Leonardo’s Horse Word Ladder Fifth Grade Phonics Unit 3 Week 2

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

Use the green letters from waterproof to make a word for a body part.

You should have spelled… foot

Use the green letters from foot and add a word in order to make a compound word for an uncovered foot. foot

You should have spelled… barefoot

Use the green letters from barefoot to make a word for a small vessel that travels on water.

You should have spelled… boat

Add a word to boat to make a compound word for a boat that has oars.

You should have spelled… rowboat

Use the green letters from rowboat to make a word for a type of shoe.

You should have spelled… boot

Trade the last letter in boot for a letter that makes the word into something you can read.

You should have spelled… book

Add a word to book to make a compound word for a memory book with pictures usually about family and friends book

You should have spelled… scrapbook

Use the green letters from scrapbook and one other letter to make a word for something you can swim in. scrapbook

You should have spelled… pool

Add a word to pool to make a compound word for an eddy or a circular flow of water.

You should have spelled… whirlpool

Use the green letters from whirlpool to make a word for jump.

You should have spelled… hop

Add the letters n and e to make a word for electronic equipment that allows people to talk over great distances. hop

You should have spelled… phone

You just went from waterproof to phone in twelve words.