Brain games and puzzles
Maze Maker
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Thinking sheet · Brain games and puzzles
Crossword Builder
Link six words where they share letters, number them and write the clues.
- Grades
- 3–5
- Time
- about 35 minutes
- Kids practice
- vocabulary, writing clues, planning
What kids do
“Build a crossword! Words cross where they share a letter.”
- My crossword (shade the unused squares)
- My six words
- Across clues
- Down clues
How to run it
- Start with the longest word across the middle.
- Find shared letters to cross the next words.
- Clues can be definitions or riddles.
Talk about it
- Which clue is the best?
- How did you find words that cross?
- What makes a clue too easy or too hard?
Take it further
Make a crossword about a book the class read.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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