- The Crossword Puzzle is 1 of 8 word puzzles and activities.
- Get a printout of the Crossword. The Crossword answers are also printable.
- Use the word definitions to fill-in the best word choice on the puzzle. All words contain a word roots. Scan and email your answers to friends, family and teachers.
- 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
Clues to the 18 words Thanksgiving Holiday Crossword:
ACROSS:
# 4 – one of the band of Puritans who journeyed
# 6 – seasoned bread or fillings inside poultry
# 8 – act of watching attentively
# 9 – internal organs of a fowl
# 11 – a horn stuffed with foods, berries etc.
# 15 – synonym for corn; pale yellow
# 16 – group of people who form in a new land
# 17 – name of ship that sailed to the New World (1620)
DOWN:
# 1 – a sauce for salads etc.
# 2 – special activities that commemorate
# 3 – valued praise, favor or benefit
# 5 – unusually abundant meal
# 7 – distinct cry of the male turkey
# 10 – term also meaning Native American
# 12 – small, sour and dark red berry
# 13 – season when crops are collected
# 14 – one of oldest towns in SE Massachusetts
# 18 – American harvest holiday in late November
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