Written by Linda Schwartz

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1 Word Games 4 5 Written by Linda Schwartz Editor: Carla Hamaguchi Illustrator: Jane Yamada Designer/Production: Moonhee Pak/Terri Lamadrid 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 Ferris Wheel Fun Circle Words Pepperoni Pizza Pick a Petal More Pick a Petal Word Quilt Magic Square # Magic Square # Magic Square # Magic Square # Word Detectives Valentine s Day Abraham Lincoln George Washington Mother s Day Father s Day Summer Vacation Independence Day Happy Halloween Festival of Lights Merry Christmas Word Search Puzzles Science Bone Search Color Search Dog Search Flower Search Machine Search Mammal Search Space Search Weather Search Social Studies Capital Search Colonial Search Country Search Geography Search Native American Search President Search State Search City Search Category Games Parts of Speech Living Things The World of Science Geography Places People This and That Food Fun Let s Go Shopping Fun Words Crossword Puzzles Synonym Puzzle Antonym Puzzle Homophone Puzzle Past Participle Puzzle Noun Puzzle Plural Puzzle Adjective Puzzle Abbreviation Puzzle Mammal Puzzle Animal Offspring Puzzle Plant Puzzle Insect Puzzle Bird Puzzle Number, Please Puzzle

3 What Would You Do? What Would You Do with a Ballad? What Would You Do with a Cashew? What Would You Do with Galoshes? What Would You Do with a Javelin? What Would You Do with a Kaleidoscope? What Would You Do with a Legume? What Would You Do with a Niche? What Would You Do with a Route? What Would You Do with a Toucan? 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 Palindrome Fun Homophones Hidden Animals Hidden Foods Alphabetical Bubbles Hidden Trios More Hidden Trios Four-Letter Riddle Words Odd Word Out More Odd Word Out Wacky Riddles Verb Tense Bull s-eye Synonym Bull s-eye Antonym Bull s-eye 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 Adventure Analogies People Analogies

4 Name Date Ferris Wheel Fun S PELLING AND V OCABULARY How many words can you find in the Ferris wheel? Write the words you find on a separate sheet of paper. Hint: There are more than 35 words! Rules The words you find must have three or more letters. Start on any circle and move to an adjacent circle connected by a line to spell a word. You may not skip a circle. Examples: Tin is allowed because each circle is next to the other and is connected by a line. Pine is not allowed because the letter n is not connected to the letter e. You may not use the same letter twice in a row, but you can go back and use a letter again in the same word. Plurals (e.g., tiers) are allowed. No proper nouns are allowed. H G S T I R Word Games Creative Teaching Press N P E Make-a-Word Puzzles 5

5 Name Date Circle Words S PELLING AND V OCABULARY How many words can you find in the connected circles? Write the words you find on a separate sheet of paper. Hint: There are more than 50 words! Rules The words you find must have three or more letters. Start on any circle and move to an adjacent circle connected by a line to spell a word. You may not skip a circle. Examples: How is allowed because each circle is next to each other. Hot is not allowed because the letter t is not connected to the letter o. You may not use the same letter twice in a row (e.g., arrest), but you can go back and use a letter again in the same word (e.g., rear). Plurals (e.g., rests) are allowed. No proper nouns (e.g., Stewart) are allowed. O H W S E A R T Word Games Creative Teaching Press 6 Make-a-Word Puzzles

6 Name Date Pepperoni Pizza S PELLING AND V OCABULARY How many words can you find in the pizza? Write the words you find on a separate sheet of paper. Hint: There are more than 35 words and at least one eight-letter word! Rules The words you find must have three or more letters. Start on any circle (pepperoni) and move to an adjacent circle connected by a line to spell a word. You may not skip a circle. Examples: Sip is allowed because each adjacent pepperoni is connected by a line. Tap is not allowed because the letter a is not connected to the letter p. You may not use the same letter twice in a row (e.g., tarry), but you can go back and use a letter again in the same word (e.g., pep). Plurals (e.g., rats) are allowed. No proper nouns are allowed. S T I Word Games Creative Teaching Press A Y R E P Make-a-Word Puzzles 7