Collection · 14 puzzles
Reading & Writing Word Searches
Puzzles for the language arts block, from phonics, CVC words and rhyming words for early readers to reading, writing, vocabulary and slang, then on to literary terms, figurative language, character traits, poetry and the poets behind the poems a class reads.
Phonics teaches that letters stand for sounds, which works for most English words and fails for some. English spelling settled in the age of the first printers, in the 1400s and 1500s, while the Great Vowel Shift was changing how the long vowels were said; the spelling stayed put and the sounds moved on.
Printable Reading & Writing Word Searches
Reading & Writing 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.