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Phonics Word Search Puzzles

By thisreadingmama 1 Comment

These Phonics Word Search Puzzles are a fun way to work on phonics skills AND handwriting at the same time!

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Phonics Word Search Puzzles - This Reading Mama

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Phonics Word Search Puzzles

If you’re looking for a fun and engaging idea that could be used before reading or as an independent activity*, check out all our phonics word search puzzles! More than 50 puzzles are included PLUS the answer keys.

You’ll find phonics puzzles for:

  • Short Vowel Words
  • CVCe/Silent e Words
  • Bossy r Words
  • Vowel Team Words {including long vowel teams and diphthongs}

*These pages DO NOT take the place of teaching the phonics pattern. Before setting your learners free to try them on their own, be sure you have explicitly taught them the phonics pattern.

Phonics Word Search Puzzle - trace and sound out the words first

Each page asks learners to trace the words at the top. As they trace each phonics word, encourage your learners to sound through the words. This makes reading and blending the words multi-sensory as they say, hear, and trace.

 

Phonics Word Search Puzzle - find the word in the word search

Once the words have been traced, learners look for the words in the puzzles at the bottom of the page.

 

Phonics Word Search Puzzles - subscriber freebie from This Reading Mama

On the first two phonics patterns {short vowels and CVCe words} words will only be found forward and going down. On the second two phonics patterns {bossy r and vowel team words}, words can be found forward, down, AND diagonally.

Words will not be found backward on ANY of the puzzles because doing this could confuse some learners who already struggle with moving left to right as they read and blend words.

 

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Enjoy teaching!
~Becky

 

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Comments

  1. zaheda says

    February 11, 2021 at 8:38 am

    Hello Becky
    I am a life long educator from Lebanon . I would like to thank you for the freebies you sent, especially that we cannot use our credit card, due to the economic crisis that we are facing in Lebanon.
    really appreciated
    sincerely
    Zaheda

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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