Cryptolist Christmas printable. Here is a special Christmas music cryptolist puzzle for students to decipher. Students must decrypt the coded letters to solve the puzzle.
Each entry in this cryptogram like puzzle is a well known Christmas hymn or carol typically sung during the festive holiday season.
Cryptolist puzzle supports:
- early finishers
- morning work activities
- language activities
- students requiring a challenge
- Substitute teachers' work
Include this puzzle in:
- distance, independent, and differentiated classrooms
- hybrid and in-person classrooms
- homeschooling environments
- tutoring
- Supply Teachers' toolkit
To complete the printable version of the puzzle:
- download the puzzles to print
- review the encrypted clues to try to determine letter patterns, commonly known words related to Christmas carols and hymns
- decode the encrypted words to reveal the correct answer
- record the letter substitutions in the table at the top of the page
- continue to decode the cryptolist and solve the puzzle
To complete the Google Slides™ of the puzzle:
- use the link to copy the file to your computer
- review the encrypted clues to try to determine letter patterns, commonly known words related to Christmas carols and hymns
- decode the encrypted words to reveal the correct answer
- use the text tool to record the letter substitutions in the table at the top of the page
- use the text tool to record the correct letters above each encoded letter in the puzzle
- continue to decode the cryptolist and solve the puzzle
It is helpful for students to understand word patterns, letter patterns, and titles of the various holiday songs. While this puzzle is suited to students in grade 5,6,7 and homeschooling classrooms, differentiated instruction will help support struggling students and students in earlier grades.
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