Y1/Y2 Common Exception Word Searches: 33 large-grid puzzles, 3 levels (KS1)
Instant PDF download, A4, print at home. Printable KS1/KS2 resource for UK primary classrooms and home learning, from Top Bins Learning.
What is inside
- Word searches for the Year 1 and Year 2 common exception words: 30 Year 1 words and 62 Year 2 words, in 11 sets.
- Each set in three levels, so 33 word search pages on large 10 x 10 grids.
- One star, Easier: across and down. Two stars, Core: adds diagonals. Three stars, Challenge: any direction, including backwards.
- Two pupil tick lists (Year 1 and Year 2) containing every common exception word, including the short words.
- Full answer key, teacher notes, contents page, word-list overview.
Year groups and use
Years 1 and 2 (KS1, ages 5 to 7). Starter, independent task or homework. Pupils say each word as they find it.
Good to know
Words of one or two letters and the palindrome 'eye' are not searched (they cannot be hidden fairly), but they are all on the tick lists.
Checked
Every word appears exactly once in every grid. Filler letters are checked against a blocklist. UK spelling.
Word list source: Department for Education, National curriculum in England: English programmes of study, Appendix 1: Spelling, Crown copyright 2013, Open Government Licence v3.0. The appendix gives these words as examples and allows schools to use these and/or others according to their programme.
Format: one PDF, A4 portrait, 45 pages in total (35 pupil pages including how-to or list pages, the rest are cover, teacher notes, contents and the answer key). Printable PDF, A4, print and go. Black and white pupil pages that print cleanly on a home or school printer.
Licence: for personal or single-classroom use; no resale or sharing.
