Valentine's Day Word Puzzles and Vocabulary Activities

Sam Mantics
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"Type in and submit the 12 answers (4 in each puzzle) to the Rootonym® puzzles in the boxes BELOW the puzzle. When you hit the "Submit Query" button at the bottom of this page, you will get immediate feedback with both the correct answers and the use of the words in context. There are word banks for puzzles to assist you in your personal vocabulary acquisition. Click Directions for more detailed instructions."

If you want our free Alphalary™ (alphabetical vocabulary list) of 180 Valentines-related words just email your request to Valentines Words. Please include the name of your school, city, state and grade you teach, if applicable.
Click here for "Teacher's tips & ideas" on how to use our Alphalaries.

We offer six other exercises using these 12 to 20 thematic words:


Puzzle #1 - Directions

Below find the Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® - Puzzle #1 "text" where all 4 Valentine words derive from the root "CORD".
The word bank contains the correct answers.

PUZZLE #1 - Valentine - Answer Sheet

Your answer 1
Your answer 2
Your answer 3
Your answer 4

Cinny Nym
"Hi, I'm Cinny Nym, Dean of Faculty at Vocabulary University."

I don't have any hints for you for puzzle #1 this month. However, I can give you a long list of 33 "heart" words from which you can find the 4 answers to the following Valentine's Day puzzle #2 below:


Puzzle #2 - Directions

Rooty*Hoot*HootĘ - Puzzle #2 "text" where all 4 Valentine words contain the word "HEART":

PUZZLE #2 - Valentine - Answer Sheet

Your answer 5
Your answer 6
Your answer 7
Your answer 8

Dick Shinary
"Hi, I'm Dick Shinary, Chancellor of Literacy at Vocabulary University."

I have listed 18 idioms from the Random House Colllege Dictionary that have the word "heart" in them. Have you heard most of them?
If you know other idioms please email your suggestions to More Valentine Idioms. We thank you for your contribution ahead of time!


Puzzle #3 - Directions

Below find the Rooty*Hoot*HootĘ - Puzzle #3 "text" where all 4 Valentine words derive from the root "CORD".
The word bank contains the correct answers.

PUZZLE #3 - Valentine - Answer Sheet

Your answer 9
Your answer 10
Your answer 11
Your answer 12

Crossword
"Hi, I'm Crossword, the Mascot at Vocabulary University.
I created a list of songs with the word "HEART" in the title. My favorite is "Heartbreak Hotel"! Please email me with additional songs that you can add to my list.

When you hit the submit button below you will see all your answers in one short form. When you hit submit again on that short form, you will immediately get all the correct answers and sentences that use each correct word.

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If you want our free Alphalary™ (alphabetical vocabulary list) of 180+ Valentines-related words just email your request to Valentines Words. Please include your school, city, state and grade you teach, if applicable. Click here for "Teacher's tips & ideas" on how to use our Alphalaries.

Reminder:
Don't forget to complete other activities and educational exercises from our current Session #139:

Interactive grade level puzzles: ["S139 Level 1"] -- ["S139 Level 2"] -- ["S139 Level 3"]
Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S139Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S139Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S139Level 3-FITB"]
Definition MATCH: ["S139Level 1-Match"] -- ["S139Level 2-Match"] -- ["S139Level 3-Match"]
Crosswords: ["S139Level 1 C/W"] -- ["S139Level 2 C/W"] -- ["S139Level 3 C/W"]
Find the Words: ["S139Level 1 WF"] -- ["S139Level 2 WF"] -- ["S139Level 3 WF"]
Is It True or False?: ["S139Level 1 T/F"] -- ["S139Level 2 T/F"] -- ["S139Level 3 T/F"]
Synonym/Antonym Encounters: ["S139Level 1-Syn/Ant"] -- ["S139Level 2-Syn/Ant"] -- ["S139Level 3-Syn/Ant"]
Contextual Stories: ["S139Level 1 Story"] -- ["S139Level 2 Story"] -- ["S139Level 3 Story"]



Any questions can be directed to Jan and Carey Cook at Vocabulary University for clarification. If you are a teacher, please give us the name, city, state/country of your school. For details on other thematic content click School Thematic Content Calendar.

If you want our free "Alphalary" (alphabetical vocabulary list) of 310 science-related words just email your request to Science Words. Please include your school, city, state/country and grade you teach, if applicable.
We also have a thematic Alphalaries on Earth. Email your request to EARTH Words.

If you want to see all of our 150 "Alphalaries" click on this link: Alphabetical Vocabulary List or, in particular, request our 432 Character-Ed related words just email your request to Character Education Words. Please include the name of your school, city, state/country and grade you teach, if applicable.
Have you tried our set of puzzles inspired by Harry Potter? "Visit our Wizard puzzles". If you want our alphabetical list of 160 Wizard-related words just email your request to Wizard Words.

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