Engaging Middle School Life: Rules, Riddles, and Reflections
Welcome to the exciting world of middle school! In our engaging environment, students learn essential classroom rules, explore thought-provoking mind bender riddles, and reflect on their reading experiences. We encourage communication, creativity, and trust-building, fostering a strong sense of community. Each lesson is an opportunity to grow, share, and develop friendships through small talk and teamwork. We also invite students to participate in our unique photo contest. Let’s make the most of this thrilling journey together!
Engaging Middle School Life: Rules, Riddles, and Reflections
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12:13 Class Rules Need to use the bathroom? Ask a parent volunteer Need handouts from last week? Ask a parent volunteer Need to borrow a pen? Loan us a shoe and we will loan you a pen! Need to talk with a friend? Wait for the right time...you will!
SMALL TALK Some kids love to read... some don’t. (Thanks to school, everybody gets to read!) What is one book you have read in the last 5 years (in school or on your own) that you enjoyed? Why did you like it?
Mind Bender Riddles John I have a mouth butI never eat. I have a bedbut Inever sleep. I run but I never walk. What am I?
Mind Bender Riddles Ava What is it about you that always goes up but never goes down?
Mind Bender Riddles Ian What vegetable do you peel the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, and throw away the inside?
Enjoying the ride of your life! 12:13 Series – October 2013
Riding TheMiddle School Rapids • Class 3: Mind Bender • Class 4: World Wide Wipeout • Class 5: Body Blow • Class 5: Relationship Riptide
The Middle School Body • Big Changes • Different Schedules
How Will YouHandle Change? • Awkward! • A Great Chance To Talk • A Great Chance to Trust
Mind Bender Riddles Lillian My neighbors are poisoned and die, but I get my head chopped off and live. What am I?
Mind Bender Riddles Jessi You are in a room with 10 lighted candles and an open window. Two of the candles are blown out by a gust through the window. You leave the room. When you come back, you see that one more candle has gone out. You close the window so no more candles can go out. How many candles are left in the end?
Mind Bender Riddles Jordan A dog got run over. There were no head lights, no stars, no moon, no street lights. How was the dog visible?
Mind Bender Riddles Livy This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” (Psalm 139:13-14)
And Jesus Grew… “And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.” (Luke 2:52)
SMALL TALK • What is one situation in which you find it hard to trust God? • What is one situation in which you have seen God show his faithfulness, power, or love?
12:13 Photo Contest! Picture of you with a friend -- the more unique the pose, the better! E-mail by Friday at NOON to gsomerville@covlife.org
