Wonderful Word Puzzle MiniBooks
Wonderful Word Puzzle MiniBooks
Wonderful Word Puzzle MiniBooks
Word Puzzle
MINI-BOOKS
20 REPRODUCIBLE MINI-BOOKS PACKED WITH
HIGH-INTEREST ACTIVITIES THAT SHARPEN SKILLS IN
VOCABULARY, SPELLING, GRAMMAR, AND MORE!
by Jan Meyer
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ISBN: 0-439-37666-1
Copyright 2003 by Janet Meyer
All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc.
Printed in the U.S.A.
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MINI-BOOKS
Words Within Words Compound Words
Theres a Bird in That Word . . . . . 11 Compound Roundup . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Wordy Wigglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Barefoot Football . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
The Case of the Missing Words . . 15
Syllables
Homonyms Multiple Meanings The Syllable Shuffler . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Mussels With Muscles . . . . . . . . . 17
Missing Letters
Prefixes Suffixes One for All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Thats Amazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Clueless Crosswords . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
ANSWERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
h cover the language arts topics you teach: spelling, vocabulary, and
grammar
h show students, as well, how words magically change, as letters are added,
removed, replaced or rearranged
Note:
If a puzzle seems too challenging, work through it as a group.
i ng
A. ___ owl ___ ___ ___
Q. Whats an owls
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ r a t ___ ___ ___
Is that a rat in the refrigerator?
favorite sport?
___ ___ ___ r a t ___
Fill in the missing letters to
complete the ratty words
There s a Bird
in That Word
that fit these clues.
Super Stumper:
Rat !
s
Name
an old-fashioned vehicle:
mammal
a source of power:
a doe to its fawn:
a large number:
a kind of meat:
a type of boat:
a kind of fruit:
student).
Which
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6
There s a Bird
s in That Word
Rat !
Is that a rat in the refrigerator?
a kind of meat: ___ ___ ___ f a babys toy: r a t ___ ___ ___
a piece of pizza or bread: s ___ ___ ___ ___ Captain Hook was one: ___ ___ r a t ___
an old-fashioned vehicle:
Santa has a white one: ___ ___ ___ ___ d Q. Whats an owls
a type of boat: k a ___ ___ ___ favorite sport?
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B i ng
Name
A. ___ owl ___ ___ ___
a kind of fruit: g r ___ ___ ___
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Each Mini Book
In most of the mini-books, the puzzles are arranged in order of difficulty.
This allows students to gain confidence before the challenge increases. Some
mini-books include high-challenge bonus puzzles that give students an added
sense of achievement when solved. Heres a look at each mini-book:
ant and rat can be found. ords not used in these puzzles include: pages 1112
ant rat
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WORDY WIGGLERS
In these puzzles, students find the many o erlapping words that are
wded together. o get kids started, the answers to the y
on the co er page are gi en.
age students to create their own y igglers. hey can do
this as a class, in groups or on their own. hey simply start with a w
h as smile and then add a word starting with the w s final two
letters (learn or letter for example). Students should try to include
ords in w h there are other words like butter carpet and shipment.
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pages 1516
Muscles
Mussels With
muscle
Mussel and
are homonyms
words that so
und MUSSELS WITH MUSCLES
have
the same but
different spell
ings our students will roar when they figure out that a grizzly thats lost its
s.
and meaning fur is a bare bear Here, students ha e fun as they try to answer these
ym puzzles, guess w h multiple meaning words fit gi en double
definitions, and illustrate two meanings for a word such as bat, fence
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or fly
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RHYME FINDS
hese are word sear h puzzles with a twist. Rather than looking for
ords in a word list, students look for unidentified words that rhyme with
a gi en w
h grid includes rhyming words with endings that are spelled differently
and sev al words whose endings are spelled the same, but dont rhyme. he
last page of this mini-book invites students to create their own rhymes. Caution pages 2122
students to look for rhyming words within rhyming words. For example, inside
the word sphere is the rhyming word here (puzzle page 4).
Field Trip Sc
ramble
Fantastico! You
ve made a tas
ty new word.
