Collection · 14 puzzles
3rd Grade Word Searches
Puzzles for the third grade units. Geography: Continents and Oceans, Countries and Landmarks. Space: the Solar System and the Planets. Math: Fractions and Multiplication, the two big topics of the year. Social studies: US Symbols. Science: Fossils, Frogs and their life cycle, Animal Adaptations and Force and Motion. Grammar: Parts of Speech and Pronouns.
The Common Core reading standards for third grade add multisyllable words and words with common Latin suffixes, the endings that turn adapt into adaptation and multiply into multiplication. Those are the long words in these lists, which run a letter or so longer than the second grade set.
Printable 3rd Grade Word Searches
3rd Grade Word Search Puzzles
Every puzzle prints in three levels: easy hides 5 words in a 10 by 10 grid, reading only across and down; medium hides 15 in a 12 by 12 grid; hard hides up to 23 in a 15 by 15 grid. Each print is a fresh draw from the topic's word list, and every sheet comes with an answer key. The same puzzles play online, on your own or against a friend in real time.