Practice Spelling With a Puzzle Creator

Students will:

• Be able to use their spelling/vocabulary words to fill in the crossword puzzle.

Vocabulary Words:

1. You will use your own vocabulary words. 

To prepare for this lesson:

• Create your free account on Puzzel.

• Watch the short Puzzle Video Tutorial.

• Click on the crossword puzzle. Click Create.

• Type in your answers and descriptions (vocabulary word and definition).

• Give your puzzle a name.

• Make sure you save your puzzle. You can always go back and finish it later.  

• If you go to settings, you can add a hidden solution at the end of your puzzle.  

• When finished, click the play button. You can then print your puzzle, reset answers, share links, or save the image.

• You can also click the publish button. This lets you share a link, share it on Facebook or Twitter, and on Google classroom.

• If you update to a premium member, they do give you many more options. The Free account is adequate for most users. 

• With the premium account you can actually make a different puzzle for the students to complete every day using their spelling/vocabulary words.  (word search, memory game, etc.).

See Accommodations Page and Charts on the 21things4students.net site in the Teacher Resources. 

Directions for this activity:

1. Review the students’ spelling/vocabulary list.  

2. Have students log into Google Classroom (If your students use GC) and click on the puzzle link that you shared with them. If you created a different puzzle for every day, this could be one of their spelling/vocabulary assignments to complete daily.  

3. If you want a paper copy instead, just print it out ahead of time.  

Different options for assessing the students:

• Observations
• Check for understanding

• Check the crossword puzzle and see how many the students got correct.