Word Ladders First Grade Brown - Cow Unit 5 Week 1 Created by Kristi Waltke

On the bottom rung of your ladder spell… brown

Change the blend at the beginning of brown to make a funny character you might see at the circus.

You should have spelled… clown

Take away two letters in clown to make a word that is the opposite of high.

You should have spelled… low

Change the beginning of low and make a word that tells what children and plants do.

You should have spelled… grow

Add a letter to grow to make a word that describes a noise an animal makes.

You should have spelled… growl

Take away two letters in growl to make a nocturnal bird that is known for being wise.

You should have spelled… owl

Now add one letter to the beginning of owl to make a word that describes the sound wolves make toward the moon. owl

You should have spelled… howl

Take away one letter in howl to make a question word.

You should have spelled… how

Change the first letter in how to make a word for an animal that supplies us with milk.

You should have spelled… cow

You’ve just gone from brown to cow in nine words. Way to go!