September Word Scramble

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Hint: A tall pile of dried grass

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September Word Scramble

Unscramble each word and write it on the line.

  1. A C T A K H S Y.Hint: A tall pile of dried grass
  2. N E I O Q U X.Hint: The day this month when day and night are nearly equal
  3. E R I T C C K.Hint: An insect that chirps on warm nights
  4. R R C O T A T.Hint: The farm machine that pulls the hay cart
  5. U E S S N T.Hint: When the sky turns orange
  6. E T D E E G A L.Hint: A person sent to speak for others at a meeting
  7. I I E C N Z T.Hint: A member of a country
  8. K E A C T J.Hint: What you start to need in the morning
  9. H A N M R O C.Hint: An orange and black butterfly that travels south for the winter
  10. E A R H G E T I.Hint: Hispanic ___ Month begins on September 15

Sheet 655908

10 of 12 words from the Medium list.

Answer key: September Word Scramble

  1. ACTAKHSYHAYSTACK
  2. NEIOQUXEQUINOX
  3. ERITCCKCRICKET
  4. RRCOTATTRACTOR
  5. UESSNTSUNSET
  6. ETDEEGALDELEGATE
  7. IIECNZTCITIZEN
  8. KEACTJJACKET
  9. HANMROCMONARCH
  10. EARHGETIHERITAGE

Sheet 655908

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All 30 words

Easy: short words 8

  • Acorn The nut of an oak
  • Bushel A big basket measure for fruit
  • Dusk The dim time after sunset
  • Husk The dry leaves around an ear of corn
  • Ninth September's number among the months
  • Wagon A cart for a ride through the fields
  • Wheat A golden grain cut at harvest
  • Yellow The color of a school bus

Medium 12

  • Cattail A marsh plant with a fuzzy brown head
  • Citizen A member of a country
  • Cricket An insect that chirps on warm nights
  • Delegate A person sent to speak for others at a meeting
  • Equinox The day this month when day and night are nearly equal
  • Harvest The gathering of ripe crops
  • Haystack A tall pile of dried grass
  • Heritage Hispanic ___ Month begins on September 15
  • Jacket What you start to need in the morning
  • Monarch An orange and black butterfly that travels south for the winter
  • Sunset When the sky turns orange
  • Tractor The farm machine that pulls the hay cart

Hard: long words 10

  • Apple picking A trip to the orchard with a basket
  • Applesauce Cooked, mashed fruit in a jar
  • Butternut A tan squash shaped like a bell
  • Chrysalis The case in which a caterpillar becomes a butterfly
  • Citizenship It has a day of its own on September 17
  • Constitution It was signed on September 17, 1787
  • Goldenrod A tall wildflower with yellow plumes
  • Grandparent Honored on the first Sunday after Labor Day
  • Schoolyard Where the class lines up after recess
  • Sweet corn Ears picked young and eaten off the cob

How it works

This September word scramble holds 30 words of the month: Constitution Day, Grandparents Day, the fall equinox, monarch butterflies and the apple harvest. Each word has a hint, and the answer key prints on its own page.

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Constitution Day, equinox, harvest

The easy list is short harvest words: Wheat, Husk, Bushel, Acorn. Medium, the opening sheet, holds Equinox, Monarch, Citizen and Heritage. The hard list reaches Citizenship and Constitution, at 11 and 12 letters.

For September 17

Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is September 17, the date the Constitution was signed in 1787. Print the hard sheet that week: Constitution, Citizenship and Grandparent are all on it. Each press of New scramble deals the letters again.

  • Constitution, Citizenship, Citizen and Delegate make a civics set: pupils can use each in a sentence after the sheet.
  • Applesauce splits into apples and sauce: a hint for pupils stuck on ten letters.

Questions and answers

When is Constitution Day?

September 17. Federal law names it Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, marking the signing of the Constitution on September 17, 1787. Both words are on the hard list.

When is Grandparents Day?

The first Sunday in September after Labor Day. Grandparent is on the hard list, so the sheet works as a quiet task before pupils write a card.

How is this different from the fall and back to school scrambles?

Those pages hold leaf, sweater and classroom words. This list is the month's own days and harvest, and it repeats no word from either page.

What grades is it for?

The easy list (Wheat, Husk) suits kindergarten and grade 1 with hints on. Medium suits grades 2 and 3, and the hard list (Goldenrod, Chrysalis) suits grade 4 and up. The answer key prints on its own page.

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