Hello friends! I'm stopping by really quickly tonight to share one of my favourite activities to use when kidlets have started to read CVC words - Find-a-Word puzzles! Typically I'm not a worksheet kinda gal, but I love these because they're super engaging and they're easily differentiated. :)
The puzzles are organised by medial vowel, and each page has 6 words hidden in the puzzle. Kidlets simply decode the word using the picture clue and then circle it in the grid below! I use these puzzles across all of my ability groups - those who still need support to decode words complete the activity as a group with teacher help (you could enlarge the page for this purpose if you like), those reading confidently work independently, and those who require a challenge move onto the 'Spell & Find' puzzles. In these, students must write the beginning sound before finding the word.
These puzzles are perfect as a small group word work activity (that's where I use them!), but they can also be copied into a 'Fast Finisher' booklet, or used as a homework task. Each pack also includes colour options - simply laminate these and use a whiteboard marker to complete. :)
Each pack has 12 puzzles - two for each short vowel, and another two that have a mixture of medial vowel sounds. Answer keys are also provided if you would like to have students correct their own work.
Click on any of the images in this post to see these in my TpT store!
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