Color Secret Code Spot the Difference: Town Street

About this worksheet

A free spot the difference printable with a secret word: two big color pictures of colorful houses, a traffic light, a hot air balloon and a dog and a cat on the sidewalk, with 5 differences to find. A grid covers both pictures and every square has a letter; the 5 squares that hide a difference spell the answer to the riddle "I am a big car that carries heavy loads on the road. What am I?", so kids can check their own work. Made for grade 1 (ages 6 to 7). Landscape page, answer key on page 2. It matches first grade goals, roughly ages 6 to 7.

Tips for using it

• Read the riddle first but do not guess yet. Guessing the word and then hunting for letters skips the puzzle.
• Work square by square: cover the rest of the grid with two sheets of paper and compare one row at a time.
• Circle each difference before writing its letter, so no square is counted twice.
• If the word does not make sense, do not erase everything. Check which letter looks wrong and look again in that square and the ones next to it.

Printing tips

Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the worksheet 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.