Written by Linda Schwartz

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1 Word Games 6 8 Written by Linda Schwartz Editors: Carla Hamaguchi and Collene Dobelmann Illustrator: Dimension Designer/Production: Moonhee Pak/Rosa Gandara Cover Designer: Barbara Peterson Art Director: Tom Cochrane Project Director: Carolea Williams 2005 Creative Teaching Press, Inc., Huntington Beach, CA Reproduction of activities in any manner for use in the classroom and not for commercial sale is permissible. Reproduction of these materials for an entire school or for a school system is strictly prohibited.

2 Table of Contents Introduction Make-a-Word Puzzles Word Square # Word Square # Word Square # Word Square # Round and Round Round and Round Again Zig Zag More Zig Zag Star Burst Diamond Puzzle Hidden Word Puzzles Hidden Ant Hidden Art Hidden Cat Hidden Mat Hidden Men Hidden Pan Hidden Pen Hidden Rat Hidden Tan Hidden Ten Word Search Puzzles Science Bird Search Bone Search Color Search Flower Search Health and Nutrition Search Mammal Search Solar System Search Weather Search Social Studies Capital Search Nations of Africa Search Nations of Asia Search Nations of Europe Search Occupation Search President Search State Search Things That Travel on Water Search Category Games Pick a Word Suffixes Syllable Count Parts of Speech Geography People Living Things Foods Shopping Spree Odds and Ends Crossword Puzzles Synonym Puzzle Antonym Puzzle Homophone Puzzle Noun Puzzle Plural Puzzle Adjective Puzzle Verb Puzzle Past Participle Puzzle Abbreviation Puzzle State Capitals Puzzle Animal Offspring Puzzle Science Puzzle Insect Puzzle Number, Please

3 What Would You Do? What Would You Do with an Apiary? What Would You Do with a Buoy? What Would You Do with a Dais? What Would You Do with a Fathom? What Would You Do with a Kiwi? What Would You Do with a Larder? What Would You Do with a Nozzle? What Would You Do with a Scull? What Would You Do with a Torrent? What Would You Do with a Vandal? Ladder Links Ladder Links # Ladder Links # Ladder Links # Ladder Links # Ladder Links # Ladder Links # Ladder Links # Ladder Links # Ladder Links # Ladder Links # Fun with Words What s Hot? What s Not? # What s Hot? What s Not? # Continent, Please Geography Guru Science Category Puzzle Word Wizard Five-Letter Anagrams Six-Letter Anagrams Seven-Letter Anagrams Eight-Letter Anagrams Odd Word Out More Odd Word Out Riddle # Riddle # Riddle # Riddle # Answer Key Analogies Noun Analogies Verb Analogies Adjective Analogies Analogy Challenge # Analogy Challenge # Analogy Challenge # Analogy Challenge # Synonym and Antonym Analogies On the Menu Analogies Sports Analogies

4 Name Date Word Square #1 V OCABULARY AND S PELLING How many words can you find in the square? Write the words you find on a separate sheet of paper. Hint: There are more than 70 words. Rules The words you find must have four or more letters. Start on any square and move one square in any direction to spell a word. You may not skip a square. Examples: Fist is allowed because each square is touching another square. Note is not allowed because the squares with the letters t and e are not touching each other. You may not use the same letter twice in a row (e.g., noon), but you can go back and use a letter again in the same word (e.g., none). Plurals are allowed. F M B L I S O N C T R E Word Games Creative Teaching Press U Y A G Make-a-Word Puzzles 5

5 Name Date Word Square #2 V OCABULARY AND S PELLING How many words can you find in the square? Write the words you find on a separate sheet of paper. Hint: There are more than 75 words. Rules The words you find must have four or more letters. Start on any square and move one square in any direction to spell a word. You may not skip a square. Examples: Wane is allowed because each square is touching another square. Quit is not allowed because the squares with the letters i and t are not touching each other. You may not use the same letter twice in a row (e.g., will), but you can go back and use a letter again in the same word (e.g., nine). Plurals are allowed. Q Z L O U I G E W A N S T R C K Word Games Creative Teaching Press 6 Make-a-Word Puzzles

6 Name Date Word Square #3 V OCABULARY AND S PELLING How many words can you find in the square? Write the words you find on a separate sheet of paper. Hint: There are more than 75 words. Rules The words you find must have four or more letters. Start on any square and move one square in any direction to spell a word. You may not skip a square. Examples: Ants is allowed because each square is touching another square. Wink is not allowed because the squares with the letters n and k are not touching each other. You may not use the same letter twice in a row (e.g., soot), but you can go back and use a letter again in the same word (e.g., tent). Plurals are allowed. C N A O H E T S B U R Y Word Games Creative Teaching Press L K I W Make-a-Word Puzzles 7