Ancient Greece Word Sudoku Puzzles w/ Audio & Real Photos

by English with Imagination

Price: 225 points or $2.25 USD

Subjects: games,ela,elaLanguage,englishSecondLanguage,eslVocab

Grades: 4,5,6

Description: Challenge and engage your students with these history-themed sudoku word puzzles designed especially for English learners in upper elementary school! Your students will enjoy solving the puzzles for twelve words associated with Ancient Greece while they develop critical thinking and logical reasoning skills. Audio recordings provide listening practice, model pronunciation and support vocabulary development. Each recording uses the target word in a sentence describing the picture. Vibrant photography contextualizes the vocabulary for English learners and brings the words to life. Each puzzle is based on a word with six letters - perfect for upper elementary. The puzzles are presented in random order so that students have a different experience each time they play. Although Sudoku is traditionally played individually, I like to use these word sudokus for pair work with my English learners. I see a ton of benefits! They are motivated to speak in English, they review the alphabet, they develop cooperative learning skills, and they are able to shine regardless of language level since the ability to spot patterns isn't language-dependent. The following twelve words are included: Athens, bronze, column, dragon, island, marble, medusa, mosaic, sailor, shield, Trojan, wreath. This activity was a hit with my ELL students who love Greek gods, heroes and monsters. I can also see it fitting well in a thematic unit on Ancient Greece or Greek Mythology.