Crossword

This crossword consists of 12 words (6 pairs of homophones) and clues based on some of the words in Nicola Tom’s homophone definition matching cards (see below). Makes a good extension or revision activity. Andrea says: ‘My learners made up some memory joggers to help them differentiate the different spellings for different meanings and I used these as the basis for the clues, which is why some are a little idiosyncratic!’

A great end of term reading and spelling activity. Another great Christmas word puzzle from Margaret Adams.

Mary and Sam / tch words – read the story (a great twist at the end!), highlight and practise writing the -tch words (also introduces -ed and -ing suffixes) and then complete a crossword.

A crossword to accompany Vicky Maltby’s ‘A Gift for Charlie’s Mum’ (which focuses on consonant digraphs th ch and sh). Provides reading and spelling practice.

Read the story, highlight and practise writing the words, and then complete a crossword. Another set of excellent phonics activities in this popular series.
Note: please exercise professional judgment and know your learner before using this resource (as some learners may consider it childish) which is intended to be delivered with humour and was originally used in a one to one situation.

This crossword (dr, tr, pr, gr) makes a great follow up activity to the word and picture cards activity (see Initial Consonant Clusters -3, below)

A ‘phonic strip’ listening activity followed by a crossword. Further related actvities below.

Yesterday’s World text (about an attraction in Sussex) and related phonics activities based on the two sounds of the digraph /th/. Includes word sorting, cloze, crossword.

Originally written for a mixed level Literacy and ESOL group.

Criss cross word puzzle to practice reading and spelling these two consonant digraphs.

Great end of term spelling and vocabulary activity for Entry 3 upwards. Links provided for further research on some of the clues.