The word puzzle books in this series are an exciting way to enrich students’ vocabularies. A valuable teaching tool that students can use with minimal supervision, Word Puzzlers

stimulates an active interest in words and language. These books offer a challenging way

to sharpen reasoning skills, stimulate vocabulary, and reinforce spelling skills. The variety of puzzle formats and

subject matter provide engaging activities that complement core and extended curriculum materials.

Author Editor Design Jean Wolff Lisa Marty Jon Davis

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WOrDPUZZLErSGrades 4–5

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Teaching GuideSpecific answers are given as part of this guide. There will be some instances where theanswers could vary. If a student has an answer that is reasonable, accept it. The idea ofthese word puzzles is not only to increase the students’ vocabularies, but to alsoincrease their reasoning skills.

Page 1Row 1 Row 2 Row 3 Row 4deer heel veil pairplane reign mail toemeat pear cent knotpiece core pail gatemale towweight sum

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Page 4Music named: Rock and Roll1. organ 7. drum2. trombone 8. harp3. cello 9. bassoon4. kazoo 10. violin5. piano 11. flute6. clarinet

Answer KeyPage 5

1. crate 6. locket 11. clerk2. garden 7. nickel 12. flour3. thread 8. west 13. glimmers4. knuckle 9. rink 14. kettle5. repair 10. betray 15. thicket

Page 61. school 5. plane 1. nickel 6. screen2. metal 6. skate 2. tree 7. leopards3. arm 7. ask 3. Salt 8. twenty-four4. cold 8. dry 4. Milk 9. mittens

5. yellow 10. fifty-fourPage 71. push 5. lake2. men 6. shoe3. top 7. loud4. thirsty 8. celery

1. Dog is to canine as cat is to feline.2. Hour is to time as mile is to distance.3. Maine is to northeast as Arizona is to southwest.4. Pie is to tart as large is to small.5. Winter is to frigid as summer is to sizzling.6. Rocket is to space as submarine is to underwater.7. Soldier is to army as sailor is to navy.

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Page 7 (Cont.)8. Labor Day is to workers as Memorial Day is to

veterans.9. Monkey is to money as hostel is to hotel.10. Psychology is to mind as zoology is to animal.11. Turtle is to slow as hare is to swift.12. East is to west as sunrise is to sunset.

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1. story 6. write 11. pod 16. igloo2. finger 7. father 12. sing 17. pilot3. chew 8. second 13. scalp 18. cut4. moon 9. spring 14. Albany 19. artist5. bear 10. wings 15. Reagan 20. night

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Animal Vegetable Mineralant sprouts slateostrich yam diamondkoala cabbage leadyak parsnip boraxtapir turnip coalmouse rhubarb quartzlemur spinach rubylion celery mica

Page 11jaw toe rip pinjar too rap pitear two cap kit

eye fix sea gotbye fox tea hotbee fog ten hatsee log pen ham

luck cent good planlock lent hood platlook lint hook flathook line cook slathood dine cork slapgood dime fork soap

cry not ear runcoy nod tar suncon pod tap soncan pad tip sobfan pan tin robfun tan pin cob

Page 12Row 1 Row 2 Rows 3 & 4 Answers may vary.also ogre gale saltloon glad ajar afarsoot raid lair laneonto eddy errs tree

post grab owls backogle rule wait ableslur alas line claytern best step keys

boat tornonce oboeaces roottest nets

Page 13Row 1 Row 2 Row 3A O Iad on itbad nod tinbead done pintbeard noted print

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I A Aif am anfit mar antfist army rantstiff marry train

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Page 14 1. bath 9. envelope 17. spin2. finger 10. gold 18. whisper3. hump 11. volcano 19. snow4. carton 12. hornet 20. friend5. cabbage 13. panda 21. glove6. phone 14. sled 22. ready7. feathers 15. tweed 23. blame8. Wash 16. crumb 24. shook,

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Page 15Row 1 Row 2 Row 3 Row 4scalp steam petal stateslap stem leap eatspal met pea sea

thank trout march smarttank tour harm ramsant out ham arm

Page 16Row 11) teach, each, ache, cheat, tea he, heat, eat, at2) hot, hotel, tell, ell, llama, am mar, mark, arkRow 21) proof, roof, of, off, office, officer, ice2) cocoa, coat, oat, at, attract, tract, actRow 31) rip, ripe, ripen, pen, pendant, end, an, ant, ante2) sea, sear, search, ear, arc, arch, cheat,

heat, eat, he, atRow 4year, yearn, ear, earn, no, nob, noble, bleach, leach, lea,each, ache, he, head, ad, ade, dear, dearth, earth, art

