- The Crossword Puzzle is 1 of 8 word puzzles and activities.
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- Common Core alignment to a Crossword puzzle is to three key phrases: "Precise Meaning", "Spell Correctly" and "Grade Level". CCSS Alignment Strand Numbers for Specific Grades: Precise Meaning: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4e, 3.4d, 4.4c, 5.4c, 6.4c, 7.4c, 8.4c, 9-10.4c, 11-12.4c Spell Correctly: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: L.2.2d+e, L.3.2e+f, L.4.2d, L.5.2d, L.6.2b, L.7.2b, L.8.2c, L.9-10.2c, L.11-12.2b Grade Level: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4, 3.4, 4.4, 5.4, 6.4, 7.4, 8.4, 9-10.4, 11-12.4
ACROSS:
# 4 – bitter and ill-natured in language and tone
# 6 – to free from a charge; to declare blameless
# 7 – (1) Wild uproar or noise; tumult; (2) A place of wild disorder and confusion
# 8 – speed and willingness in acting or responding; cheerful readiness; eagerness
# 11 – incapable of being corrected or reformed
# 13 – (1) possessing deep and extensive learning, esp. learning gotten from books; learned; (2) showing or marked by extensive learning or knowledge.
# 14 – (1) capable of being felt or touched; (2) easily perceived by any of the senses or by the mind; obvious; noticeable
# 15 – to differ or move away from a specified course or prescribed mode of behavior; to diverge
# 16 – to free or release from entanglement or difficulty; to disengage
# 17 – to make less severe or intense; to moderate
# 18 – (1) to set right; to remedy; (2) to correct by calculation or adjustment
DOWN:
# 1 – having or exhibiting sound judgment; sensible; wise
# 2 – Done or acting in secret; sneaky; stealthy; furtive; concealed
# 3 – representing or appearing in a certain way, but often not actually so; seeming; professed
# 5 – (1) easy to notice; obvious; (2) attracting attention by being unusual or remarkable
# 9 – the act of forming an opinion from incomplete evidence; guesswork
# 10 – (1) to speak of as unimportant or inferior; belittle; (2) To lower in rank or reputation
# 12 – (1) reluctant to exert oneself; habitually lazy; (2) suggesting a calm idleness and ease