Grade 1 Weather Words word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

Grade 1 Weather Words word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

I made this weather words puzzle set for my 1st graders during our Earth science unit. The kids could look outside and tell me if it was sunny or rainy, but they had no idea what words like cloudy, windy, or snowy meant when we talked about different kinds of weather. They also kept mixing up "stormy" and "windy." So I put together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using simple weather vocabulary like sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy, snowy, stormy, hot, cold, warm, cool, foggy, and icy . I also threw in a few like "forecast" and "season" because they kept coming up in our morning meeting routine when we checked the day's weather. Nothing fancy — just puzzles to help the vocabulary finally stick.

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 spelling of "stormy" or whether foggy and cloudy are the same thing. The crossword I use for partners or as a review, and I usually have a weather chart nearby for the kids who need the visual support to connect the word to the picture . I added a couple simple sun, cloud, and raindrop drawings but nothing too busy.

Works for 1st through 2nd grade. Print and go. Sometimes I have early finishers draw today's weather on the back and label it with a word from the puzzle. The kids actually ask for these now.