Name
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Idioms & Similes
EATING YOUR WORDS
Idioms and similes make our language quirky and colorful! In this
mini-book, students complete commonly used idioms and similes with
the names of animals, foods and parts of the bod . On page 7, c
can write their own similes. Because idioms rarely mean what they
pages 2930 ally sa , students ha e a chance, on page 8, to illustrate the liter
meaning of an idiom of their choice! he primary purpose of this mini-
book is to encourage students to ha e fun with expressi e language.
herefore, if they are not familiar with some of the idioms, they should
just fill in their best and most creati e guesses.
undup
Compound Ro by joining Compound Words
rds as you can
compound wo ntally,
Make as many tically, horizo
in boxes that connect ver ara te sheet
words wers on a sep
. Write your ans rds to round
or diagonally pou nd wo
er. There are 20 com
of pap
up in each pu
zzle.
COMPOUND ROUNDUP
hese puzzles are similar in format to word sear h puzzles. Hidden in
h of the seven puzzle grids are twenty compound words. Students
must find them by joining words in boxes that connect v ,
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horizontally or diagonally
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tball
Barefoot Foo s, youll form
pairs of BAREFOOT FOOTBALL
In these puzzle rect
pou nd wo rds. Put the cor
com m two
word in the box
and youll for
rdsone with the word he challenge increases! In these puzzles, students form a series of
compound wo one with the
in front of the
word in back
box and
of the box . pairs of compound words. o do this, they supply a missing word between
Example:
o words that then forms two compound wordsone with
bare fo ot ball the word on the left and one with the word on the right.
football
barefoot
aste
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The Syllable
Shuffler le
Syllables
the sly syllab
Oh no! Snarg, ky prank
played a pes
shuffler, has this mini-
lists in
with the word has
aky prankster
book. This sne now
syllables and
mixed up the sen se.
rds make
none of the wo les
the right syllab
Can you put
bac k tog ether? THE SYLLABLE SHUFFLER
In these puzzles, students put the correct syllables back together to
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form three-syllable words. his mini-book is a good introduction to
syllable division. In addition, it builds spelling and word formation skills.
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M One for All
Fill in the bla
ONE FOR ALL Just one letter
Is it a d, an
nks,
will do.
m or a q?
In this mini-book, students find the one letter that completes all four It might be a
But what is a
p,
prew?
ords in each puzzle ro . he missing letter may be an initial consonant, ___ atch
___ age ri ___ e
a final consonant, a consonant in the middle of the word, or a part of a Do you know
what ONE lett
___ rew
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more letters that complete all but one of the w
On the last page of this book, students can ha e fun writing sentences in pages 3738
h all or most of the words start with the same letter
Here is a high-challenge cross ord puzzle variation in w h there are no Crosswords complete
the puzzle?
written clues to use in solving the puzzles. Instead, students fill in letters that
form known words going both across and do
Sometimes more than one letter is missing in a word, and sometimes more
than two words are in ed in determining the right missing letters. In almost
all cases, sev al or more letters work going in one direction, but only one Name
letter works going in both directions. As in many of the mini-books, the last
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o puzzles are the hardest. Be sure students use pencils with er
Secret Codes
CRACK THE CODE Crack the Co
de
Students lo e to cr k secret codes! On each puzzle page, students must On each page
group of rela
of this mini-bo
ted words are
ok, a
written
decode a group of theme-related words written in an alphabet code. Eac in an alphabet
code written
code. Heres se
in an alphabet
cret
code:
puzzle page uses a different alphabet code. vise students to start their H V X I VG X LW
se cre t V
decoding by filling in all known letters in each of the puzzle words. Turn the pag
c od e
e for code
should be cautioned to be sure that they put these and all other decoded puzzle direct
ions.
letters on the correct blanks. Before students begin, you may want to review
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with them the directions on mini-book page two. Depending on the abilities
of your class, it may be helpful to do a decoding puzzle together on the pages 4142
board. Heres one:
g reen
_ ___
_ _____
_ _____
_ ___
_ _____
_ ____
wers: gr , orange, purple, blue, y , bro
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Antonyms & Synonyms
ZIGS ZAGS
Students fill in antonyms for gi en words as they zig and zag their w
through this unique puzzle format. he first and last letter of eac
ym is gi
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ch
Synonym Sear same or nearly
SYNONYM SEARCH
words with the
Two or more led synonyms
.
aning are cal
the same me
In this word sear h puzzle variation, students dont look for the w
On each page,
and circle a syno
find
nym
on the
Hes huge!
Enormous!
Gigantic!
in the word list. Instead, they find a synonym for each of the listed w
for each word
list. Then write
synonym pairs
the
on a
of paper.
Immense!
