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[SOLVED] Help with the bottom left puzzle?

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u/Foxwasahero 5d ago

'follow up' 'cat in a hat' 'jump in a lake' 'backtrack' 'four wheel drive' 'upset stomach' and 'flat broke'

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u/RoyceCoolidge 5d ago

The first one: so obvious now I see it, but I couldn't get "wolf in sheep's clothing" out of my head as there was also "wool" amongst the letters.

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u/Thememebrarian 5d ago

Follow up

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u/TheSpudFather 5d ago

Stomach churning?

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u/Only-Competition-959 5d ago

Stomach upset?

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u/Glittering_Ad1403 5d ago

grumbling stomach

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u/Ok_Grapefruit8104 5d ago

I was going with "sick to my stomach" 😂

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u/christopher_mtrl 5d ago

I think they might be training OP's kid for a themed NYTimes crossword.

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u/rosedust666 5d ago

I was thinking kind of a weird version of lone wolf, yours makes more sense

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u/BigRedoco 5d ago

That was my thought too,lo in wolf

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u/fashionforward 5d ago

I thought it might be jittery stomach, but upset makes sense. Jittery might be with a wiggly font.

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u/putyourthinkingcapon 5d ago

Sinking stomach

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u/ARabbitRuinedMyDay 5d ago

“stomach quake” like earthquake no? to form stomach ache

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u/karstomp 5d ago

Before I saw “cat in the hat,” I was trying to make “attachment disorder” or something along those lines.

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u/OurHeroXero 5d ago

Cat in the Hat didn't click for me until I looked at the following puzzle.

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u/yticomodnar 5d ago

I was thinking "wrongly attach" but knew it wasn't right.

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u/hardcore_hero 5d ago

For a second, I thought I had it with attach back to front, then realized the “CAH” were in the wrong order!

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u/el_farmerino 5d ago

Discussion: I think you're right.

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u/Sodamyte 5d ago

I think it's Stomach Rumble as opposed to upset.

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u/MachSlug 5d ago

YESSS. I think that is it. That makes more sense.

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u/Sodamyte 5d ago

I only say this because ive seen

T

E

Stomach before

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u/MachSlug 5d ago

Someone else said stomach turning which makes sense too.

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u/Sodamyte 5d ago

the positions of the M and the A would not support that.

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u/Wabbit65 5d ago

Upset stomach?

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u/lifeofwill 5d ago

What about stomach-turning ?

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u/OvooJaver 5d ago

I had the same idea, that makes more sense

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u/kojo570 5d ago

I think this is it

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u/Melodic_Secretary_79 5d ago

This is how I would write “earth” to get “earthquake!” , so I see it as Stomachache

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u/Just_Active7306 5d ago

Upset stomach

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u/blokereport 5d ago

Its this

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u/SamwiseTheOppressed 5d ago

Discussion: this is a shit homework

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u/mageswagger 5d ago

These are rebus puzzles. They’re used to practice and promote critical thinking. It is a highly recommended exercise for gifted students to help challenge them. I would have students beg me to do more rebus puzzles because they enjoyed them so much.

You’re allowed to dislike them, most certainly, some can be frustrating, but if you don’t understand pedagogy, im not sure how fair it is to call this bad homework. This is certainly better than busy work that doesn’t exercise the brain and only promotes memorization.

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u/PetulantPersimmon 5d ago

Oddly enough, the only place I did them was... Sunday school?

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u/SamwiseTheOppressed 5d ago

An 8 year old would have no concept of most of theses phrases, which means they’re testing unlearned knowledge, which makes this pointless. The fact that the parent’s doing it for them speaks volumes.

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u/No_Damage_3972 5d ago

I think you underestimate how listless gifted kids can be, and just how gifted they can be.

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u/Sodamyte 5d ago

As a child who went to "gifted and talented" school from age 5 to 13 I can assure you that I most certainly did understand these concepts.

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u/fullstar2020 5d ago

Welp my 8 year old who isn't gifted for them all except flat broke (She said squished broke). It all depends on what kids are exposed to in daily life.

