# Letters and Sounds Crossword

Grade 1 readers learn how letters and sounds work together to build words ([Topic](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/44867), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/44869)). This game uses eight words from that work: READ, SHAPE, SOUND, SILENT, WRITE, UPPER, WORD, and LETTER. Some words connect to shapes and upper case letters students first met in Kindergarten ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/44711)), and others connect to new Grade 1 ideas, like silent letters and letter-sound matches ([Details](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/44871)).

## How to play

- Read each clue. Its number matches a numbered square in the grid.
- Write one capital letter in each square. There are 3 words across and 5 words down.
- Crossing words share a letter, so check it fits both. The answer key shows the finished grid.

## Puzzle grid
| ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | 1 |
|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ |   |
| ■ | 2 | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ |   |
| ■ |   | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | 3 |   |   |   |   |
| ■ |   | ■ | ■ | 4 | ■ |   | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ |
| 5 |   |   |   |   | ■ |   | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ |
| ■ |   | ■ | ■ |   | ■ |   | ■ | 6 | ■ | ■ |
| ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ |   | ■ |   | ■ |   | ■ | ■ |
| ■ | ■ | ■ | 7 |   |   |   |   |   | ■ | ■ |
| ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ |   | ■ | ■ |

## Clues
### Across

3. What you hear when someone speaks a word. (5)
5. A capital letter like A, B, or C. (5)
7. A symbol that stands for a sound, like A or B. (6)

### Down

1. To look at words and understand what they say. (4)
2. The outline or form of a letter, like round or straight. (5)
3. A letter in a word that you do not say out loud. (6)
4. To make letters and words on paper with a pencil or pen. (5)
6. A group of letters that makes meaning when you read it. (4)

## Answer key
- **1 down**: READ
- **2 down**: SHAPE
- **3 across**: SOUND
- **3 down**: SILENT
- **4 down**: WRITE
- **5 across**: UPPER
- **6 down**: WORD
- **7 across**: LETTER

| ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | R |
|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | E |
| ■ | S | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | A |
| ■ | H | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | S | O | U | N | D |
| ■ | A | ■ | ■ | W | ■ | I | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ |
| U | P | P | E | R | ■ | L | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ |
| ■ | E | ■ | ■ | I | ■ | E | ■ | W | ■ | ■ |
| ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | T | ■ | N | ■ | O | ■ | ■ |
| ■ | ■ | ■ | L | E | T | T | E | R | ■ | ■ |
| ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | D | ■ | ■ |

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*AILI game · language en · model claude-sonnet-5 · generated 2026-09-17 · id a62dd218-e259-46b4-a008-606967b123f6*

### Sources

- node:n1: Phonics: Foundational literacy is supported by understanding relationships between sounds in oral language and the lette (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/44707)
- node:n2: How do letters and sounds work together to make words? (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/44708)
- node:n3: Children make connections between letters and sounds in words. (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/44709)
- node:n4: LANENGK-OI5-GQ1-LO1-KO1-K (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/44711)
- node:n5: Phonics: Foundational literacy is supported by understanding relationships between sounds in oral language and the lette (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/44867)
- node:n6: How can understanding relationships between sounds and letters (phonics) increase knowledge of words? (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/44868)
- node:n7: Students recognize and analyze letters and sounds in words. (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/44869)
- node:n8: LANENG1-OI5-GQ1-LO1-KO1-K (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/44871)
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- node:n11: Students apply understandings of letter combinations and sounds in words. (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/45033)
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