Gargantuan!
Humongous!
Also hiding in the grids are antonyms for a few of the words on the list.
separate sheet
The letters of each across
ard
synonym go forw
n the
the square or dow
can be
square. Letters
d mor e than once.
circle
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SHRINK EMS
Shrink Ems nt In these puzzles, students start with a fi e-letter word, shrink it down to
! cried the gia
Im shrinking n an ant.
a gnat and the
as he became a four-letter word, then a three-letter word and, finally, a two-letter w
g __i a__ __n __t
__
y of the Shrink Ems ha e multiple answer possibilities. Ho
n a__ __t
g __
__
pages 6 and 7 present added challenges. Students must choose a four
a __n __t
__
letter word and then a three-letter word from w h the gi en tw
ord can be made. Students may find that they e made a word from
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h another word cant be made. (For example, if students shrink the
pages 4748 ord floor to fool, theyll be stuck and will ha e to start o er again.)
learning that this puzzle format was in ented by Lewis Carroll, author of
Turn the pag
e and try it! Alice in Wonderland. He called his puzzles doublets. hey first appeared
essional
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Is that a rat in the refrigerator?
Now try to find the insects that are in these words.
Fill in the missing letters to
Fill in the missing insect names to
complete the ratty words
complete the words that fit the clues. ats! that fit these clues.
a piece of pizza or bread: s ___ ___ ___ ___ Captain Hook was one: ___ ___ r a t ___
a doe to its fawn: ___ ___ ___ ___ e r something to do if you itch: ___ ___ r a t ___ ___
an old-fashioned vehicle: ___ ___ ___ g y 98.6F, for example: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ r a t ___ ___ ___
Santa has a white one: ___ ___ ___ ___ d Q. Whats an owls
Word Puzzle Mini-Books page 11
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There are farm animals in these words. Did you see the ant
in the restaurant? Fill in the miss-
Can you fill in the missing letters to complete the words ing letters to complete the words
that fit the clues? that fit the clues.
an opposite of older: ___ e w e ___
an ancient Egyptian structure: ___ ___ r a m ___ ___
an organ of the body: k i d ___ ___ ___
someone whos not very brave: c o w ___ ___ ___
male deer have them: a n t ___ ___ ___ ___
a bird seen in city parks: p i g ___ ___ ___
this mammal has a trunk: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ a n t
Super Stumper:
its used for jumping fun: ___ r a m ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ a synonym for baby: ___ ___ ___ a n t
4 5
Birds are hiding in these words! Can you fill in the
What adjective describes
missing letters to complete the words that fit the clues?
a fish that wont share?
rotateachangermotheripet baddresshiplanetrimaskip
fallessongloveryourodent
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fall, all, less, son, lesson, song, glove, love, over, very, you, your, our, rod, rode, rodent, den, dent
There are18 words with three or more letters in this There are18 words with three or more letters in this
Wordy Wiggler. Wordy Wiggler.
ifortunearthinknowindown spitchairibboneggoldrage
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There are17 words with three or more letters in this There are17 words with three or more letters in this
Wordy Wiggler.
Wordy Wiggler.
in missing is
ill pr __________ ss
ogre
missing. In fact,
c __________ tesy lots of words are
our
right co __________ te missing in this
ounce mini-book.
ice
apo __________ ize
f __________ en
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Correctly complete each word below by inserting one Correctly complete each word below by inserting one
of the words that is under the magnifying glass. of the words that is under the magnifying glass.
Answer ap __________ ite Answer or __________ ra
Words Words
f __________ y mos __________ o
pear mend
deco __________ n de __________ ry
ratio live
car sym __________ y tell d __________ ous
pet chase
ton
ma __________ oni chin
cons __________ ation
actor ap __________ ance quit pur __________
tin chest
path
ex __________ ct anger
ma __________ ery
as __________ ish tre __________ ous
4 5
Correctly complete each word below by inserting one Correctly complete each word below by inserting one
of the words that is under the magnifying glass. of the words that is under the magnifying glass.
__________ ction __________ ious
an ___ ___ ts ___ ___ ___ t As a noun, its a term for animal skin.
As a verb, its a synonym for conceal.
What do you call an amphibian being pulled on a rope?
______________________________________
fly
Mussel and muscle
are homonyms
fence
words that sound
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bowl
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Answer each of these riddles with a pair of
homonyms. Write in the word that fits the pair of definitions.
