Reading Word Search
Reading uses parts of the brain that also handle speech and vision, which is why reading aloud helps beginners. Skill grows mainly through practice over many years.
Reading word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- aloud
- book
- letter
- meaning
- page
- read
- sound
- spell
- story
- word
Reading word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- aloud
- book
- fluency
- letter
- meaning
- page
- phonics
- read
- sentence
- silent
- sound
- spell
- story
- vocabulary
- word
Reading word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- aloud
- author
- book
- character
- comprehension
- fluency
- letter
- meaning
- page
- paragraph
- phonics
- read
- sentence
- silent
- sound
- spell
- story
- summary
- vocabulary
- word
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Words in the Reading word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- book
- Bound pages you read from start to finish
- word
- A unit of language with its own meaning
- page
- One side of a sheet in a book
- story
- A telling of events, real or made up
- read
- To take meaning from written words
- aloud
- Out loud, so others can hear you
- letter
- A single written symbol of the alphabet
- sound
- The noise a letter or letter group makes
- spell
- To name or write the letters of a word
- meaning
- What a word or passage tells the reader
- sentence
- A group of words stating one complete thought
- silent
- Reading in your head without speaking
- phonics
- Teaching that links letters to their spoken sounds
- fluency
- Reading smoothly at a comfortable, steady speed
- vocabulary
- All the words a person knows and uses
- paragraph
- A block of sentences on one main idea
- comprehension
- Understanding what a passage actually says and means
- summary
- A short retelling of the main points
- author
- The writer of the text you are reading
- character
- A person or animal in a story
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monday · tuesday · wednesday · thursday · friday
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