Crossword Puzzles for 2nd Graders, Small and Readable

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2nd Grade Crossword

Read each clue and write the answer in the squares that start at its number, one letter in each square.

This grid is wider than a phone screen, so it scrolls sideways. It prints whole.

Tap a square, and its clue shows here.

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Word bank

  • Crab
  • Deer
  • Leaf
  • Mud
  • Rock
  • Sand
  • Snail
  • Worm

Type in a square and the next one takes over. Tap the same square again, or press Space, to switch between Across and Down. Arrow keys move around the grid, Enter goes to the next clue, and a clue takes you to its squares.

Print gives 2 pages on Letter or A4: the puzzle with its clues, then the answer key. The squares print 10 mm wide. For a PDF, choose Save as PDF in the print window.

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Answer key: 2nd Grade Crossword

1DEE2RO3CKR4W5SNAI6LOABERNA7MUDF

Across 2 ROCK · 5 SNAIL · 7 MUD

Down 1 DEER · 3 CRAB · 4 WORM · 5 SAND · 6 LEAF

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Me and My Day 20

  • Bath You sit in warm water in a tub to get clean
  • Bed You lie in it with a pillow and a blanket
  • Boat It floats and carries people on water
  • Brush You use it to tidy your hair
  • Chin The part of your face below your mouth
  • Coat You wear it over your clothes when it is cold
  • Dream Pictures in your head while you are asleep
  • Dress A top and a skirt in one piece of clothing
  • Hand It has four fingers and a thumb
  • Home The place where you live
  • Milk White drink that comes from cows
  • Nose You smell with it
  • Shirt You wear it on the top half of your body
  • Shoe You wear one on each foot
  • Sleep What you do at night with your eyes shut
  • Smile What your face does when you are happy
  • Teeth You bite and chew with them
  • Train It runs on a track and has many cars
  • Truck Big road vehicle that carries loads
  • Wash Clean with soap and water

Animals and Nature 20

  • Ant Tiny insect that lives in a hill with many others
  • Bee It buzzes and makes honey
  • Bug Small crawling creature, like a beetle
  • Cow Farm animal that says moo
  • Crab Sea animal that walks sideways and has two claws
  • Deer Forest animal; the males grow antlers
  • Fox Wild animal like a dog, with a bushy tail
  • Leaf Flat green part of a plant
  • Mud Wet, sticky dirt
  • Puddle Small pool of water on the ground after a storm
  • Rock Hard piece of stone
  • Sand Tiny grains on a beach
  • Shell Hard outside cover of an egg or a nut
  • Sky Blue space above you on a sunny day
  • Snail Slow, slimy animal with a round house on its back
  • Snake Long animal with no legs that hisses
  • Snow White flakes that fall when it is very cold
  • Web Sticky net a spider spins
  • Wind Moving air you can feel but not see
  • Worm Long, wiggly animal that lives in the dirt

School and Play 20

  • Add Put numbers together to find the total
  • Ball Round toy you throw, kick or bounce
  • Bus Big yellow vehicle that takes children to school
  • Chalk White stick you write with on a board
  • Class A group of students who learn together
  • Desk Table where you sit to do your work
  • Eraser It rubs out a mistake
  • Friend Someone you like to play with
  • Game Something you play that has rules
  • Glue Sticky stuff that holds two things together
  • Map Drawing that shows where places are
  • Math Subject about numbers and shapes
  • Paper Thin sheets you write and draw on
  • Pencil You write with it, then sharpen it when it gets dull
  • Recess Break when you go outside to play
  • Slide Playground ride you go down on your bottom
  • Spell Say or write the letters of a word in order
  • Swing Seat on chains that goes back and forth
  • Tape Sticky strip that comes on a roll
  • Test A quiz to show what you have learned

How this list was compiled: 60 clues written for this site for second graders, in three sets: me and my day, animals and nature, and school and play. Answers have 3 to 6 letters, and each clue is one short idea a seven-year-old can read alone. The grade is our suggestion. No clue was copied from a published puzzle. Licence: own work

How it works

These crossword puzzles for 2nd graders open on 8 words of 3 to 6 letters in a small grid, with the word bank printed under the clues. Every clue is one short idea a seven-year-old can read alone.

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Three sets

Me and My Day has Teeth, Shirt and Dream. Animals and Nature has Snail, Puddle and Crab. School and Play has Recess, Eraser and Swing.

Print or solve

Print gives Letter or A4 with the answer key last. New puzzle draws another grid from the same set, so neighbours get different ones.

  • Once the class is ready, untick Word bank under the clues in More options and see who solves it from the clues alone.

Questions and answers

Are these 2nd grade crossword puzzles too hard for first graders?

Strong readers at the end of first grade can manage them with the word bank on. For children still learning to read, the sight word crossword has tiny grids of words such as Look and Said.

What comes after these puzzles?

The 3rd grade crossword has longer words such as Narrow and Gentle and school subjects such as Fossil and Vowel. The grades are our suggestion, not a published standard.

Is there an answer key?

Yes. Every print ends with the answer key on a sheet of its own, and Show all clues and answers, under the puzzle, lists all 60 clues with their answers.

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