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Classroom activity · Word search puzzles
Inventions Word Search
Lightbulbs, telescopes, zippers and thermometers: fourteen inventions hidden in all eight directions.
- Grade level
- Grades 4–5
- Time
- About 25 minutes
- Topic
- Word search puzzles
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Word recognition, Spelling, Visual scanning, Topic vocabulary
What kids do
“Find the 14 inventions. Words go in all 8 directions: across, down, up, backwards and every diagonal.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Find these 14 words · Words go in all 8 directions, even backwards and up.
Words on this sheet
batterybicyclecameraengineprinterradiozipper
Teacher tip
Talk about what life was like before each invention.
How to use it
- Read the word list aloud together before kids start searching.
- Show kids how to look for the first letter, then check the next one.
- Slide it into a sheet protector so kids can play again with a dry-erase marker.
Watch for
Kids circling random letters to finish fast. Ask them to read each word as they find it.
Talk about it
- Which word was the hardest to find? Why?
- What strategy did you use?
Take it further
Have kids make their own word search on grid paper for a partner.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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