Shutting Out the Sky Word Ladder Fifth Grade Phonics Unit 1 Week 5

On the bottom rung of your word ladder, write the word: who’d

Use the green letters from who’d to make another contraction for who have.

You should have spelled… who’ve

Use the green letters in who’ve to make a contraction for you have.

You should have spelled… you’ve

Use the green letters in you’ve to make a contraction for they have.

You should have spelled… they’ve

Use the green letters in they’ve to make a contraction for should have.

You should have spelled… should’ve

Use the green letters in should’ve to make a contraction for would have.

You should have spelled… would’ve

Use the green letters in would’ve to make a contraction for could have.

You should have spelled… could’ve

Use the green letters in could’ve to make a contraction for could not.

You should have spelled… couldn’t

Use the green letters in couldn’t to make a contraction for were not.

You should have spelled… weren’t

Use the green letters in weren’t to make a contraction for does not.

You should have spelled… doesn’t

Use the green letters in doesn’t and a g to make a word for moves.

You should have spelled… goes

Use the green letters in goes and add a u and an s to make a word for an estimate.

You should have spelled… guess

You just went from who’d to guess in twelve words.