How it works
A Labor Day word scramble for the first Monday of September, the holiday that honors American workers. Its 30 words are about jobs, the people who do them and the day off they earn.
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Wages, plumber, electrician
The easy list is short: Work, Jobs, Rest, Union, Wages. Medium, the opening sheet, holds Factory, Plumber, Welder and Payday. The hard list names the trades and the big words: Carpenter, Electrician, Occupation, Employment.
The Friday before the long weekend
Use it in the first days of school, before the holiday. The day came from the labor movement. New scramble jumbles Plumber and the rest again for a second sheet.
- Pupils circle a job from the sheet they would like to try, and say why.
- Carpenter, Electrician and Plumber are building trades: pupils name one more.
Questions and answers
Which job words are in the lists?
Thirty in three lists: Easy has Craft, Build, Shift and Chef; Medium has Holiday, Weekend, Driver and Toolbox; Hard has Mechanic, Firefighter, Construction and First Monday.
Is there a key for marking?
The key prints on its own page after the pupils' sheet. To print the puzzle alone, untick Print the answer key under More options.
When is Labor Day?
It is observed on the first Monday of September and has been a federal holiday since 1894.
Can I add jobs from our own town?
Yes, such as the trades of the pupils' families. Type them over the words on the sheet, or in its last line, and the sheet follows as you type.