3rd Grade Word Games & Puzzles Worksheets
67 printable 3rd Grade phonics worksheets on Word Games & Puzzles. Every sheet has an answer key — 67 in all. 2 activity types: Clue Crossword, Code Breaker. The first three worksheets are free to download; All Access opens the rest and every answer key.
On these sheets: lowest, oldest, darkest and hardest; three syllables; The -ble Family; agreement, commitment, settlement and achievement; and more in the full list below. Each sheet is marked with the week it was written for: weeks 2 to 35 of Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency, Grade 3.
What is in this set: Code Breaker (34) and Clue Crossword (33).
Practice pages support a program; they are not the lesson. These sheets reinforce Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency — Grade 3, the complete K–5 reading curriculum from Faith Readers. Preview a reading week to see how its lessons run. See every program →
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Includes 2 activity types: Clue Crossword, Code Breaker.
All 67 worksheets in this set
- Code Breaker 1: lowest, oldest, darkest and hardest Free PDF
- Clue Crossword 1: three syllables Free PDF
- Clue Crossword 2: The -ble Family Free PDF
- Code Breaker 2: agreement, commitment, settlement and achievement
- Clue Crossword 3: four syllables and accent
- Code Breaker 3: uneasy, uncommon, uncertain and ungrateful
- Code Breaker 4: readable, washable, agreeable and enjoyable
- Clue Crossword 4: -tion
- Code Breaker 5: graceful, peaceful, reaction and meaningful
- Clue Crossword 5: -sion
- Code Breaker 6: replace, reaction, reappear and reusable
- Clue Crossword 6: -ture
- Code Breaker 7: teachable, acceptable, manageable and remarkable
- Clue Crossword 7: port
- Code Breaker 8: export, report, portable and importer
- Clue Crossword 8: rupt
- Code Breaker 9: disagree, dishonest, discourage and dishonesty
- Clue Crossword 9: struct
- Code Breaker 10: unable, portable, changeable and noticeable
- Clue Crossword 10: dict
- Code Breaker 11: vision, predict, contradict and invisible
- Clue Crossword 11: vis or vid
- Code Breaker 12: visible, accessible, collectible and invisible
- Clue Crossword 12: aud
- Code Breaker 13: dictionary, prediction, television and description
- Clue Crossword 13: scrib or script
- Code Breaker 14: perfect, perfectly, descriptor and descriptive
- Clue Crossword 14: fac or fect
- Code Breaker 15: boundary, honorary, dictation and legendary
- Clue Crossword 15: bio
- Code Breaker 16: import, report, support and transport
- Clue Crossword 16: bio
- Code Breaker 17: factor, geological, geographic and subscriber
- Clue Crossword 17: graph
- Code Breaker 18: audible, geology, graphic and rupture
- Clue Crossword 18: logy
- Code Breaker 19: autograph, geography, photography and photographer
- Clue Crossword 19: The -al Ending
- Code Breaker 20: coastal, subtitle, naturally and subdivision
- Clue Crossword 20: sub-
- Code Breaker 21: instruct, dismissal, initially and submarine
- Clue Crossword 21: pro-
- Code Breaker 22: construct, structure, instructor and destructive
- Clue Crossword 22: ex-
- Code Breaker 23: export, exactly, humorous and interrupt
- Clue Crossword 23: -ous
- Code Breaker 24: venomous, hazardous, poisonous and regularly
- Clue Crossword 24: -ous
- Code Breaker 25: musical, critical, geometrical and traditional
- Clue Crossword 25: -ify
- Code Breaker 26: disrupt, realign, accessory and directory
- Clue Crossword 26: -ize
- Code Breaker 27: unhappy, colorful, telephone and telescope
- Clue Crossword 27: -ance or -ence
- Code Breaker 28: allowance, clearance, acceptance and appearance
- Clue Crossword 28: -ity
- Code Breaker 29: humorous, different, marvelous and poisonous
- Clue Crossword 29: The Soft C
- Code Breaker 30: dirty, dusty, messy and rainy
- Code Breaker 31: useless, harmless, helpless and homeless
- Clue Crossword 30: The Silent G - gn
- Code Breaker 32: joyful, careful, harmful and faithful
- Clue Crossword 31: Suffixes Change Jobs
- Code Breaker 33: endless, fearless, needless and countless
- Clue Crossword 32: Suffixes Change Jobs
- Code Breaker 34: useful, handful, helpful and hopeful
- Clue Crossword 33: Suffixes Change Jobs
Teaching Word Games & Puzzles
What it is
Two puzzles practice the week's word parts. In the code game each shape stands for a base word or an ending (low, short, -est), and the child joins the parts to write and read the word. In the crossword the child reads a clue, chooses the answer from a word bank, and has to spell it exactly for it to fit.
When a child is ready
Use them after the week's word parts have been taught; the puzzles are practice, not the first meeting.
If they struggle
If the code words come out wrong, have the child say what each part means before joining them. In the crossword, count the squares first and set aside the word-bank words that are too long or too short; a letter already in the grid then settles the rest.
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