does a dolphin send out when he is having a party? A swimvitation! -Jessi
Who is the fish's best friend in outer space? A scalien! -Andrew and JT
What are leopards afraid of? Fasteroids! -Jack
What do you call a peregine falcon going to the moon? A fastronaut! -Lexie
What is a monkey's favorite language? -Swinglish! -Virginia
Kenwood Station
What did the caterpillar's mom say to him when he came inside? What is crawllover you? -Dawson
What happened to the skunk when he caught a fairy? He was stenchanted! -Lauren
What is it called when the cardinal says something that is not true? A flie! -Dylan F.
What do you call a turtle that has good manners? Slowld-fashioned! -Cooper
How does the parrot feel when he gets embarrassed? Talkward! -David
What makes a tiger function? His roargans! -Dylan
Where do turtles go to school? Slow Shellementary! -Mya
What did the mommy unicorn say to her child when he wasn't cooperating? You're really being hornery! -Eloise
What did mommy bear say to baby bear when he was bad? You really firk me! -Reece
What did the tiger have to take when he ate poison berries? Syrup of Stripecac! -Campbell
What will the elephant never eat when he makes eggs? Leggshells! -Caleb and Jordan C.
The flying saucer splashed in the water. What did the fish say? Taliens! -Nubia
What do you call it when a dragon has the flu? A scalement! -Maddie
Where does a monkey want to go for vacation? Swingland! -Renee
What is a cheetah called when he goes up in a spaceship? A fastronaut! -Lindsey
What does a dragon go on vacation? Fireland! -Bobby
What is a decoration for Christmas for elephants? Hornaments! -Sebastian
What did the dinosaur say when he saw a weird thing in the sky/ Scaliens are coming! -Ben
What crafts do lions do for fun? Roarigami! -Dane
What virus did the doctor say that the spider had? Webola! -Zachary
Where do pigs speak? Pinklish! -Elijah and Will
Why did the mouse dance? Because he was smallways a dancer! -Tessa
Where does a hamster get braces? A shorthodontist! -Ashley and Jordan R.
What do you call this statement: Giraffes Just Jump Jets? Talliteration! -Sahil and Drew
Crestwood
Why did the fish jump off the cliff? Because he bragged that it wasn't swimpossible! -Adam
Why is the cub afraid to tell his dad something? Because his dad is too mane-gry! -Brianna
What do you call a rude camel from Italy? Spitalian! -Robbie
What did the cop say when he saw a platypus driving a car? That's billegal! -Stevie
What does a pirhana use to fill his car? Teethanol! -Annie
What did the mouse say when he saw the eagle? Beeeeek! -Austin O.
What do you call a beaver that gets called to see the president? Swimportant! -Ben
What did the fish say when he could not swim up the waterfall? This is swimpossible! -Liam
What does the lion like to play? The roargan! -Emily and Natalie
Where does the momma jackrabbit take the baby jackrabbit who is sick? To get a hoperation! -Austin S.
When a tiger went outside what did he see? A fasteroid! -Kaleb and Jonathan
What was the stolen from the cheetahs? The spotomobile, because they left the keys in it! -Will
What did the lion say to the cat when he dared him to jump off of the cliff? I main't going to do that, I say! -Luke
How many times does a kitten have to drink milk? Soften! -Ayla
What did the ladybug do to her writing piece on the computer? Redited it! -Jacqueline
What is the cheetah's favorite thing to study in school? Fastronomy! -Keegan
What do horses fight in? The Farmy! -Clara
Liberty
Where does a dragon live? Fireland! -Lilly
What do you call a mutated cetus? A whalien. -James
What did the unicorn want to be when he grew up? A hornithologist! -Molly C.
What did one pegasus say to the other when he lied? You flier! -Molly G.
What did the chicken say when his dad was dancing? That's clawkward! -Clay
What do you call the way that a bear moves when his cave catches on fire? Furgently -Jesus
What do you call it when a snake interrupts you? A skintrusion! -Emilee
Where does the falcon want to visit? Clawstin, Texas! -Simon
What does the dog like to eat? Beggplant! -Emily R.
