Picture Crossword with Winter — Grade 2

This Grade 2 crossword turns spelling into a grid of winter things. The child reads each picture clue and spells the word into the crossing boxes, fitting it with the words it intersects. Applying second-grade spelling patterns — and self-checking where words share a letter — is the L.2.2.d skill at work. The interlocking grid means a single misspelling shows up, so a child spells with care.

Second graders move from copying words to spelling them from memory, applying the patterns they have learned. A picture crossword of winter things puts that to work: the child names each picture and spells its word into the crossing squares. The shared letters at the intersections turn the grid into its own check, rewarding the careful speller with a puzzle that simply fits together.

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 zoo animals, or try picture crossword with animals. 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.