Take a break from reading to find the magic number with this vocabulary game using words drawn from Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee.  Participants match the definition to the word in each numbered square of the puzzle, then add...

What are magic squares? First, review the activity with your class (there is a description available for you in the resource). Then, match terms from Ella Enchanted to their definitions. When your puzzle, or square, is finished, the...

In this scale drawing worksheet, students complete three different scale drawing activities.  One activity is making a scale drawing, one involves answering questions from a given scale drawing, and one is a cross-number...

As part of their study of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club, readers engage in a magic squares vocabulary activity.

Add some fun to rhyming using a word puzzle worksheet. First, learners match up single-syllable rhyming words. Then, they find all the words in a word search. This beginning reading activity only has words spelled horizontally from left...

Combine math and vocabulary in a fun activity based on Lois Lowry's The Giver. Before kids begin the book, they look up the definitions of 16 vocabulary words and complete a puzzle that will give them the same number.

Two word puzzles encourage collaboration among learners. One sheet has numbers and initials that show a relationship and the other has pictorial images that represent a phrase. Partners cooperate in order to develop functional working...

The key to solving this puzzle lies in the addition skills of young learners. The first step is to answer a series of decimal addition problems organized in a 4x5 grid. Then cut apart the page of puzzle pieces, each one including an...

This math vocabulary and computation crossword puzzle has learners read 12 clues, solve them and put the answer in a crossword puzzle. There is no word bank for the puzzle which features basic math vocabulary. Example: Do this to get a...

Introduce your class to words for groups of animals and people. This is a crossword puzzle that includes 25 clues for collective nouns. The puzzle is online interactive and learners can receive immediate online feedback. Answers are not...

Readers work alone or in groups on complete a vocabulary exercise designed to be used with Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons. Using the magic square format, learners match the vocabulary words with their definitions. An answer sheet is...

Class members read 25 clues about all areas of science, including biology, chemistry, weather, physical science, and insert their answers into a crossword puzzle. There is no word bank and the students would need experience with tough...

In this online/interactive crossword instructional activity, students read clues and solve the puzzle using words about the autumn season. Students type 21 word answers and check them by observing the color of their answers-yellow...

In this color the tile riddles activity, students solve and complete 6 different puzzles that include various riddles to solve. First, they determine the number that is represented by what color according to the information given. Then,...

In this shapes worksheet, students read 5 descriptions of geometric shapes. Students determine what shapes the clues refer to and complete the crossword puzzle.

In this crossword puzzle about the state of Indiana learning exercise, students read clues across and down and fill in the squares. Students write 10 answers

In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read the 16 clues that relate to the game of baseball. Students then complete the crossword with baseball terms.

Students define from a word list for a literary selection. Using the literary selection, they read the vocabulary in context. They determine the definition of the word as used in context and create a crossword puzzle using the...

In this geometry puzzle worksheet, students identify and complete a puzzle that includes 7 different geometrical shapes. They identify and name each shape listed at the bottom. Then, students label every shape in the puzzle with the...

Get your historians motivated to research the Titanic through this crossword puzzle! Students use 12 clues about the ship's history, maiden voyage, and sinking to complete the puzzle. Consider using as a way to solidify information...

In this vocabulary instructional activity, students complete 2 different word puzzles. Students read the clues and insert the answers in the puzzle. There is no word bank.

For this fractions word search worksheet, students locate and identify 15 fraction-related words in the word bank within the word search puzzle.    

In this sentences learning exercise, students write 2 complete sentences in a puzzle where they create one to be up and down, one to be across, and both share one word.

In this crossword puzzle worksheet, 3rd graders will read clues and complete the puzzle in the appropriate numbered squares. Students will complete ten crossword clues pertaining to the novel "Charlotte's Web.".