Sports Crossword Puzzle
A crossword puzzle for grades 3 to 5 about sports and games: balls, goals, referees, whistles and medals. It has thirteen clues across and down, answers from 4 to 10 letters and no word bank, so kids count the boxes and use the crossing letters. Answer key on page 2.
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- Size
- US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), fits A4
- 2 pages: the puzzle and its answer key
- Level
- Grade 3
- License
- Free for personal & classroom use
About this puzzle
A crossword puzzle for grades 3 to 5 about sports and games: balls, goals, referees, whistles and medals. It has thirteen clues across and down, answers from 4 to 10 letters and no word bank, so kids count the boxes and use the crossing letters. Answer key on page 2. It is a crossword for grades 3 to 5 with no word bank: the number of boxes and the crossing letters are the hints. Use your team colors.
On this sheet
tell you how many letters the answer has ___. Across Players skate on ice and hit a puck with sticks. You shoot a ball through a hoop. The person who makes sure everyone follows the rules. In soccer, you score one of these. Players hit a ball over a net with rackets. You hit a small ball into a hole with a club. Down Blow into this to make a loud, high sound that stops the game. A gold one is the prize for first place.
Tips for using it
- Color the court or field first, then the ball.
- Read the first few clues aloud together, then let your child take over.
- Solve the clue you are surest about first: every word you fill in gives you letters for the words that cross it.
- Write in pencil. Crossword fans erase all the time, and that is part of the fun.
Printing tips
Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the puzzle and page 2 is the answer key with the answers in red; print just page 1 if you want to keep the answers for checking. Free for personal, family and classroom use.
