1. Frindle Word Ladder Fifth Grade Phonics Unit 1 Week 1

2. On the bottom rung of your word ladder, write the word: channel

3. Use the green letters from channel and the letter “d” to make a word for the end of a cooking pot that you can grip. channel

4. You should have spelled… handle

5. Use the green letters in handle to make a word for what we walk on. handle

6. You should have spelled… land

7. Use the green letters in land and a consonant blend to make a word for the opposite of “to sit.” land

8. You should have spelled… stand

9. Use the green letters from stand and a final stable syllable to make a word for a way to pin notebook pages together. stand

10. You should have spelled… staple

11. Scramble the letters in staple to make a word for the pretty part of flowers. staple

12. You should have spelled… petals

13. Use the green letters from petals to make a word for “to take things that don’t belong to you.” petals

14. You should have spelled… steal

15. Use the green letters in steal and the letters “l” and “e” to make a word for “to calm down.” steal

16. You should have spelled… settle

17. Use the green letters in settle, but replace the “e” with two letters to make a word for a type of transportation. settle

18. You should have spelled… shuttle

19. Trade the twin consonants in shuttle for another pair of consonants that will make the word for “mixing cards.” shuttle

20. You should have spelled… shuffle

21. Use the green letters from shuffle and an “r” to make an action word for riding a wave. shuffle

22. You should have spelled… surf

23. Add a suffix to surf to make a word for what a surfer is doing right now. surf

24. You should have spelled… surfing

25. You just went from channel to surfing in twelve words.