Its a term for one of four equal parts. Its also the name
What do you call a grizzly thats lost its fur? of an American coin.
a b ___ ___ ___ b ___ ___ ___ ________________________________________
How do you start a letter to an animal with antlers? As an adjective, it describes someone who waits without
complaining. As a noun, its a person receiving medical
D ___ ___ ___ d ___ ___ ___ treatment.
What did they call the armored soldier who guarded the ________________________________________
castle from 8:00 P.M. to 5:00 A.M.?
Its the name for something used to create a cool breeze.
the ___ ___ ___ ___ t ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ t It also means an enthusiastic admirer.
________________________________________
4 5
Answer each of these riddles with a pair of
homonyms. Write in the word that fits the pair of definitions.
a female lion ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ describing someone who
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keeps secrets ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
someone who is visiting ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 6
3
it's ruled by a king ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
the opposite of correct ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 3
5
someone who plays
describing someone stronger
the violin ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
than others ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 1
2 6
to cook ahead of time ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
things used by someone 2
who is equipped ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ the opposite of changed ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
4 7 1 4 5
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ a/an ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
6 1 2 3 4 5 6 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
describing someone who has hope ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Q. How does the archerfish
1 6
the feeling of being happy ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ catch the insects it eats?
4 9
it's shown by someone who's brave ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ A. It squirts a powerful stream of
2
well-aimed drops of water at
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something in which to
compete ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ its prey. When the insect falls
5 3 into the water, the archerfish
to make someone feel fright ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ eats it. It can shoot water
8 7
more than 3 feet into the
Where are a cricket's ears? air. For more amazing
facts, turn the page.
on its ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Use a prefix or a suffix to change each underlined Use a prefix or a suffix to change each underlined
word to a new word that fits the clue. Then put each word to a new word that fits the clue. Then put each
numbered letter on the line with the same number at numbered letter on the line with the same number at
the bottom of the page. the bottom of the page.
to heat again ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
someone who performs magic ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 3
3 9
it's formed when a person
the opposite of careful ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ perspires ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
6 5 7
6
someone who acts like a fool ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ the opposite of legal ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
2 2
the opposite of possible ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ someone who resides in a place ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
4 7
1 8
someone who acts like a hero ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ a quality shown by a leader ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
8 1
5 4
What reptile can look forward and backward What mammal baby spends almost two years inside its
at the same time? ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ mother before it's born? a/an ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __
4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 5
Use a prefix or a suffix to change each underlined Use a prefix or a suffix to change each underlined
word to a new word that fits the clue. Then put each word to a new word that fits the clue. Then put each
numbered letter on the line with the same number at numbered letter on the line with the same number at
the bottom of the page. the bottom of the page.
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Find and circle Find and circle
16 words of 20 words of
four or more three or more
letters that letters that
rhyme with rhyme with
near. sly.
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shogt ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ knesa ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
cabkl act ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ zidlar ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
wobbec ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ r a s t m e h ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
nomrets ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ h i f s g l o d ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
6 3
yah nowga ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
These puzzles will take you on seven field trip
nikchec poco ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ adventures. So hop on the bus and bring your
___ ___ ___ ___ scrambled word skills! The names of what youll see
on each of these trips have been jumbled.
chardor ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
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Tilly s Totally Fresh Fruit Stand African Wildlife Safari
Unscramble each word below to find five fruits youll see Unscramble each word below to find five mammals youll
(and maybe eat) at Tillys fruit stand. Then arrange the see on this trip. Then arrange the letters you put in the
letters you put in the circles to find one more tasty fruit. circles to find one more safari sight.
monel ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
effarig ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
pagres ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
onil ___ ___ ___ ___
paehc ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
d a r p o e l ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
rerhyc ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
rezab ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
abanna ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
popih ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
4 5
M Coral Reef Aquarium
Unscramble each word below to find five things youll see
Unscramble each word below to find five ocean dwellers
in this very large city. Then arrange the letters you put in
hens + i ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ wave + e ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
barn + i ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ rate + w ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
shoe + u ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ sift + r ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
stir + w ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ fear + t ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
6 3
wore + p ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ stir and mix all the letters just so!
pale + p ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
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Follow Chef Alfonsos recipe, adding the letter on the Follow Chef Alfonsos recipe, adding the letter on the
right to the word on the left. right to the word on the left.
