Sherlock's Speed Scramble

Sherlock's Speed Scramble

Ages 7–12 · 15 minutes · English

Help Sherlock Shirley solve word puzzles by unscrambling mixed up letters, while racing against a ticking clock

Help Sherlock Shirley solve word puzzles by unscrambling mixed up letters, while racing against a ticking clock

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Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Alabama

  • ELA21.4.38f — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • ELA21.4.7 — Read words with irregular and regular spelling patterns accurately and automatically.

Alaska

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  • RF.4.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Arizona

  • 3.WF.3 * — Know and apply spelling conventions and patterns.

California

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words both in isolation and in text.
  • RF.4.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Colorado

  • RWC20-GR.2-S.3-GLE.4-EO.b.iv — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (for example: cage → badge; boy → boil).
  • RWC20-GR.3-S.2-GLE.3 — Apply knowledge of spelling patterns (orthography), word meanings (morphology), and word relationships to decode words and increase vocabulary.
  • RWC20-GR.4-S.3-GLE.4-EO.b.iv — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

Connecticut

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Delaware

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Florida

  • ELA.4.F.1.3 — Use knowledge of grade-level phonics and word-analysis skills to decode words. • Apply knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology to read and write unfamiliar single-syllable and multisyllabic words in and out of context.

Georgia

  • ELAGSE3L2.e — Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
  • ELAGSE3L2.f — Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.
  • ELAGSE3RF3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Hawaii

  • 4.L.2d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • 5.L.2e — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

Illinois

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Indiana

  • 3.RF.2 — Read grade-appropriate words that have blends (e.g., walk, play) and common spelling patterns (e.g., qu- ; doubling the consonant and adding –ing, such as cut/cutting; changing the ending of a word from –y to –ies to make a plural).

Iowa

  • L.5.2.e — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills to support decoding and encoding words.

Kansas

  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  • W.2.11.d — Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words.

Kentucky

  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Louisiana

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • L.5.2.e — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Maine

  • L.2.4.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • R.3.3.c — Decode multisyllabic words.

Maryland

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Massachusetts

  • L.4.2.e — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

Michigan

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • L.5.2.e — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

Minnesota

  • 3.1.1.2 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words:
  • 3.1.1.2.c — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words: read grade-level irregularly spelled words, including high-frequency words, in and out of context, demonstrating both accuracy and automaticity.
  • 3.2.1.2 — Apply spelling patterns and rules to spell multi syllabic words, high-frequency words authentically in writing.

Mississippi

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Missouri

  • 3.RF.3.A.e — decoding known and unknown words by spelling patterns

Montana

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Nebraska

  • LA.2.F.3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding (spelling) words.
  • LA.3.F.3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding (spelling) words.

Nevada

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

New Hampshire

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

New Jersey

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

New Mexico

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

New York

  • 2RF3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  • 3RF3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

North Carolina

  • RF.3.4 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Ohio

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Oregon

  • 4.L.2d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • 5.L.2e — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

Pennsylvania

  • CC.1.1.3.D — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. • Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes. • Decode words with common Latin suffixes. • Decode multisyllable words. • Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
  • CC.1.1.4.D — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. • Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words.

Rhode Island

  • L.4.2.e — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  • RF.4.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

South Carolina

  • ELA.2.F.3.6 — Delete, add, and substitute the initial, medial, and final letter combinations in words to build or make new multisyllabic words.

South Dakota

  • 3.L.2.e — Use high frequency words and spelling patterns to spell grade appropriate words correctly, consulting reference materials as needed.
  • 3.RF.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  • 3.RF.3.c — Decode multisyllable words.

Tennessee

  • 4.FL.WC.4.a — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • 5.FL.WC.4.a — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

Texas

  • 2.2A.iv — manipulating phonemes within base words;
  • 3.11D.xi — correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words; and

Vermont

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Washington

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  • RF.4.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Washington, D.C.

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
  • RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

West Virginia

  • ELA.3.II.c — Decode multi-syllable words.
  • ELA.4.37.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

Wisconsin

  • ELA.2.L.6.d — Use common spelling patterns, phonemic awareness, and basic reference materials to solve words.
  • ELA.3.L.6.g — Use learned syllable patterns and reference materials to solve and write unknown words.
  • ELA.4.L.6.d — Spell grade-level words correctly using reference materials to solve words as needed.

Wyoming

  • L.4.2.d — Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.