Bundle Phonics Word Searches & Crossword Puzzles

If your first graders love puzzles, they will love these phonics word searches and crossword puzzles. They cover a wide range of Phonics Skills and they are great any time of year.... especially in your sub tub.

Here's what's included:

⭐ Phonics Word Searches for First Grade

These 42-word searches get kids thinking about words, letters, and sounds while using picture support. Word searches are also fun and motivating for kids. I let mine work in partners if they are having trouble finding the words. These are fun and engaging activities that kids will love!

Word Searches ... These aren’t just busy work! They require reading as well.

Here are the skills covered in this resource:

• short vowels (a, e, i, o, u)
• magic e (a, i, o, u)
• bossy r (ar, er, ir, or, ur)
• digraphs (ch, sh, th, wh, ph, ck)
• blends (l blends, r blends, s blends)
• diphthongs (au, aw, oi, oy, oo, oo, ew, ow, ou)
• vowel teams (ay, ai, ee, ea, oa, ow, ui, ue, ie, igh
• trigraphs (thr, scr, thr, shr, spr, str,)
• ANSWER KEYS FOR ALL PAGES

⭐ Phonics Crossword Puzzles – Bundle

Phonics Crossword Puzzles provide that one step that takes your phonics activities from EASY to ENGAGING with the exact same set of words. Any time you can use a puzzle, you do two things: Excite your first-grade students for the interesting content ahead and give them the challenge that they need to learn to solve problems and retain the content you've taught.

This Bundle of Phonics Crossword Puzzles includes:

Differentiated Crossword Puzzles with pictures for the following phonics lessons

1. Short Vowels
2. Magic E
3. Consonant Blends
4. Consonant Digraphs
5. R Controlled Vowels - Bossy R
6. Vowel Teams/Vowel Pairs
7. Diphthongs

Each set contains 10 Crossword Puzzles with the answer keys.

• One of the puzzles has word bank which makes it easier to solve.

• The second puzzle is the same without the word bank.

• To use all 10, give the students the puzzle with the word bank first.

• Later, give them the one without the word bank and see how they do.

Or use the word bank puzzles with your below level students and the ones without a word bank with the students who are on level.

Great Ways to Use these Worksheets:

• morning work
• early finishers
• literacy centers
• homework
• sub tub
• guided reading phonics work

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