near + l ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ cane + l ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
bear + v ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ rags + s ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
soil + p ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ arch + i ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
gift + h ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ nose + r ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
hope + n ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ iron + h ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Super Stumper: Double the fun! Make two new words. Super Stumper: Double the fun! Make two new words.
tore + w ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ache + t ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
4 5
Follow Chef Alfonsos recipe, adding the letter on the
Follow Chef Alfonsos recipe, adding the letter on the
right to the word on the left.
right to the word on the left.
meal + t m e t a l
___ ___ ___ ___ ___
acre + m ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
as wise as a/an ____________ as strong as a/an __________ walk on ___________________ s (be very cautious)
as proud as a/an ___________ as quiet as a/an ___________ in a ___________________ (have a big problem)
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Parts of the Body Complete each of the get a pat on your ___________________ (be praised)
idioms on these two pages by putting the name of a part
of the body on each blank. If you dont know the idiom, make your ___________________ stand on end (be scary)
put in your best guess. be all ___________________ s (be awkward or clumsy)
be all ___________________ s (be eager to listen) stick your ___________________ out (take a risk)
hold your ___________________ (be silent) button your ___________________ (keep quiet)
have your _________________ in the clouds (to daydream) pull someones ___________________ (fool someone)
make your ___________________ water (look and smell tasty) catch your ___________________ (be noticed)
get it off your ___________________ (make a confession) on your ___________________ s (be alert)
give someone a ___________________ (help someone)
4 5
Animals Complete each of these idioms by putting
Create your own similes by completing each of
the name of an animal on each blank. If you dont know
the phrases below. Try to make your similes as descriptive
the idiom, put in your best guess.
as possible.
motor out air bell way pole stick ground wheel arm deep way
law cap side knob door cone yard back melon lid pit drive
burn sun walk shoe bone pine fall water brow eye ever green
6 3
Compound Roundup
weed shell shore stage dragon hole
Make as many compound words as you can by joining
words in boxes that connect vertically, horizontally,
food sea sick fly coach scotch or diagonally. Write your answers on a separate sheet
of paper. There are 20 compound words to round
up in each puzzle.
top cave fire proof hop butter
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pick paste ache line fore over cuffs shake wear every stand drop
drop tooth bird head how moon fog hand ship under rain card
gum cage brush some light saw kick horn pants bow board fold
day red hair thing any guard drum ache time black cup bill
home dream cut body life where ear stick lip cake spoon tea
4 5
\
mill wind toe tail light work skate pull quake worm pea pit
Super Stumper:
6 3
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Put the correct missing word in the box and form two Put the correct missing word in the box and form two
compound wordsone with the word in front of the box compound wordsone with the word in front of the box
and one with the word in back of the box. and one with the word in back of the box.
jelly bowl news weight goal card tip nail
mid gown pea cracker
battle wreck corn web
Super Stumper: turtle tie
pine sauce cake
4 5
Put the correct missing word in the box and form two
Put the correct missing word in the box and form two
compound wordsone with the word in front of the box
compound wordsone with the word in front of the box
and one with the word in back of the box.
and one with the word in back of the box.
6 3
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Put the correct syllables together to make six words. Put the correct syllables together to make six words.
al ro teen ________________________ de rec ment ________________________
sev sti pal ________________________ gen li nate ________________________
ter pha ble ________________________ hi gu cious ________________________
prin en tute ________________________ cor er dent ________________________
sub ci bat ________________________ ac ber tion ________________________
ac ri bet ________________________ ar ci ous ________________________
4 5
Put the correct syllables together to make six words. Put the correct syllables together to make six words.
rec en tic rectangle
________________________ an e neer ________________________
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Whats the missing consonant for each row? Fill in the Whats the missing consonant for each row? Fill in the
blanks with the ONE letter that makes sense in all four blanks with the ONE letter that makes sense in all four
words in the row. words in the row.
1. c a ___ e ___ a v e n o ___ e ___ i f t
1. ___ a s h ___ e e p ___ a s t e ___ i r e
2. ___ e n d ___ u n c h ___ i c k f o o ___
2. ___ u m p ___ i n t ___ i l e s h o ___
3. ___ e n t ___ e a c h ___ o a d ___ r i m
3. ___ o n e s ___ o r e ___ i c e ___ a m e
4. ___ a n g ___ o r n ___ a n d ___ e e n
4. ___ o o k m i ___ e ___ o u g h ___ l u e
Super Stumper: Using just one letter, fill in the
blanks and complete the word. Super Stumper: Using just one letter, fill in the
blanks and complete the word.
c ___ c ___ ___ n p o ___ ___ e ___ ___ i o n
4 5
Whats the missing consonant for each row? Fill in the Whats the missing consonant for each row? Fill in the
blanks with the ONE letter that makes sense in all four blanks with the ONE letter that makes sense in all four
words in the row. words in the row.