Page 17L H S Rlate, tale lurch sable preachplate, pleat their stove trainslady threat fist, sift tearlung trough span, naps, snap tire, tierpalm phone spare, spear rootApril third side trap, partgleam leash stem reallearn reach stale, steal relylabor then stride staresalt, last south slope tried, tiredslate, tales those skin reachlift, flit chaser past, pats tripfloor chest skate glare

Page 18 Box 1 Box 2 Box 3 Box 4boast brag anger bingeplate lane peach easelagree hate lemon armedsteam list steak cheatreams ants game healssteam beach

Page 19(top) (bottom)sway reachpoet byplate heartdread meetshay worldpack itchone The early bird catchesA the worm.An apple a day keepsthe doctor away.

Page 20How can you find out what a word means? “Look itup in the dictionary,” you say. That is all right foryou today, but four hundred years ago there was nobook that defined everyday English words. The only“dictionaries” before that dealt with either thestudy of Latin or troublesome words. The dictionary as we know it today, with the first word,aardvark, and the last word, zymurgy, was publishedin the early seventeen hundreds.

Page 21Old Mother HubbardWent to the cupboardTo get her poor dog a bone

Little Jack HornerSat in a cornerEating a Christmas pie

One, two, buckle my shoeThree, four, shut the door

Little Bo PeepHas lost her sheepAnd doesn’t knowwhere to find them

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wallHumpty Dumpty had a great fall

Little Miss MuffetSat on a tuffetEating her curds and whey

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Page 23spinach pearlettuce grapefruitcabbage plumcucumber prunelima beans pineapple

peanuts chocolatelicorice coffeepopsicle strawberrypopcorn walnut

butterscotchomeletbacon submarinehot cakes hot dogfruit herofrench toast hamburger

Page 24Words in order:birthday, hurriedly, set, kitchen, appointment,baby, older, stopped, dinosaurs, knocked, quietly,counter, skeptically, shiny, planned, favorite,mess, cooking, glad, dinners, thoughtfully,reached, neatly, laughed, Then

Page 25Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4gong against watch cannotgoggles Indians flat pantsbingo pinon attach animalsgolden finish attention brandgondola mint rattle answerforgot winter or spring chatty standgoat again cattail plantsagony spine bath ranchGO IN AT AN

Page 26Box 1 - am, ad, age, ale, amen, egg, deal, dame,den, dean, dale, eagle, gal, gale, gleam, glad,glade, game, lag, lea, lead, lean, mad, made,male, meal, mean, name, nag

Box 2 - or, to, too, for, fort, foe, fore, forte,floor, let, loon, lop, lore, no, nor, role, rot, rote,roe, roof, top, ton, troop, toe, tore, pot, poor,poet, port, pole

Box 3 - an, and, ace, able, ban, band, act, bled,blind, bind, bin, bile, bane, blend, den, dent, ten,tend, in, let, lend, lint, line, can, cane, cable, cent,cab, cabin, cabinet

Page 27Russia, France, Israel, Norway, Sweden, Brazil, Greece,Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Panama

Page 28Quick as a winkSly as a foxGrumpy as a bearMad as a hatterGrowing like a weedPretty as a pictureStrong as an ox, elephantLight as a featherSpinning like a topGood as goldHotter than a firecrackerBigger than lifeMad as a wet henSharp as a tackWarm as toastQuiet as a mouseSick as a dogClean as a whistleQuick as a flashBusy as a beeWhite as snow, a ghostSweet as sugar, apple pieWarm as a bug in a rugHappy as a larkSo quiet you can hear a pin drop

First story – white as a ghostSecond story – warm as toastThird story – busy as beesFourth story – quick as a wink

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Hearing Double

Write the homonym from the list below under the picture it names. On another paper,write a sentence for each word that you did not write under a picture.

dear corps heel meat pair piece reign some vaildeer gait knot meet pale plain rein sum veilcent gate mail not peace plane scent toe waitcore heal male pail pear sent tow weight

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