Fall Word Search Ages 9-10, Hard, Set 2

Description

Step into autumn with this Fall word search printable: turning leaves, harvest time, woodland mushrooms and warming treats all appear in the grid. The words come from the season itself — orchards, pumpkin patches, farm work and the colours of fall.

This word search contains the following words:

1. NOVEMBER — A general calendar word: the eleventh month, the last full month of autumn in the northern hemisphere.
2. REAPING — Farm work word: cutting and gathering a ripe crop such as wheat or barley at harvest time.
3. THRESHING — Another harvest job: beating or rubbing grain to separate the seeds from the stalks and husks.
4. SQUASH — A general garden word: the family of autumn vegetables that includes pumpkins, butternut and acorn squash.
5. PARSNIP — A root vegetable dug up in late autumn and winter, and a traditional part of the harvest meal.
6. NUTMEG — A warm spice grated into autumn and winter baking, often paired with pumpkin and apple pies.
7. MAPLE — The tree whose leaves turn red and orange in fall, and whose sap becomes syrup.
8. SYRUP — What boiled maple sap becomes; poured over pancakes and used in autumn baking.
9. CHLOROPHYLL — The green pigment in leaves; as days shorten in fall it breaks down and other colours show.
10. ANTHOCYANIN — The pigment that gives autumn leaves their reds and purples, and colours berries and apples.
11. MUSHROOM — A general woodland word: the fungi that appear on forest floors when autumn rains arrive.
12. CHANTERELLE — A golden wild mushroom of the forest, gathered in autumn and prized in the kitchen.
13. HOTCHOCOLATE — A warming drink for cold fall evenings, often topped with marshmallows or whipped cream.
14. GINGERBREAD — A spiced baked treat of the colder season, flavoured with ginger, cinnamon and molasses.
15. CANOPY — The layer of branches and leaves at the top of a tree or forest.

In numbers: the puzzle hides 15 words, the file runs to 1 page, the answer sheet is included as a second file.