Picture Crossword with Thanksgiving — Grade 2

A Grade 2 picture crossword for spellers: each clue is a Thanksgiving things picture, and the child spells its word into the grid where it crosses the others. Sharing letters at the intersections, the words check one another, so a careful speller finishes a clean grid. Generalizing learned spelling patterns to write each word is the L.2.2.d skill, and the crossword turns spelling practice into a puzzle a child enjoys.

Spelling words correctly is a core second-grade skill, and L.2.2.d asks children to generalize the spelling patterns they have learned to write words on their own. A crossword makes that practice self-checking: where two words cross they share a letter, so a misspelling simply will not fit. Spelling Thanksgiving things words into the grid turns careful spelling into a satisfying puzzle.

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 things that fly, or try picture crossword with vehicles. 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.