Bilingual English-Spanish Food word search, scramble and crossword puz

Bilingual English-Spanish Food word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

I made this bilingual food puzzle set for my 1st and 2nd graders during our dual language unit. The kids could name food in English but had no idea what words like manzana, pan, or leche meant in Spanish. So I put together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using words like manzana/apple, pan/bread, leche/milk, agua/water, queso/cheese, pollo/chicken, pescado/fish, arroz/rice, fruta/fruit, verdura/vegetable, huevo/egg, and jugo/juice. Nothing fancy — just puzzles to help the food vocabulary finally stick in both languages.

The PDF is four pages. Three puzzles plus one answer key page. The word search works well for quiet time after recess or indoor recess. The scramble gets them talking because they argue about whether "jugo" and "zumo" both mean juice. The crossword I use for partners or as a review. I added a couple simple apple, bread, and milk drawings but nothing too busy.

Works for K through 3rd grade. Print and go. Sometimes I have early finishers draw their favorite food and label it in both languages on the back. The kids actually ask for these now.