Unscramble Words Worksheet with Animal Vocabulary

I created this 20-page Animal Word Unscramble packet as an interesting yet productive activity that actually has the effect of keeping children focused and quiet.

As with all of my students who love animals, it was crucial that I used actual photos in place of clip art to make sure my visual learners and ESL students would relate more to the activities.

Here's why it's effective: I have made these pages double-sided in order to reduce the amount of paper being used. On each side there are two puzzles that allow the child to look at an image of the animal, then scramble some letters which they must solve in order to correctly spell and write the word on the provided lines.

Use them like this:

Morning Work: These are my favourite "grab and go" sheets that work great at the start of the day.
Early Finishers: Have a folder of this ready for your students who complete their assignments ahead of time.
* Laminated Centers: Don’t want to waste paper? Just laminate several copies and have students write directly on them using dry-erase markers.
* Sub Plans: Substitute teachers will love how simple and intuitive these sheets are; they are self-explanatory as the illustrations are like an answer key to the questions kids might ask you.

What you’ll get:
Included is a PDF document consisting of 20 printable pages. This makes for 40 unique animal picture puzzle sheets in total. Each page features a realistic image, letter boxes for decoding, and a line for handwriting.