1st Grade Word Games & Puzzles Worksheets
15 printable 1st Grade phonics worksheets on Word Games & Puzzles. Every sheet has an answer key — 15 in all. 3 activity types: Code Breaker, Roll And Read, Word Hunt. The first three worksheets are free to download; All Access opens the rest and every answer key.
On these sheets: black, drop, plant and stop; song, rang, hang and long; a, a_e and i_e; name, take, gave and home; and more in the full list below. Each sheet is marked with the week it was written for: weeks 6 to 34 of Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency, Grade 1.
What is in this set: Code Breaker (5), Roll And Read (5) and Word Hunt (5).
Practice pages support a program; they are not the lesson. These sheets reinforce Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency — Grade 1, the complete K–5 reading curriculum from Faith Readers. Preview a reading week to see how its lessons run. See every program →
Choose a worksheet below, then open the large preview to zoom.
3 of 15 worksheets free · All Access opens the other 12 and all 15 answer keys
The free sheets download from this page as PDFs. Open to everyone.
Included in All Access — $39/month for every child in the household, cancel anytime.
Members can add these sheets to a workbook of their own: My Workbooks.
Includes 3 activity types: Code Breaker, Roll And Read, Word Hunt.
All 15 worksheets in this set
- Roll And Read 1: black, drop, plant and stop Free PDF
- Code Breaker 1: song, rang, hang and long Free PDF
- Word Hunt 1: a, a_e and i_e Free PDF
- Roll And Read 2: name, take, gave and home
- Code Breaker 2: note, bone, poke and joke
- Word Hunt 2: ea and ee
- Roll And Read 3: tried, night, high and show
- Code Breaker 3: chew, stew, true and drew
- Word Hunt 3: or and ir
- Roll And Read 4: turn, third, girl and hurt
- Code Breaker 4: girl, curb, hurt and turn
- Word Hunt 4: ir and ur
- Roll And Read 5: good, try, took and cry
- Code Breaker 5: noon, tool, root and toot
- Word Hunt 5: spoon and foot
Teaching Word Games & Puzzles
What it is
Three games bring back the spellings of the weeks before, so earlier patterns are not forgotten: a roll-and-read board, a code to crack in which each shape stands for a sound, and a small word hunt that ends with sorting the words by spelling. They take turns through the year, one every second week.
When a child is ready
Use them after the pattern has been taught and its words read once through; a game is practice, not the first meeting with a spelling.
If they struggle
When a game stalls, the pattern underneath is usually not secure yet; go back and read its plain word list first. In the code game, have the child say each sound aloud while writing its letters, then blend the whole word and read the secret sentence.
Worksheet preview
The whole page is fitted when opened. Use +/−, click the page, or pinch to inspect details.
Stay Informed with Faith Schooling
Sign up for email updates about new free worksheet releases, homeschooling law changes in your state, and resources for homeschooling families.
Your email address stays with Faith Schooling. We never sell or share your information with third parties.