Vocabulary practice with a twist
A crossword makes children recall a word from its meaning and spell it exactly, letter by letter, to fit the squares.More puzzles
See the word search maker and, for pre-readers, the picture crossword in picture puzzles.MATATAG links
- Grade 2English vocabulary about oneself and family, then school, then community, across the first three quarters.
- Grade 2Filipino Paglinang ng Talasalitaan: high-frequency words, and working out a word’s meaning from context.
- Grade 3Filipino: writing learned words neatly and correctly, and words with the same and opposite meanings.
Crosswords are not in the guides, but they practise two things the guides ask for: knowing what a word means and spelling it exactly. They suit Grade 3 and up, once children read clues on their own.
Synonym and antonym clues fit the Grade 3 Filipino work on magkasingkahulugan and magkasalungat. A clue like “kasalungat ng mataas” (the opposite of tall) for mababa makes children think about meaning, not just spelling.
Summarised in our own words from DepEd’s MATATAG Reading and Literacy (Grade 1), English (Grades 2–10) and Filipino (Baitang 2–10) Curriculum Guides (2023).
