Picture Crossword with Pets — Grade 2

Fill the crossword by spelling. This Grade 2 worksheet gives a child picture clues for pets and a grid to spell them into, across and down. Each word shares letters with the words it crosses, so accurate spelling is its own check. Generalizing the spelling patterns a second grader knows to write each word is the real L.2.2.d work, and the grid makes the puzzle satisfying to complete.

A picture crossword asks a child to do what second-grade spelling is all about: recall a word and spell it accurately. Each pets clue is a word to produce from memory, and the crossing grid means letters are shared, so accuracy carries through the whole puzzle. That self-correcting practice — spell it right and it fits — is the L.2.2.d skill made into a game.

Children enjoy the click of a crossword fitting together, and a clean grid is a satisfying proof of careful spelling. When this is easy, spell the words in picture crossword with post office, or try picture crossword with spring. You can also browse every picture crossword or the whole second-grade collection — each sheet prints cleanly or plays online for free, and the more words a child spells into a grid, the surer their second-grade spelling grows, one crossing word at a time.