Back to School Crossword Puzzle Printable

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Answer key: Back to School Crossword

1LU2REA3DNRC4FLAG5CHAIRW6PIA7W8RITE9BAGUNOEG10DOORK

Across 2 READ · 4 FLAG · 5 CHAIR · 7 WRITE · 9 BAG · 10 DOOR

Down 1 LUNCH · 3 DRAW · 4 FRIEND · 6 PAGE · 8 RUG · 9 BOOK

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Easy Back to School 20

  • Bag You carry your things to school in it
  • Book It has a cover, a spine and a story inside
  • Chair You sit on it at your desk
  • Clock It hangs on the wall and tells the time
  • Count Say the numbers in order
  • Door You open it to go into a room
  • Draw Make a picture with a pencil
  • Flag It flies from a pole outside the school
  • Friend Someone you like to sit with and talk to
  • Hook You hang your coat on it
  • Lunch Meal in the middle of the school day
  • Page You turn it to see what comes next in a story
  • Pen Thin stick with a ballpoint, a cap or a click
  • Play What you do at recess
  • Read What you do with a story
  • Rug Soft floor covering where the class sits for a story
  • Sing What you do with your voice in music class
  • Tape Sticky strip that you pull and tear off
  • Tray You carry your food on it in the cafeteria
  • Write Put words on paper with a pencil

School Supplies 20

  • Bottle You fill it with water for the day
  • Clipboard Stiff board with a clip at the top that holds papers
  • Ink Colored liquid used for writing and printing
  • Journal Notebook for your own thoughts, kept day by day
  • Label Tag with your name on it, stuck to your things
  • Lanyard Cord worn around the neck to hold a badge or a key
  • Laptop Folding computer you can carry
  • Notepad Small stack of blank sheets joined at the top
  • Paintbrush You dip its bristles in color in art class
  • Planner Dated notebook where you list what is due
  • Pouch Zippered case that holds pencils
  • Printer Machine that puts words from a computer onto paper
  • Smock Loose cover worn over clothes in art class
  • Sneakers Shoes for gym class
  • Stapler It joins sheets of paper with a small bent wire
  • Sticker Small picture with glue on the back, sometimes given for good work
  • Tablet Flat computer with a touch screen
  • Textbook Thick volume used to study one subject
  • Tissue Soft paper for a runny nose
  • Workbook Bound set of exercises with space for your answers

Around the School 20

  • Aide Helper who works beside the teacher
  • Bleachers Rows of raised benches where a crowd watches a game
  • Campus The grounds and buildings of a school
  • Corridor Another word for a hallway
  • Courtyard Open space with buildings or walls on all sides
  • Crosswalk Marked place to cross the street
  • Faculty All the teachers of a school
  • Field Grassy area where teams practice and compete
  • Flagpole Tall post in front of the school with a banner at the top
  • Gymnasium Large room for sports and games, gym for short
  • Janitor Person who cleans and looks after a building
  • Kitchen Where the school's meals are cooked
  • Laboratory Room where science is tested hands-on, lab for short
  • Lobby Entrance hall at the front of a building
  • Mascot Animal or figure that stands for a school's teams
  • Stage Raised floor where shows are performed
  • Studio Room where art is made
  • Substitute Teacher who fills in when yours is away
  • Track Oval path for running races
  • Tutor Person who gives one pupil extra help

Subjects and Specials 20

  • Addition Putting numbers together to find a sum
  • Algebra Math that uses letters to stand for numbers
  • Astronomy Science of stars and planets
  • Band Group with trumpets, flutes and drums
  • Biology Science of living things
  • Chemistry Science of what things are made of and how they change
  • Choir Group of voices: sopranos, altos and more
  • Civics Study of the rights and duties of citizens
  • Coding Writing instructions for a computer
  • Debate Formal argument between two sides
  • Elective Class you choose to take
  • Essay Short piece of writing on one topic
  • Experiment Test done to find out whether an idea holds up
  • Fiction Stories about people and events that are made up
  • Fraction Number such as one half or three fourths
  • Geometry Math of shapes, lines and angles
  • Orchestra Large group of musicians with strings, winds and percussion
  • Poetry Writing in verse
  • Pottery Bowls and cups shaped from clay
  • Robotics Building and programming machines that move on their own

First Week 20

  • Absent Not at school today
  • Agenda List of what will happen today
  • Assembly Gathering of the whole school in one room
  • Caboose Class job named for the last car of a train
  • Carpool Sharing a ride to school in one car
  • Greeting Hello said at the classroom entrance each morning
  • Introduce Tell the group who you are
  • Leader Class job at the front of the line
  • Messenger Class job that carries notes to the office
  • Orientation Meeting that shows new pupils around before the year starts
  • Partner Classmate you work with in a pair
  • Permission Kind of slip signed at home before a trip
  • Present Here, when your name is called
  • Roll The list of names called to see who is here
  • Roster List of the names in a group
  • Seating Kind of chart that shows where everyone sits
  • Signal Sound or sign that tells everyone to stop and listen
  • Syllabus Outline of what a course will cover
  • Tardy Late for class
  • Tour Walk around the building to see where everything is

How this list was compiled: Clues written for this page in five sets: easy words, school supplies, places and people around the school, subjects and specials, and first week routines and class jobs. Every answer's spelling was checked in the American Heritage Dictionary (ahdictionary.com) in October 2026. No brand of supplies is named, no clue states a date, and none was copied from a published puzzle. Licence: own work

How it works

This back to school crossword puzzle is printable for the first days with a new class: supplies, rooms, people, subjects and first week routines. It is a vocabulary crossword, and every sheet has a Name and Date line.

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Five sets about school itself

Easy Back to School, the opening set, has short answers such as Hook, Tray and Rug. School Supplies has Lanyard and Smock. Around the School has Bleachers and Faculty. Subjects and Specials has Civics and Robotics. First Week holds routines and class jobs: Roll, Tardy, Messenger, Caboose.

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The answer key prints last, on a sheet of its own. On a screen, tap a square and type.

  • For grades 1 and 2, take clues away with their crosses until 8 are left, then open More options and turn on Word bank under the clues.

Questions and answers

What grade is this back to school crossword for?

Easy Back to School suits about grades 1 to 3, with answers of 3 to 6 letters. The other four sets suit grades 3 to 6. These bands are our judgment, not a published standard.

Is the back to school crossword puzzle free to print for a whole class?

Yes, with no sign-up and no copy limit. Press New puzzle before each print and neighbors get different grids from the same set.

Which set fits the first day of school?

First Week. Its answers are words a new class hears that day: Roll, Agenda, Partner, Signal and Tardy, and class jobs such as Leader, Messenger and Caboose.

Does the crossword come with answers?

Yes. The key is the last sheet of every print, and Show all clues and answers, under the puzzle, lists all 100 clues with their answers.

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