Are you an educator looking for learning at home resources to support kids learning about landforms? Here is a landforms scrambled letters word search puzzle. Suitable for students in grades 3-5, home school environments. Letter hints support differentiation.
Challenging puzzle is available as printable and in Google Apps™ formats.
Problem solving strategies could include:
1. skim and scan the word search grid for recognizable words and then trace the letter paths (trial and error)
2. unscramble the letters in the word clues to reveal the 15 hidden words
3. record the correct spelling after letter rearranged
4. start to solve the puzzle by first locating the letter hints and then trace the letter paths
5. use prior knowledge and/or experience of word searches: letter paths travel horizontally, vertically, and diagonally
6. track progress by checking off each word as it is located in the grid
Lesson plan activity ideas could include:
l. organize the words in reverse alphabetical/alphabetical order
2. use list of words as research topics, writing prompts, quiz topics
3. have students create flash cards - definition on one side/picture on the other
4. foster CREATIVITY by having students construct their own word search puzzles to share (link below)
Link to blank word search grid: blank word search grid
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