Frindle Word Ladder Fifth Grade Phonics Unit 1 Week 1

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

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

You should have spelled… handle

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

You should have spelled… land

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

You should have spelled… stand

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

You should have spelled… staple

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

You should have spelled… petals

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

You should have spelled… steal

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

You should have spelled… settle

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

You should have spelled… shuttle

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

You should have spelled… shuffle

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

You should have spelled… surf

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

You should have spelled… surfing

You just went from channel to surfing in twelve words.