TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters

Week of July 20, 2024

1.Mooreland Elementary's new music teacher is featuring percussion instruments in her first class of the year. Which instrument will she leave in the closet?

• drum
• triangle
• tambourine
• guitar
• sand blocks

2.An artery would not carry blood from

• your neck to your head
• your pelvis to your heart
• your hip to your heel
• your shoulder to your ear
• your elbow to your finger

3.Carpenter is to saw as:

• dog is to tail
• doctor is to stethoscope
• radio is to listen
• teacher is to student
• pencil is to ink

4.Which sentence is correct?

• Amy and me rode it together.
• The yellow bus finally got their.
• Mom left us off at the bus stop.
• My sister and I weighted ten minutes.
• I'm glad you and I will be in the same class.

5.Which will happen soonest from now?

• The national holiday in honor of military veterans
• Constitution Day
• The anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S.
• The national holiday in honor of workers
• The end of official hurricane season

6.Which item from Billy's lunch box is not in one of the four most important food groups?

• peanut butter sandwich
• juice box
• cookie
• string cheese
• apple

7.Mrs. Johnson's class looked up words in the dictionary on the first day of school. Which word did not appear on the page with the guide words "balmy" and "business?"

• bookbag
• ball
• band
• bus
• blackboard

8.Mrs. Smith's bulletin board is 24 inches by 68 inches. How many rolls of border does she need to buy if each roll has 50 inches?

• 4
• 5
• 3
• 6
• 2

9.These were important to a cat and a boy named Cubbins.

• Jackets
• Shirts
• Shoes
• Hats
• Socks

10.Which is closest to 10?

• the smallest possible number of legs on a stool
• the greatest possible number of legs on an arachnid
• the number of medals awarded for an Olympic event
• the number in a baker's dozen
• the number of hemispheres of the earth

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