6 3
Fill in the
squares to
complete the Clueless Can you
words in this complete
puzzle. Be the puzzle?
careful Crosswords
though, and
have an eraser
handy. Form
words that
Word Puzzle Mini-Books page 39
make sense
going both
across and
down. (No
proper nouns,
please.)
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Fill in the Fill in the
squares to squares to
complete the complete the
words in this words in this
puzzle. Be puzzle. Be
careful careful
though, and though, and
have an eraser have an eraser
handy. Form handy. Form
words that words that
make sense make sense
going both going both
across and across and
down. (No down. (No
proper nouns, proper nouns,
please.) please.)
4 5
Fill in the Fill in the
squares to squares to
complete the complete the
words in this words in this
puzzle. Be puzzle. Be
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t r a p e z o i d GTBQNSL ___
b ___
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YVEYHX ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ XTHHJW ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
What s My Job? Crack the code for this Crack the Code
group of names of occupations. On each page of this mini-book, a
group of related words are written
p o l i c e m a
UDEFHPVZM ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
n in an alphabet code. Heres secret
code written in an alphabet code:
UEBVQPC ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Word Puzzle Mini-Books page 41
1. awake 1. horizontal
2. rude 2. quiet
3. tiny 3. safe
4. save 4. sweet
5. shallow 5. forget
2. shout
3. conceal 1. winner u
4. most 2. break
5. alone p x c
3. increase
6. fake 4. shrink a
7. follower 5. wet
n r
8 Name
Complete the antonym for Complete the antonym for
each word below. The last each word below. The last
letter of each antonym is the letter of each antonym is
first letter of the next the first letter of the next
antonym. So, in this chain, antonym. So, in this chain,
the first antonym ends with the first antonym ends
d in square 2. with h in square 2.
1. backward 1. wise
2. attack 2. sick
3. same 3. old
4. catch 4. selfish
5. best 5. float
6. bottom 6. cruel
7. ashamed 7. arrive
4 5
Complete the antonym for
Complete the antonym for
each word below. The last
each word below. The last
letter of each antonym is
letter of each antonym is
the first letter of the next
the first letter of the next
almost wealthy
dodge mistake
worth convince
beneath moist
permit terrible
require acquire
vacant bother
sloppy
8 Name
d List d List
find purchase
awkward final
assist applaud
feeble decay
astonish altitude
inquire cost
too harm
observe jump
dull disappear
journey attempt
4 5
d List
d List
weary
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s __
k __
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6 3
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8 Name
Take away one letter and use the remaining letters to Take away one letter and use the remaining letters to
make a four letter word. Repeat these steps to make a make a four letter word. Repeat these steps to make a
three-letter word and then a two-letter word. three-letter word and then a two-letter word.
f l__ o
__ o __r
__ __ s __
__ t __
e __
a __
m t o
__ d __
__ __ a __
y s__ w e __e __t
__ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
4 5
Take away one letter and use the remaining letters to
This time youve been given the final two-letter word.
make a four letter word. Repeat these steps to make a
Choose a four-letter word and then a three-letter word
three-letter word and then a two-letter word.
from which this two-letter word can be made.
