4th Grade Word Games & Puzzles Worksheets
65 printable 4th Grade phonics worksheets on Word Games & Puzzles. Every sheet has an answer key — 65 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: import, portable, transport and reporter; port = carry; deport, export, report and importer; dem; and more in the full list below. Each sheet is marked with the week it was written for: weeks 1 to 35 of Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency, Grade 4.
What is in this set: Code Breaker (34) and Clue Crossword (31).
Practice pages support a program; they are not the lesson. These sheets reinforce Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency — Grade 4, 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 65 worksheets in this set
- Code Breaker 1: import, portable, transport and reporter Free PDF
- Clue Crossword 1: port = carry Free PDF
- Code Breaker 2: deport, export, report and importer Free PDF
- Clue Crossword 2: port = carry
- Clue Crossword 3: dem
- Code Breaker 3: dictation, contradict, predictor and dictionary
- Code Breaker 4: chronic, contradict, undemocratic and prediction
- Clue Crossword 4: astro or aster
- Clue Crossword 5: path
- Code Breaker 5: export, chronic, disaster and microphone
- Code Breaker 6: chronic, disaster, telephone and telescope
- Clue Crossword 6: scope
- Code Breaker 7: construct, instructor, destructive and instruction
- Clue Crossword 7: meter or metr
- Code Breaker 8: suitable, workable, acceptable and changeable
- Clue Crossword 8: therm
- Code Breaker 9: metric, thermal, microwave and microphone
- Clue Crossword 9: micro
- Code Breaker 10: instruct, structure, constructor and destructive
- Clue Crossword 10: phon
- Code Breaker 11: renew, repack, realign and rebirth
- Clue Crossword 11: ben or bene
- Code Breaker 12: fearless, flawless, restless and timeless
- Code Breaker 13: predict, dictation, contradict and dictionary
- Clue Crossword 12: multi
- Code Breaker 14: multitask, multilevel, multimedia and semiannual
- Clue Crossword 13: semi
- Code Breaker 15: multilevel, semiannual, semicircle and circumstance
- Code Breaker 16: interrupt, interview, interstate and interactive
- Clue Crossword 14: inter
- Code Breaker 17: telegraph, biography, biographer and geographer
- Clue Crossword 15: inter
- Code Breaker 18: transform, contraband, contradict and transplant
- Clue Crossword 16: trans
- Code Breaker 19: inactive, incorrect, incomplete and independent
- Clue Crossword 17: in- or im-
- Code Breaker 20: vaguely, uniquely, preschool and uniqueness
- Clue Crossword 18: When CH Says K
- Code Breaker 21: humorous, poisonous, impossible and inaccurate
- Clue Crossword 19: -ous
- Code Breaker 22: joyous, humorous, venomous and hazardous
- Clue Crossword 20: -ous
- Code Breaker 23: chronic, inhuman, indirect and hazardous
- Clue Crossword 21: -ous
- Code Breaker 24: dangerous, photocopy, poisonous and indefinite
- Clue Crossword 22: -ous
- Code Breaker 25: import, improper, impartial and impractical
- Clue Crossword 23: photo - Light
- Code Breaker 26: statement, commitment, management and achievement
- Clue Crossword 24: -ous
- Code Breaker 27: mighty, roughly, doubtless and photograph
- Clue Crossword 25: The Silent N - mn
- Code Breaker 28: inspect, prospect, inspection and respectful
- Clue Crossword 26: The Silent GH
- Code Breaker 29: tougher, toughest, brightest and laughable
- Clue Crossword 27: -ous
- Code Breaker 30: highest, weighty, marvelous and toughness
- Clue Crossword 28: -ous
- Code Breaker 31: inspect, respect, prospect and inspector
- Clue Crossword 29: spect = look
- Code Breaker 32: wearable, adaptable, agreeable and enjoyable
- Clue Crossword 30: The Silent GH
- Code Breaker 33: retake, review, rebuild and rebuilt
- Clue Crossword 31: The Silent GH
- Code Breaker 34: higher, metric, doubtful and geometric
Teaching Word Games & Puzzles
What it is
Two puzzles practice word parts: the week's own in most weeks, and in a few weeks parts the child already knows. In the code game each shape stands for a part (a root, a prefix or a suffix), 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 root or affix has 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, the clue is usually the meaning of the root in plain words; underline that word in the clue and look for the root that carries it.
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