How it works
Planner, Dependable and Checklist are among the 23 starter words of this responsibility word search. Seven lists sort duties by where they happen, from Jobs at Home to In the Community, and end with What Responsibility Is Not.
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Seven lists of duties
Jobs at Home holds 16 entries, such as Laundry, Set table and Hamper. Jobs at School has 16, from Planner to Line leader. Keeping Your Word has 19, with Dependable, Own up and Follow through. Time and Planning has 13, Taking Care of Things 15, from Borrow and Return to Lost and found, and In the Community 9.
The opposites list
What Responsibility Is Not spells out the other side in 13 mild words, such as Excuse, Blame, Overdue and Procrastinate. Print it with the writing strip, which asks: Write about one job that is yours at home or at school. Use three of the words you found.
- Responsibility, at 14 letters, is the longest entry, and it sits in the starter list.
Questions and answers
What words are in the responsibility word search?
It holds 101 words and phrases in seven lists: chores, school jobs, keeping your word, time and planning, looking after things, community duties and opposites. Manners and sharing words are left to the kindness and respect word searches.
Is the word Responsibility itself in the puzzle?
Yes, in the starter list and in Keeping Your Word. Responsible is left out, because its letters sit inside Responsibility and a grid would then hold two answers on one run of letters.
Which list works for a lesson on excuses?
What Responsibility Is Not. It has 13 words, such as Dodge, Shirk and Half done. Tick Show clues, not words, and pupils match each meaning to its word before they hunt for it.
Which list suits first and second grade?
Short and Easy. It holds 11 words of three to five letters, such as Mop, Dust, Fold and Vote. For bigger letters, open More options and tick Large print.