p. 6
rot, ate, rotate, tea, teach, eac
hange, hang, anger, hanger, germ,
regret migr , other, moth, the, her, rip, ripe,
Super Stumper:
p. 7
p. 4 p. 5 , car, cart, art, cartoon, too, nice, Mussels ith Muscles, p. 17
ice, cent, center, enter, rush, she, elf,
shelf, fin, find p. 2 p. 3
a hoarse horse
p. 8 a plain plane
spill, pill, ill, pillo , lo , was, star, tar a sent cent
Super Stumper: , ro , wheat, heat, eat, tap, tape,
ampoline ape, peel, eel p. 4 p. 5
a bare bear
p. 6 p. 7 Dear deer
the night knight
he Case of the Missing
d, p. 15 p. 6 p. 7
a weak week
p. 2 p. 3 an ant aunt
a towed toad
hilly c
p. 8
s Amazing, p. 19
p. 2 p. 3
p. 4 p. 5
y igglers, p. 13 a sponge
p. 2 p. 4 p. 5
, ho , who, whole, hole, lemon,
one, money, eye, yet, this, his, slid,
lid, slide, dear, ear
impossible resident
p. 3 p. 6 p. 7
bad, add, address, dress, ship, hip, ac an elephant
plan, plane, lane, net, planet, trim,
rim, mask, ask, ski, skip p. 6 p. 7
p. 4
fortune, for, fort, tune, near, ear, earth,
art, thin, think, ink, kno , no , win,
wind, windo , down, o
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p. 8 ield rip Scramble, p. 23 p. 6 p. 7
t ( i p so bat (or so
p. 2 p. 3 me far do fun
it fur y pet
be car or rub
he owl (or he lo we rid
on its front legs us get as pry
p. 8
we hat (or he hew)
yme Finds, p. 21 p. 4 p. 5 do bar (or or bad)
lemon or melon y one
p. 2 so pie
hore, four, roar, soar, pore, go men (or no gem)
ore, sore an lie
Up and do , bore, more, pour
tore, shore, door, snore
ords in the puzzle that don
yme are hour, tour and sour p. 6 p. 7 Chef Alfonsos W d
p. 27
p. 3 k cat
, zoo, clue, drew, shoe, p. 2 p. 3
too, who, blue, grew, through
Up and do , glue, threw, flew
ou, blew, tw
Note: ords in the puzzle that don
yme are sew and rough. p. 8
Super Stumper Super Stumper
p. 4 north, thorn horse, shore
oss: , steer, fear, spear, sheer yw
, clear, pier ken coop p. 4 p. 5
Up and do , rear, hear, dear
, deer, sphere, here
ords in the puzzle that don
yme are wear, bear and pear
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Eating our ds, p. 29 p. 5 p. 5
wers may v . foghorn, handcuffs, handshake, post (goalpost, postcard)
, understand, underpants, ship (battleship, shipwrec
p. 2 p. 3 aindrop, r , cardboard, k (turtleneck, nec
k, blackboard, cupboard, toe (tiptoe, toenail)
cats, dogs cupcake, billboard, billfold, eardrum, cob (corncob, cobweb)
kle or jam he, lipstick, teacup, teaspoon
p. 6
p. 6 ball (baseball, ballpark)
, flagpole, motor ycle, outfit, step (doorstep, stepladder)
outline, outla , outside, airline, shirt (sweatshirt, shirtsleev
alk, doorbell, doorw , door- fish (goldfish, fishhook)
p. 4 p. 5 knob, sunburn, sunset, sunshine, Super Stumper
shoeshine, pinecone, wishbone, w (seesa , sa
kbone, bac shoe (horseshoe, shoelace)
p. 7 p. 7
skateboard, pullo , peacock, k (quarterback, bac
erboard, o erdue, earthquake, w (scarecro , cro
p. 6 orm, suitcase, cockpit, light (flashlight, lighthouse)
surfboard, scoreboard, sno ring (earring, ringmaster)
wman, snowstorm, briefcase, hill (anthill, hillside)
weekend, beanbag, w
bee or bea ork, br p. 8
cook (cookbook) store (bookstore)
p. 8 ap (scrapbook) worm (bookw
h, dr , sea ket (pocketbook) case (bookcase)
seashell, seashore, seafood, seasic note (notebook) mark (bookmark)
eman, firefly, fireproof, fireman, ork (workbook) shelf (bookshelf)
Compound Roundup, p. 31 fireplace, hopscotch, butterscotc text (textbook)
sandbox, mailbox, boxcar, lamp-
p. 2 shade, grapefruit, gr
windmill, taillight, ladybug, pigtail,
ytail, bedbug, bedspread, he Syllable Shuffler, p. 35
bedroom, c k, classmate,
classroom, footprint, footstep, foot- efoot Football, p. 33 p. 2 p. 3
stool, bathtub, bathrobe, bathroom,
mushroom, nightmare, p. 2
