Dr. DooRiddles develops students'fluency and understanding ofword meanings and associations asit improves their spelling, vocabulary,reading, and problem-solving skills.

Students carefully read through cluesin each riddle, analyzing connectionswithin and between clues to figureout what is being described. Solvingthe riddles requires students to evaluatehomonyms, synonyms, homophones,prefixes, roots, and suffixesin order to deduce and spell wholeand partial word answers.