155 Free
Editing Puzzles
Sentence-level editing puzzles designed to reinforce foundational writing skills and grammar concepts.
Our free puzzles are perfect for parents, teachers, and tutors who are pressed for time but eager to have their students practice their writing skills. These short, sentence-level puzzles are efficient and effective ways to reinforce key writing skills. After all, even the brightest children need to train their eyes to notice mechanical mistakes in their writing, and they often need to develop a tolerance for editing. Editing these messy sentences forces them to notice the small details of punctuation, spelling, and grammar, and helps them develop an aversion to messy writing.
At a glance:
31 sets of puzzles
5 puzzles in each set
Each set gets progressively harder, and each puzzle set gets progressively harder
Great for individual student work and/or group classroom work
New: Print-only (check out a sample) and digital versions (check out a sample) are both available
Digital (teachers & tutors): SeeSaw’s automatic answer tool checks 29 of the 31 puzzle sets for you!
Puzzle Sets
A rigorous, problem-solving approach to teaching foundational grammar and punctuation skills.
Puzzle Set 2: Spacing & Spelling*
Puzzle Set 3: Ending Punctuation 1 (periods)
Puzzle Set 4: Ending Punctuation 2 (question marks)
Puzzle Set 5: Ending Punctuation 3 (exclamation marks)
Puzzle Set 6: Ending Punctuation 4 (multiple ending punctuation marks)
Puzzle Set 7: Capitalization 1 (proper nouns)
Puzzle Set 8: Capitalization 2 (proper adjectives)
Puzzle Set 9: Capitalization 3 (proper nouns and adjectives)
Puzzle Set 10: Verbs 1
Puzzle Set 11: Verbs 2 (helper verbs)
Puzzle Set 12: Subjects
Puzzle Set 13: Predicates
Puzzle Set 14: Subject-Verb Agreement 1
Puzzle Set 15: Subject-Verb Agreement 2
Puzzle Set 16: Subject-Verb Agreement 3
Puzzle Set 17: Plurals 1 (common nouns)
Puzzle Set 18: Plurals 2 (proper nouns)
Puzzle Set 19: Possessives 1 (common nouns)
Puzzle Set 20: Possessives 2 (proper nouns)
Puzzle Set 21: Possessives 3 (plural proper nouns)
Puzzle Set 23: Contractions 2
Puzzle Set 24: Contractions 3
Puzzle Set 25: Imperative Sentences
Puzzle Set 26: Commas 1 (dependent clauses)
Puzzle Set 27: Commas 2 (two independent clauses)
Puzzle Set 28: Commas 3 (appositives)
Puzzle Set 29: Commas 4 (leading words and phrases)
Puzzle Set 30: Commas 5 (Oxford comma, lists & meaning)
Puzzle Set 31: Commas 6 (dates and addresses)
*The spelling words begin with Grade 1 vocabulary and move through challenging elementary school vocabulary across the puzzle sets.
Relevant Video Lessons
While our free puzzles can help supplement existing curricula that teach foundational grammar and punctuation, we also have resources for parents, teachers, and tutors who don’t have a curriculum designed for gifted kids. Purchase this bundle of videos to teach your gifted learner(s) grammar and punctuation concepts at their own pace. Your student(s) will love the cats.
Teach your gifted elementary and middle school student(s) the rules of grammar and punctuation with our fast-paced video lessons that focus on the rules--and the reasoning and history behind the rules. We take your student(s) seriously and have fun. Topics covered: spacing in sentences and across paragraphs, ending punctuation, spelling, sentence grammar, capitalization, the editing process for sentences, plurals and possessives, contractions, and beginning commas.