Life Skills Crosswords (PDF)
- Grades
- Grades 2–5, Elementary
- Pages
- 9
- File type
- Answer key
- Included
- Subject
- ELA, Language Development, Vocabulary, Special Resources, Life Skills
- Topic
- life skills crossword puzzles, life skills worksheets
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets, Crosswords Puzzles
- Answer key
- Included
About this resource
What's inside this resource
Making a snack, sorting laundry and finding your way across town all start with knowing the right words. These life skills crosswords give students five puzzles, one per page, built around daily routines: In the Kitchen, Laundry Day, Telling Time and Planning, Getting Around Town, and First Aid Basics. Clues describe real tasks, such as scooping yogurt with a spoon, and each page has a word bank of eight or nine answers plus a short "Did you know?" fact, like why cooks turn pot handles toward the back of the stove.
Two "Life Skills in Action" pages then put the puzzle words to use. Students number the steps for doing laundry, work out two time problems, mark five ideas as safe or not safe, and write what they would do if they lost their family in a store or a cousin touched a warm pan. A take-home tracker lets each child check whether they can do five skills alone, with help or not yet.
- Grades 2–5: life skills, SEL and special education life-skills classes
- Nine pages: five crosswords, two practice pages and a two-page answer key
- Two versions: full color and print-friendly black and white
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Read and spell vocabulary for kitchen, laundry, time, travel and first aid routines.
Put the steps of a household task in order.
Solve simple elapsed-time problems from a daily plan.
Teaching tips
Let students who struggle with spelling use the word bank on each puzzle page.
Read the "Did you know?" card aloud before each puzzle as a short talking point.
For the swim class time problem, use the key's note that breaks 3:30 to 4:15 into 30 minutes and 15 more.
Skills covered
Life skills vocabulary: students spell words such as whisk, hamper, midnight, sidewalk and scrape from real-task clues.
Sequencing: students number four laundry steps from sorting to putting clothes away.
Telling time: students find the latest time to leave for story time and the length of a swim class.
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Questions teachers ask about this resource
What topics do the five crosswords cover?
In the Kitchen, Laundry Day, Telling Time and Planning, Getting Around Town, and First Aid Basics.
Is there more than the crosswords?
Yes. Two practice pages ask students to order laundry steps, solve time problems, sort safe and not-safe ideas, answer three what-would-you-do problems and fill in a skills tracker.
Will this work in a special education life-skills class?
It is written for grades 2–5, including life-skills classes. Each puzzle has a word bank, and clues describe familiar daily tasks.
Is an answer key included?
Yes. Two key pages show all five completed grids and answers for both practice pages, with sample responses for the written problems.
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life skills
crossword puzzles
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safety
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first aid
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