1. Passage to Feedom Word Ladder Fifth Grade Phonics Unit 2 Week 2

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

3. Use the green letters from pink and the letters a and o to make a word for an instrument with keys. pink

4. You should have spelled… piano

5. Trade the black letters from piano for the letters t and s to make a word for clothes that cover your legs. piano

6. You should have spelled… pants

7. Use the green letters in pants to make a word for earlier than the present. pants

8. You should have spelled… past

9. Change the first letter in past to make a word for quick. past

10. You should have spelled… fast

11. Use the green letters from fast and add the letters f and s to make a word for groups of people who assist their superior in an assigned task. fast

12. You should have spelled… staffs

13. Replace the black letters from staffs with three letters to make a word principal law enforcement officers from counties. staffs

14. You should have spelled… sheriffs

15. Use the green letters from sheriffs and the letter c to make a word for people who are in charge. sheriffs

16. You should have spelled… chiefs

17. Drop a letter from chiefs to make a word for professional cooks. chiefs

18. You should have spelled… chefs

19. Use the green letters from chefs and the letters a and t to make a word for a meal with lots of food. chefs

20. You should have spelled… feast

21. Trade the black letter from feast for a another letter so that a word for a small blood-sucking parasite that often gets on dogs. feast

22. You should have spelled… fleas

23. Use the green letters from fleas and the letters m, i, n, g, and o to make a word for large pink birds. fleas

24. You should have spelled… flamingoes

25. You just went from pink to flamingoes in twelve words.