Farming and Agriculture word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

Farming and Agriculture word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

I made this farming and agriculture puzzle set for my 2nd and 3rd graders during our community helpers unit. The kids could name a few things like tractors and cows, but they had no idea about all the steps that bring food from the field to our tables. So I put together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using words like farm, farmer, tractor, cow, pig, chicken, sheep, horse, crop, corn, wheat, soil, seed, plant, grow, harvest, barn, and vegetable . I also made sure to include a few like "irrigation," "orchard," "dairy," and "ranch" because they kept coming up in our conversations about different types of farms .

The PDF is four pages. Three puzzles plus one answer key page. The word search works well for quiet time after recess or independent practice. The scramble gets them talking because they argue about the difference between a crop and a vegetable, or whether an orchard is a type of garden. The crossword I use for partners or as a review after we've watched a short video about how farms work. I added a couple simple tractor, barn, and sunflower drawings but nothing too busy.

Works for 2nd through 4th grade. Print and go. Sometimes I have early finishers draw a picture of their favorite farm animal and label it on the back. The kids actually ask for these now.