Arctic Animals word search, scramble and crossword

Arctic Animals word search, scramble and crossword

⭐I made this arctic animals puzzle set for my 2nd and 3rd graders during our winter habitats unit. The kids loved talking about polar bears and penguins (I know penguins are Antarctica — they corrected me later) but got bored with regular vocabulary review. So I threw together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using words like polar bear, walrus, seal, arctic fox, caribou, snowy owl, and iceberg. Nothing fancy.

⭐ The PDF is four pages. Three puzzles plus one answer key page. The word search is good for quiet time after lunch. The scramble gets them arguing over how to spell "caribou" and whether "musk ox" is one word or two. The crossword I save for partners. I added a couple simple snowflake and bear drawings but nothing distracting.

⭐ Works for 1st through 4th grade. Print and go. Sometimes I ask early finishers to pick one animal and draw a small picture next to its name. The kids actually like these.