Spanish: Colors Word Searches

Recognise eleven Spanish colour words in print, including the accented forms marrón and púrpura

Locate a Spanish word inside a letter grid when it may run across, down, diagonally, backwards or upwards

Attend to Spanish spelling letter by letter while scanning a grid

Build a word search from a given vocabulary list and hand it to a partner to solve

Work the three ready-made sheets in order — each states its own set of directions under the title, so the step up in difficulty is visible to students before they start searching

Point out the accents before the first puzzle: marrón and púrpura both carry one, and hunting for them letter by letter is a good way to make the accent stick

Give the advanced sheet to early finishers — it uses the same colour vocabulary, so nothing new needs pre-teaching

Keep the word list from the make-your-own page beside students as a reference while they work the ready-made puzzles

Follow the set's own suggestion for the blank grid: students hide the words themselves and then exchange puzzles with a friend, which turns the template into a paired task

Spanish colour vocabulary — students work with blanco, negro, gris, amarillo, rojo, azul, verde, marrón, rosado, naranja and púrpura, the eleven words printed on the make-your-own sheet.

Directional searching — each ready-made puzzle names its own directions, from across-and-down only up to backwards, upwards and diagonal on the hardest sheet.

Spelling attention in Spanish — locating a word in a grid means matching every letter in order, accents included.

Puzzle construction — the blank grid asks students to place the colour words into the squares themselves and then swap the finished puzzle with a partner.