Back to School Activity: Recess Themed – printable classroom resource for grades 2–5 by Amy Lemons and Get Your Teach On

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Recess Vocabulary Activities | Back to School Literacy Worksheets | 2nd-5th Grade

Name: Back to School Activity: Recess Themed
Brand: Amy Lemons
Price: 2.5 USD
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Make vocabulary practice fun with these recess-themed literacy activities! This engaging resource helps students strengthen spelling, vocabulary, and word recognition skills while working with familiar recess-related words. Perfect for back-to-school, literacy centers, morning work, early finishers, independent practice, homework, or small group instruction.

Designed for 2nd-5th grade students, these no-prep printable worksheets make it easy to reinforce literacy skills in an engaging way.

What's Included:

Variety of recess-themed worksheets
Recess-themed image cards

Worksheets Included:

Word Search
Word Unscramble
Crossword Puzzle
Word Sort
ABC Order

Perfect For:

📚 Back-to-school activities
Literacy centers
Morning work
Independent practice
Small groups
Homework
Fast finisher activities
Vocabulary review
Substitute teacher plans

These engaging worksheets provide meaningful vocabulary practice while helping students build spelling, alphabetical order, and critical thinking skills through fun, recess-themed activities.

Meet the creator

Amy Lemons

Teacher & Curriculum Author

Amy started teaching in 2006 and spent most of her classroom years in 1st and 2nd grade. She has shared lessons and activities with teachers on her blog since 2011, built around hands-on activities and meaningful books.

✓Co-creator of Rooted in Reading, now serving K–3
✓Co-creator of Magic of Math and Write On! with Hope King
✓Taught 1st, 2nd, and 4th grade

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Resource details

Resource type: Printables Worksheets
Pages: 13
Number of activities: 1
Grade levels: 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade
Subjects: Not Subject Specific
Included file types: PDF
Seasonality: Back to School
Created by: Amy Lemons
License: One teacher, one classroom
Access: Included with Library membership

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