What makes this activity developmentally appropriate practice?
Reason #1: word list is kept to 8 words
Reason #2: words are kept to 3 letters using CVC pattern
Reason #3: words are kept in traditional English language reading format of horizontal or left to right
Once kindergarteners have been introduced to CVC pattern for making words, they should be able to sound out and read the words in the list and be able to find all 8 words without confusion or frustration.
To make it more challenging, more words can be added to list and/or have more than 1 word on each line. Then after that level of difficulty has had successful completions, word search puzzles can be created that introduce words going vertical or that include a third group with a new word ending.
Note: I've created these with color coding for the 2 endings and printed them with the color instructions in their hue, so when copying or printing with just black or grayscale, you will need to use a colored pencil or crayon to key the students' papers.
When you find a word, color it in puzzle green if it ends in -eg and orange if it ends in -og. Words to find are:
- peg
- leg
- beg
- Meg (meg)
- fog
- jog
- dog
- hog
Words will only be found in horizontal order.
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Kindergarten word search with -eg and -og words 2017 by Rebecca Morris Sadler
