Word Ladder watched…. Fourth Grade Phonics Unit 3 Week 1

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

Change the suffix of watched to make a word for the same action happening right now. watched

You should have spelled…. watching

Add the letters n and o to the blue letters from watching to make a word for perceiving or observing. watching

You should have spelled… noticing

Change the suffix from noticing to make a form of the same word in the past tense. noticing

You should have spelled… noticed

Use the blue letters in noticed to make a word for a set of objects used in many board games. noticed

You should have spelled… dice

Add the letters r and d to the blue letters in dice to make a word for an antonym of wet. dice

You should have spelled… dried

Change the form of this word to make it an action occurring now. dried

You should have spelled… drying

Add 3 letters to the blue letters from drying to make a word for rushing. drying

You should have spelled… hurrying

Change the suffix in the word hurrying to make it past tense. hurrying

You should have spelled… hurried

Use the letters a, p, p, e, and n along with the blue letters in hurried to make a word for an event that occurred. hurried

You should have spelled… happened

Add the letters d and m to the blue letters in happened to make a word for moistened. happened

You should have spelled… dampened

Add the letters c and –ing to the blue letters in dampened to make a word for taking a series of musical steps in time to the rhythm. dampened

You should have spelled… dancing

You just went from watched to dancing in twelve words.