Word LadderWord Ladder

white….white….

Word LadderWord Ladder

white….white….

Fourth Grade PhonicsFourth Grade PhonicsUnit 2 Week 4Unit 2 Week 4

On the bottom rung of your word ladder, write the word:

white

Use the blue letters from white and four additional letters to make a word for something on a cat’s face.

white

You should have spelled….

whiskers

Drop one letter and change one letter in whiskers to make a word for speaking quietly.

whiskers

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whisper

Use the blue letters from whisper plus the letters a and f to make a word for a pier.

whisper

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wharf

Use the blue letters from wharf along with the letters g and p to make a word for a chart.

wharf

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graph

Use the blue letters from graph and the letters n and k to make a word for a practical joke.

graph

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prank

Use the word chunk –ank to make a word that means empty.

prank

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blank

Trade one letter in blank and make a word for wink.

blank

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blink

Use the word chunk –ink to make a word for getting smaller.

blink

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shrink

Use the blue letters in shrink and one other letter to make a word for ponder, something your brain does.

shrink

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think

Trade one letter in think to make a word for an action one does to show gratitude.

think

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thank

Add four letters to the blue letters in thank in order to make a word for a circus animal that eats peanuts.

thank

You should have spelled…

elephant

You just went from You just went from

whitewhite to to

elephantelephant in in twelve words. twelve words.

You just went from You just went from

whitewhite to to

elephantelephant in in twelve words. twelve words.