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Kindergarten Word Games & Puzzles Worksheets

15 printable Kindergarten 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: man, sit, map and pat; am, mad, man and mom; a, i and o; off, tell, let and hill; and more in the full list below. Each sheet is marked with the week it was written for: weeks 8 to 35 of Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency, Kindergarten.

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 — Kindergarten, 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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3 of 15 worksheets free · All Access opens the other 12 and all 15 answer keys

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Includes 3 activity types: Code Breaker, Roll And Read, Word Hunt.

Roll And Read 1: man, sit, map and pat Free Worksheet 1 of 15
Code Breaker 1: am, mad, man and mom Free Worksheet 2 of 15
Word Hunt 1: a, i and o Free Worksheet 3 of 15
Kindergarten phonics worksheet — Word Games & Puzzles. Roll And Read 2: off, tell, let and hill
Roll And Read 2: off, tell, let and hill All Access
Kindergarten phonics worksheet — Word Games & Puzzles. Code Breaker 2: run, pass, rat and rip
Code Breaker 2: run, pass, rat and rip All Access
Kindergarten phonics worksheet — Word Games & Puzzles. Word Hunt 2: ll and ss
Word Hunt 2: ll and ss All Access
Kindergarten phonics worksheet — Word Games & Puzzles. Roll And Read 3: but, can, got and get
Roll And Read 3: but, can, got and get All Access
Kindergarten phonics worksheet — Word Games & Puzzles. Code Breaker 3: back, sick, deck and rack
Code Breaker 3: back, sick, deck and rack All Access
Kindergarten phonics worksheet — Word Games & Puzzles. Word Hunt 3: ck and ll
Word Hunt 3: ck and ll All Access
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All 15 worksheets in this set

  • Roll And Read 1: man, sit, map and pat Free PDF
  • Code Breaker 1: am, mad, man and mom Free PDF
  • Word Hunt 1: a, i and o Free PDF
  • Roll And Read 2: off, tell, let and hill
  • Code Breaker 2: run, pass, rat and rip
  • Word Hunt 2: ll and ss
  • Roll And Read 3: but, can, got and get
  • Code Breaker 3: back, sick, deck and rack
  • Word Hunt 3: ck and ll
  • Roll And Read 4: yes, six, box and fix
  • Code Breaker 4: much, chin, such and rich
  • Word Hunt 4: sh, ch and th
  • Roll And Read 5: when, that, this and much
  • Code Breaker 5: if, it, in and that
  • Word Hunt 5: e, i and o

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. 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 letter, then blend the whole word before moving on.

This skill in other grades: Grade 1 · Grade 3 · Grade 4 · Grade 5

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