Brain Teaser Games

The Show-Me Standards School District of Washington Curriculum

Crossword Puzzles

Show Me Standards

• Performance Standard
• Goal 3 -- Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and skills to recognize and solve problems.

School District of Washington Curriculum Objectives

• The learner will be able to read, identify, and understand grade specific vocabulary words.
• The learner will be able to apply a variety of vocabulary strategies.

Jigsaw Puzzles

Show Me Standards

• Performance Standard
• Goal 3 -- Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and skills to recognize and solve problems.

School District of Washington Curriculum Objectives

• The learner will be able to use suitable concepts and procedures of spatial reasoning/understanding.
• The learner will be able to apply inductive and deductive reasoning to solve problems.

Memory Games

Show Me Standards

• Performance Standard
• Goal 3 -- Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and skills to recognize and solve problems.

School District of Washington Curriculum Objectives

• The learner will be able to identify and apply appropriate problem solving strategies to solve routine and non-routine problems using a variety of strategies, such as, making and using charts, graphs, drawings, diagrams, and organized lists, making a simpler problem, working backwards, breaking the problem into parts, using models and "act out", spatial visualization, logical thinking, estimation, patterns, and guess and check.

Slide Puzzles

Show Me Standards

• Performance Standard
• Goal 3 -- Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and skills to recognize and solve problems.

School District of Washington Curriculum Objectives

• The learner will be able to use suitable concepts and procedures of spatial reasoning/understanding.
• The learner will be able to apply inductive and deductive reasoning to solve problems.

Strategy Games

Show Me Standards

• Performance Standard
• Goal 3 -- Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and skills to recognize and solve problems.

School District of Washington Curriculum Objectives

• The learner will be able to identify and apply appropriate problem solving strategies to solve routine and non-routine problems using a variety of strategies, such as, making and using charts, graphs, drawings, diagrams, and organized lists, making a simpler problem, working backwards, breaking the problem into parts, using models and "act out", spatial visualization, logical thinking, estimation, patterns, and guess and check.
• The learner will be able to apply logical reasoning skills to make sense of their environment, formulate conjectures, verify conclusions, and/or justify their thought process by applying objects, terminology, illustrations, numbers, and/or technology.
• The learner will be able to use suitable concepts and procedures of spatial reasoning/understanding.
• The learner will be able to apply inductive and deductive reasoning to solve problems.

Word Searches

Show Me Standards

• Performance Standard
• Goal 3 -- Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and skills to recognize and solve problems.

School District of Washington Curriculum Objectives

• The learner will be able to read, identify, and understand grade specific vocabulary words.