Words go across and down.
SNOWMAN: down, starts in row 1, column 8. MITTEN: across, starts in row 3, column 2. SCARF: down, starts in row 3, column 1. FROST: across, starts in row 8, column 4. IGLOO: across, starts in row 4, column 3. COAT: across, starts in row 2, column 3. SNOW: down, starts in row 1, column 8. SLED: across, starts in row 6, column 3.
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Your child finds eight winter words in an 8 by 8 grid where every word reads across or down, never backward or diagonally. That keeps the puzzle right for first grade: your child reads each word on the list, holds its spelling in mind, and scans the rows and columns in order. Short words like snow and sled build confidence, while longer ones like mitten and snowman ask for careful letter-by-letter checking, a habit that helps with both reading and spelling.
Common Core RF.1.3: Using phonics to sound out first grade words
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Show your child how to search for the first letter of a word, then check the letters to the right and below it. Crossing words off the list as they are found keeps track of progress. A common slip is circling a word that is only partly right, like SNO in the wrong row; ask your child to spell the circled word out loud and compare it to the list. Stopping halfway and finishing later is fine.
Easier: Tell your child whether each word goes across or down, or find the first word together and highlight its first letter.
Harder: After the puzzle, ask your child to sort the words into things we wear and other winter words, then write a sentence with two of them.
SNOWMAN: down, starts in row 1, column 8. MITTEN: across, starts in row 3, column 2. SCARF: down, starts in row 3, column 1. FROST: across, starts in row 8, column 4. IGLOO: across, starts in row 4, column 3. COAT: across, starts in row 2, column 3. SNOW: down, starts in row 1, column 8. SLED: across, starts in row 6, column 3.
It is made for 1st Grade (ages 6-7). The level is ★ easy, so it works well as a first practice page.
About 15 minutes, about the length of a short homework task or a warm-up at the start of a lesson.
On the second page of the PDF and on this page under Show the answer key. To print for a whole class, print only the first page of the PDF.
Common Core RF.1.3 (using phonics to sound out first grade words).
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