Wild animals · Crossword
Ages 8–11Every word is spelled from memory
A picture-clue crossword — solve on screen or on paper.
- Age
- Ages 8–11
- Topic
- Animals
- Skill
- Vocabulary · Writing
- Format
- Printable
🦁 Wild animals · Crossword
The pictures are the clues — write each word in its boxes. · Name: ____________
Across →
- 2.(7)
- 4.(7)
- 5.(7)
- 7.(9)
- 10.(6)
Down ↓
- 1.(8)
- 3.(5)
- 6.(5)
- 8.(8)
- 9.(5)
Answers: 1↓ KANGAROO · 2→ LEOPARD · 3↓ ZEBRA · 4→ GIRAFFE · 5→ GORILLA · 6↓ HIPPO · 7→ CROCODILE · 8↓ ELEPHANT · 9↓ TIGER · 10→ MONKEY
How to use it in class
Do number 1 together. Show the first picture, say the word, count its boxes with the class and write it on the board in capitals. Now everyone knows: the picture is the clue, the boxes are the spelling.
A word bank, only where needed. Give the children who need it a slip of paper with the answers jumbled. They still have to match picture, word and boxes; everyone else works without it.
Two versions, no copying. Print, press “New puzzle”, print again: children sitting together get different grids built from the same words. With “Answer key” ticked, each version prints its own solved grid.
Same words, another sheet
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