Why didn't the snake go up the tree? He hissssn't old enough! -Drew
What is an otter called when it comes to this country? A swimmigrant! -Lilly and Emma
What do you call a baby lion that lives alone? -A roarphan! -Joby
Goshen
What is a tiger's favorite soft drink? Ginger Tale! -Ryan
What did the fox say when he felt bad? I have a tailment! -Brayden
If a cheetah spots a rock in the sky what does he say? Ahhh, a fasteroid! -Halle
What would you call it if an alligator ate something that was bugging you? Jawsome! -Leah
What do you call a hamster spy? A cagent! -Alex
What do you call a fox who goes to the moon? A fastronaut! -Ryan
What does the baby buffalo say to her mom when they camoflauge her in a rock? Are you a biguana now? -Lilee
What do you call a cheetah that is bad at gymnastics? Runskillful! -Cameron and Michael
The seats were taken up when the baby zebra came. What did the teacher do? She grassigned a seat for him! -Veena and Aditi
Who is the elephant's favorite relative? His truncle! -Owen, Darren and Jackson
Buckner
What would you call a snake’s tail if it was an alien? A Tail-ien! Collin
What does a giraffe drive? A Spotmobile! Will
Why did the giraffe’s friend need to listen? It was furgent! Will
What did the elephant say to his friend? That girl is fattractive! Aidan
Where does an elephant live in the Arctic Circle? In a Bigloo! Aidan and Mrs. Jones
What would you call a black and white rabbit? Ahopposite! Karolena
What do you call a rabbit that looks like an orangutan? Afurrangutan! Karolena
What do you call a dog that’s outstanding? Pawsome! Robbie
What do you call it when a dog has an emergency? Furgent! Robbie
What did the cow say to the fuzzy cat? You arecudderlycudorable! Reese and Mrs. Jones
What do you call a big group of cows? Moodlesof cows! Reese and Mrs. Jones
What did the bear say when he saw pirates? Fur-gggh! Molly
Where do dogs go when they get bored? The Barkade! Emma and Josie
Where do dogs sleep in the winter? Adigloo! Josie
What is a snake afraid of? Scaliens! Josie
What does a bird say when it is guessing? I’m nestimating! Brooklyn
What would be a good career for a dog? Barkitect! Emma and Mrs. Jones
What does a bird say when something is cool? That’s clawsome! Tommy
What do you call a dog that can start a fire? Adigniter! Kenton
What do you call an old dog? Barchaic! Kenton and Mrs. Jones
Where does a dog go to play video games? TheBarkade! Kenton
Harmony
What do you hang on a bull? Hornaments! -Raegan
What’s a bull’s favorite thing to learn about when he is mad? Madjectives! -Raegan
What do spiders have for breakfast? Leggs! -Mia
What is a spider’s favorite drink? Leggnog! -Mitchell
Why do humans hate Black Widows? Because they are Venemies! -Mitchell
What is a dragon’s favorite country? Fireland! -Isaiah
What’s a monkey’s favorite hobby? Smartchery! -Haley
What do monkeys like to read? Smarticles! -Haley
How does a giraffe get better at playing guitar? Neckperience! -Olivia
What did the police hook the bald eagle up to when theythought he was lying? A fly-detector! -Lily
How could the fly get around? He had a flycense!–Lily
What do eagles put in sockets? Flightbulbs!–Kaden
How does a dragon check the date? His scalendar! -Madelyn
What does a flamingo write with? A pinkpen! -Gigi
How did the polar bear feel when one of the zookeepers called him fat? Clawful! -Ava
What is a polar bear’s favorite ocean? The Fatlantic! -Ava
How did the tiger feel about himself? “I’m clawsome!” -Madeline S.
How did the giraffe feel when all of the people in the zoo looked at him? Like a Tall-Star! –Avary
Where does the camel want to go? Spitaly!–Jack
Where do seals live? The Barktic! -Hannah
What is a lion’s favorite fruit? A roarange!–Kaitlyn
How did the tiger feel when the zoo visitors took his picture? Clawsome! -Chelsey
How did the tiger feel after he was mean to another tiger? Clawful! -Chelsey
Locust Grove
Why did the hippopotamus throw atantrum? He wanted fattention! -Hunter and Cassidy
What do you call a mother elephant’s brother? A truncle! –Olivia
Why didn’t the goat have horns? Because he was using them on his tree as hornaments!–Jack
Which movie had a tiger instead of a lion? The Wizard of Claws! –Connor
How do the giraffes take turns eating? They tallternate! –Kayley
When do giraffes need to use the restroom?Tallways! –Grace and Kayley
Where do cats go to listen to music? A clawpera! –Liam and Jacob
What is a lion’s favorite flower? A roarchid! –Lucas and Trent
What type of food does a lion eat? Roarganic food! -Katie
What is a snake’s favorite place to visit? Hissrael! –Jake
What do parrots get in their feathers that itch? Flice! –Allie
What is a centipede’s favorite meal? Leggs and bacon! –Jenna
Why did the platypus scream in the night? Because he saw a tailien! –Maia
Where did the seal go to play pingpong? The barkade! –Tamm
What does a spotted lizard say when he has to leave? I spought to be leavingnow! –Olivia
How do giraffes go out the door at the same time? -They tallternate!-Madison
LaGrange
Why didn’t the rabbit eat the asparagus? Because it was quicky! -David
What happens when you cross a horse and an ape? You get a haype! -Cullen andLogan
What does the bird watch on TV? American Flydol! -Lyra and Mrs. Jones
What country did the snake slither to? Hissrael! -Kaeli and Kristina
Why did the bee use itch cream? -He had poison hivy! -Kortnee
What do you call a fly who doesn’t pay attention in class? -Flignorant!-Tyler