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Canadian Grade 5 Crossword Challenge

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Canadian Grade 5 Crossword Challenge

Read each clue and write the matching word. Use the number of letters as a check. Then choose one answer for the bonus sentence.

Crossword Clues

Solve each vocabulary clue. Write one letter in each space, then use your answers to make a crossword grid in the drawing box.

1.Across — 14 letters: What is the name for the process plants use to make food from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide?
2.Across — 9 letters: What ice sport uses a puck and sticks and is especially popular in Canada?
3.Across — 12 letters: Which punctuation mark belongs at the end of a direct question?
4.Across — 9 letters: What part of speech describes a noun, as in “bright star”?
5.Across — 7 letters: Which ocean lies along the coast of British Columbia?
6.Down — 7 letters: What imaginary circle around Earth separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
7.Down — 5 letters: What word means a long work of fictional prose?
8.Down — 5 letters: Which part of a plant takes in water and nutrients from the soil?
Use the answers above to draw a crossword. Make the words cross where they share a letter, and number the starting square for each clue.

Bonus Challenge

Use one solved word to show you understand its meaning.

9.Choose one answer from the clues and write a complete sentence that makes its meaning clear.

2 printable pages

  • Canadian Grade 5 Crossword Challenge, page 1 of 2: Crossword Clues

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  • Canadian Grade 5 Crossword Challenge, page 2 of 2: Bonus Challenge

    Page 2

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