Geography Words Word Search

2nd Grade Social StudiesGeography2 pages

About this worksheet

Ten geography words hide in a 10 by 10 letter grid on this 2nd grade word hunt: MOUNTAIN, COAST, OCEAN, RIVER, VALLEY, GLOBE, ISLAND, NORTH, LAKE, and MAP. Words run across or down only, which keeps the puzzle manageable for young readers. Most start at the left edge of a row, while LAKE and MAP run down. It is vocabulary practice for a geography unit rather than map work, so no C3 indicator is listed. The second page is an answer key with each word's row, column, and direction.

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What's inside this worksheet

Geography Word Hunt

Students find and circle the ten words listed above the grid. Arrows in the directions show that words go across or down.

Answer Key

Lists each word's starting row and column, for example LAKE at row 2, column 8, running down.

How teachers use it

Early finisher task

Keep a stack for students who finish other geography work early. The puzzle takes about ten minutes.

Word meaning check

After the hunt, have students pick three words and draw a quick picture of each. Finding VALLEY is easy, but explaining it is harder.

When students get stuck

LAKE and MAP run down, so they are usually the last two found. Point out that direction when a child says the puzzle is missing words.

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