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So, which is happiest: happy, joyful, or ecstatic? Which is most temporary?
Five idioms related to eggs.
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
How many words can you find within COBWEB?
What on earth is a Geosynth? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it should mean, then invent what it describes.
How many words can you find within ORNAMENT?
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
How many words can you find within February?
Does the antonym of an antonym bring us back to the same meaning?
Five idioms related to ducks.
What on earth is a Pyrostasis? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it should mean, then invent what it describes.
Let’s create a new dinosaur using Greek and Latin stems!
How can we go from Biology to Immobile?
How many words can you find within CORNMAZE?
Five idioms related to names.
How many words can you find within WREATH?
What might a creature named “Aquacornus Rex” be like?
Five idioms related to numbers.
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
How many words can you find within WESTERN?
What strange new fears are hiding inside Greek and Latin roots?
How many words can you find within Saturn?
Start with a one letter word, add another letter, then add another. How tall can you make the pyramid?
Five idioms related to body parts.
How many words are hiding inside STUFFING? More than you think.
What on earth is a Chronosonarium? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it should mean, then invent what it describes.
Bored with typical spelling studies? Let’s dig into the origins of common English words from other languages!
What might a creature named “Hypermnemonicus” be like?
Dust can mean “remove dust” but also “add more dust!”
How many words can you find within TEACHER?
You won’t believe how this spelling and vocabulary puzzle will get kids’ brains sweating over the smallest of words.
