Day of the Dead word search
- Words
- 10 words
Day of the Dead word searches
Recognize the theme vocabulary before scanning the grid. Examples include flower, candle, ofrenda, remembrance, skull, paper.
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Levels
- Medium
- 11 × 11 · 10 words · diagonals too
Vocabulary for the search
Recognize the theme vocabulary before scanning the grid. Examples include flower, candle, ofrenda, remembrance, skull, paper. Follow the activity’s own list; these examples are conversation starters, not an inventory of every sheet.
After the activity
Describe one motif and something you would like to learn about it; participants do not need to share personal memories. Explore Day of the Dead vocabulary through flowers, ofrendas and decorative motifs while distinguishing the celebration from Halloween.
Use a search method
Find a word’s first letter and check its next letter before following the whole sequence. Mark from the first letter to the last and cross the entry off the list. Words can share letters: finding one does not remove those cells from other searches.