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Word Search Medium Quick Sheet

One free page: an 8x8 word search with eight four-letter words, across, down and diagonal.

Part of: Puzzle path — step 10 of 12

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Word Search Medium Quick Sheet (1 page)

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Free to print and use at home or in the classroom, as many times as you like.

How to use this

  • What it builds

    This word search steps up from the three-letter version: a larger 8x8 grid, eight four-letter words, and a third direction, the slant from top-left to bottom-right. Looking for a word that might run across, down or diagonally asks a child to scan more flexibly and to check a whole spelling rather than just a first letter, which reinforces letter order and the look of common words such as FISH, MOON and CAKE. Words never run backwards, so every one reads in the normal direction once found.

  • Ready when

    A child who can read four-letter words and has done the easy word search comfortably is ready.

  • How to run it

    Print one copy. Let the child choose which word to hunt first and circle each as they find it. If they are stuck, suggest looking for the least common letter in the word, such as the K in DUCK or the F in FROG, then checking the letters around it. Ten minutes is plenty. Both UK (A4) and US (Letter) paper sizes print from the same download.

Part of this skill path — step 10 of 12

  1. 1Dot to Dot 1 to 10 Quick Sheet
  2. 2Easy Maze Quick Sheet
  3. 3Dot to Dot House Quick Sheet
  4. 4Dot to Dot Rocket Quick Sheet
  5. 5Mini Sudoku 4x4 Easy Quick Sheet
  6. 6Word Search Easy Quick Sheet
  7. 7Dot to Dot 1 to 20 Quick Sheet
  8. 8Medium Maze Quick Sheet
  9. 9Mini Sudoku 4x4 Hard Quick Sheet
  10. 10Word Search Medium Quick SheetAges 5-6 · K
  11. 11Dot to Dot 1 to 30 Quick Sheet
  12. 12Hard Maze Quick Sheet

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