Spy Decoder Craft & Codebreaking Activity

Students will love pretending to be secret agents for the day with this spy decoder craft and codebreaker activity! It makes for a fun project to help practice the alphabet, spelling, and writing.

Included in download:

• 2 decoder templates (one with and without the English alphabet pre-printed)
• Codebreaker activity worksheet

Craft instructions:

• Students write letters on the outside of the bottom circle (if not using the pre-printed template).
• Then, they write their code on the outside of the middle circle. Their code can be anything they want: numbers, pictures, letters, symbols, etc.
• Once finished, they cut out the circles and punch a small hole in the middle of each of them.
• To finish, they put them one on top of the other and secure them together with a paper fastener.

Activity instructions:

• Students exchange their "Crack the Spy Codes" worksheet with a classmate.
• In one of the boxes, they will write their name, code key (A=__), and a secret message to their classmate using the spy decoder wheel they just made.
• Once finished, they give their decoder wheel to their classmate as well as return their classmate's worksheet.
• Finally, they both figure out their secret messages to each other using each other's decoder wheels.
• Repeat this process as many times as you wish or for as long as time allows.

Materials needed:

• Scissors
• Paper Fastener
• Pencils/Pens/Markers



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