corn (popcorn, cornstalk)
y (co , bo
p. 3 basket (wastebasket, basketball)
ypen, playground, highc , y (birthda , da
, groundhog, w , heel (cartwheel, w
, armpit, y k, bac p. 4 p. 5
ground, bac ard, dri , p. 3
atermelon, waterfall, eyelid, wn (touc wn, do
, eyeball, eyelash, ev bee (bumblebee, beehi
boat (tugboat, boathouse)
pot (teapot, potholder)
p. 4 fire (campfire, firecr
forehead, toothpick, toothpaste,
he, toothbrush, birdcage, p. 4 p. 6 p. 7
he, headline, headlight, fish (jellyfish, fishbo
moonlight, gumdrop, someho night (midnight, nightgo
something, daydream, hairbrush, paper (newspaper, paperweight)
cut, anything, an , an nut (peanut, nutcr
Super Stumper
apple (pineapple, applesauce)
pan (saucepan, pancake)
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p. 8 Super Stumper p. 5
(g) giggling
Clueless Cr ds, p. 39
A few answers may v . All formed
ords, ho , must make
sense going both across and do
p. 1
(c) catch, cage, rice, crew
p. 2
1. (m) meat, moss, lame, mark
2. (w) wind, wool, weed, week p. 6
3. (z) maze, zoom, doze, size
4. (h) head, humble, heel, hike
Super Stumper
(l) lullab
p. 3
1. (f) foot, fake, life, feather
2. (p) pill, pink, spell, poc
3. (g) gi e, gate, glo , gr
4. (r) real, riddle, role, bark p. 3
Super Stumper
(m) mammal
p. 4
1. (s) case, sa e, nose, sift
2. (l) lend, lunch, lick, fool p. 7
3. (t) tent, teach, toad, trim
4. (b) bang, born, band, been
Super Stumper
(o) cocoon
p. 5
1. (w) wash, weep, waste, wire
2. (p) pump, pint, pile, shop
3. (n) none, snore, nice, name
4. (c) cook, mice, cough, clue
Super Stumper p. 4
(s) possession
p. 6
1. (m) mall, male, mumm , blame
2. (d) dunk, dimple, dull, dro
3. (h) hold, hail, hoof, hairy
4. (f) fell, wife, found, fudge
Super Stumper
(t) tattletale
p. 7
1. (r) rest, hear, rose, hire
2. (l) lo e, lawn, sleep, lime
3. (b) bare, back, boil, blush
4. (s) sour, sore, sank, lose
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p. 8 Zigs & Zags, p. 43 p. 5
p. 2
k the Code, p. 41
p. 3 p. 6
p. 3 p. 4
cup cake
ice cream
apple pie
herry tart
p. 5 p. 6
p. 4 p. 7
p. 7 p. 8
bus dri
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p. 8 p. 5 p. 3
hase, buy skunk, sunk, sun, us
final, last h, what, hat, at
applaud, clap
, rot p. 4
altitude, height , roof, for, of
cost, price steam, tame, met, me
harm, hurt
jump, leap p. 5
,v , toad, dot, to
attempt, try weet, west, wet, we
p. 6 p. 6
almost, nearly wn, word, ro , or
dodge, a , arm , ma , m
orth, v
beneath, under p. 7
permit, allo earth, hear, her, he
ym Sear h, p. 45 require, need proud, pour, our, or
acant, empty
p. 2 cross, angry p. 8
, tired secure, safe beard, bead, bed, be
select, c , weep great, gate, ate, at
neat, tid
construct, build p. 7
, odd , reply
ageous, br , often Be a d d, p. 49
, middle tremble, quake
connect, join certain, sure p. 2 p. 3
rush, hurry e, pardon
thought, idea ate, r
impolite, rude
p. 3 desire, cr
, ric , roam
mistake, error disregard, ignore
vince, persuade
moist, damp p. 8 p. 4 p. 5
terrible, a faithful, lo
acquire, get capture, catc
, anno foe, enem
, remain conscious, a
ag, boast entire, w
, thin quarrel, argue
numerous, man
p. 4 , ruin p. 6 p. 7
find, locate possess, o
ard, clumsy , messy
assist, help
feeble, weak
astonish, amaze
inquire, ask Shrink- Ems, p. 47
too, also wers may v .
e, w Sample answers are gi
dull, boring
, trip p. 2
could, loud, old, do
ounce, once, one, on
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The antonyms in these puzzle
chains zig and zag, but the
chains hang together. Thats
because the last letter of each o a i
antonym in the chain is also s p e
the first letter of the next
antonym in the chain. e e d
1. winner u
2. break
p x c
3. increase
4. shrink a
5. wet
n r