Emotions word searches

Recognize the theme vocabulary before scanning the grid. Examples include joy, sadness, calm, surprise, fear, anger.

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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 joy, sadness, calm, surprise, fear, anger. Follow the activity’s own list; these examples are conversation starters, not an inventory of every sheet.

After the activity

Invent a situation for a character and allow several answers; nobody needs to share a personal experience. Use words and scenes to discuss emotions without assuming an expression reveals what someone feels.

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.