Free Printable Animal Word Scramble

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Challenge your animal-loving student with a free, printable animal word scramble.

If you are looking for all of our word puzzles, try this page.

Benefits of Word Games

Word scrambles are engaging educational activities that can benefit your student in a variety of ways.

Your student will bend her brain to think of words related to the word scramble topic.
Your student will use spelling skills (and possibly dictionary skills, too) to unscramble the words.
If you put your students in groups, they can work cooperatively to determine each word.
Word games can introduce new vocabulary words or review words that students may not use frequently.
Word scrambles can help your student make connections between the words and the subject of the puzzles.
Puzzles and games break up the monotony of regular book work. Word scrambles are a fun way to create interest in a topic or celebrate a holiday or season.

What’s Included in the Animal Word Scramble Printable Pack?

The printable pack includes four different word scrambles featuring various animal habitats. Each option has a color version as well as a black and white version (with images your student can color, if desired).

Desert Animals Word Scramble
This word puzzle includes ten different animals who live in the desert.

Ocean Animals Word Scramble
This word puzzle includes ten different animals who live in the ocean.

Rainforest Animals Word Scramble
This word puzzle includes ten different animals who live in the rainforest.

Savanna Animals Word Scramble
This word puzzle includes ten different animals who live in the savanna.

Word scramble answer keys are included in the printable pack.

If you’d like a scramble for polar animals, you’ll find one in these winter themed word scrambles.

How to Use the Free Printable Animal Word Scrambles

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Wait for the the next email with the download button.
Download the word puzzles.
Choose which word scrambles to print. You can print in full color or black and white (to save on ink).
Demonstrate how to unscramble the words.
Encourage your student to have fun with these games.

Note: Each scramble is a full page. If your student doesn’t need the extra room to experiment with spelling and word building, consider printing two pages per page (you should find the option in your printer settings).

Get Your Free Set of Animal Word Scrambles

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