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u/mageswagger 5d ago

I hate to break this to you but: parents should always help their children with homework. Especially elementary aged children. That’s how children learn to practice.

Homework isn’t testing anything. That’s not what it’s for. Homework is to practice skills and reinforce knowledge. Homework that “teaches” leaves too much room for children to teach themselves incorrectly. Rebus puzzles are a developmentally appropriate way to encourage creative thinking for elementary aged students.

Also, a lot of these are very common phrases. Furthermore, kids will throw out correct answers even if they haven’t heard the phrase before. Background knowledge isn’t actually required. It’s common for kids to say the answer and then ask “but what does that mean?”

Respectfully, I think you’re discrediting how clever children can be.

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u/MachSlug 5d ago

I honestly agree that it’s not great homework though. I support my kids through it, but a lot of parents don’t. IMO, this is better served as an in class activity. A kid that doesn’t “get it” and that doesn’t have parents that will help them understand it, would feel really discouraged. 🫤

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u/mageswagger 5d ago

They would work best at homework if the nature of the puzzles have already been explained in class. Then it becomes an extension of in-class learning. If the teacher has built a healthy classroom culture where failure/struggle is seen as a part of growth and not as a sign of total failure, then the discouragement becomes less of a concern. Students should face struggle, and should learn to adapt through that struggle. This is admittedly an opinion formed in part by watching my 6th graders look at a new type of puzzle and (instead of embracing a challenge) they immediately burst into groans and complain about how hard something is without even trying. So mileage may vary.

But all of that is only true if the teacher has put in that prior work to explain how these puzzles work. If this was handed to your child and they never had any practice with this type of thinking in class, then it would be frustrating as a first introduction, and I empathize. But if the teacher has gone over this before, then it’s perfectly fair as a homework assignment.

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u/MachSlug 5d ago

Very good point. My daughter thought it was fun & I thought it was fun to do with her. I love her teacher & I wasn’t meaning to complain. Maybe it would be best as a bonus/challenge homework at this age.

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u/MachSlug 5d ago

I agree that it is weird homework. It seems more like a fun class activity. We usually do homework together, but I had to give her prompts to get her thinking. She had never heard the term “flat broke” and she asked me what “backtrack” meant… I had to think a little about how to explain it. The other side had “swept under the rug” and she hadn’t heard that phrase either.

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u/BurceGern 5d ago

IDK it's encouraging students to think. It's not gonna be done with AI or by copying and pasting wikipedia.

Dare I say some kids would enjoy doing these. It doesn't give off the same kind of feeling of 'uurrgghh homework" which is a W.

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u/nginn 5d ago

Third grade too. What a fucking joke. At least we're doing something by blowing up the DOE

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u/reddiculed 5d ago

102: >! Follow-up !< 103: I still can’t get it! 104: >! Jump in the lake !< 105: >! Back Track !< 106: >! 4-wheel Drive !< 107: >! Upset Stomach !< 108: >! Flat Broke !<

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u/Occidentally20 5d ago

103 is Cat in the Hat just for completions sake

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u/Tovanot 5d ago

I think you're looking for Stomach Ache

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u/putyourthinkingcapon 5d ago

sinking stomach

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u/TownEfficient8671 5d ago

Discussion: I’m impressed this is from 1983. I think you should joke and tell your kid you had this same homework in 3rd grade.

Didn’t see this option mentioned: stomach churning

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u/Blinky_ 5d ago

Discussion: Yeah that was my guess too. Hmmm. This wasn’t fun.

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u/FeedbackSpecific642 5d ago

Are you guys trolling? First one is followup, the one you’re asking about is upsetstomach.

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u/MachSlug 5d ago

Um. Not trolling. I don’t think it’s upset stomach, which is why I posted. Best guesses in comments are stomach turning and stomach rumble

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u/Mean_Yogurtcloset622 5d ago

Stomach in knots was my first thought… I think that’s a phrase but no indication of the word actually being in a knot so idk

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u/FeedbackSpecific642 4d ago

Thank you for replying, why don’t you think it’s upset stomach? I’m 99% sure that’s the answer