"Uncover the Secret Word: A Word Find Puzzle" is a worksheet that's a lot like a word find, but there is no word bank. Instead, students must find the words themselves and circle them. By the time they're done, they will have circled nearly every letter. They draw a square around the few letters that are left.

They list all the words they circled below the puzzle. Then, they spell a secret word using the letters that they drew a box around. Two of the letters are already identified in the puzzle and filled in below so students can check to make sure they have completed it correctly.

Not only do students practice their spelling skills, but they also practice their vocabulary skills at the bottom of the page. Using the words they found in the puzzle, they write different words on each line before explaining what they mean. For example, they might have circled "car" and "pet" in the puzzle, but they can put the two words together to make the word "carpet" and describe what the word means on the line.

Spelling and building vocabulary are essential skills that students must learn to become better readers and writers. Spelling tests and looking words up in a dictionary are easy ways for them to practice spelling and vocabulary, but puzzles are especially effective. They make the activity more fun, which means students are more likely to stick with it.

For example, students can find words in a word find. The trick is that there isn't a word bank! They have to find the words on their own and write them down below.

Crosswords can be a fun way for students to practice spelling. They can also support vocabulary development when the hints are the definitions of the words that students have to write in the boxes. Secret codes are also effective. Students can even make their own secret code and share it with their classmates.