Island of the Blue Dolphins Word Ladder Fifth Grade Phonics Unit 1 Week 3

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

Use the green letters from bow and some letters to make a game in which you use a ball to knock down pins. bow

You should have spelled… bowling

bowling Use the green letters in bowling to make a word for the opposite of high. bowling

You should have spelled… low

low Add three letters to the beginning of low to make a word for a type of deciduous tree. low

You should have spelled… willow

Use the green letters in willow and add a letter to make a word for what flowers do when they aren’t watered. willow

You should have spelled… wilt

Change the black letters in wilt in order to make a word for a grain that is usually ground into flour. wilt

You should have spelled… wheat

Change the beginning of wheat to make a word for a notable acheivement.

You should have spelled… feat

Add one letter to feat to make a word for a large meal.

You should have spelled… feast

feast Change the beginning of feast to make a word for what doctors put around a broken bone. feast

You should have spelled… cast

Use the green letters in cast and add one letter to make a word for seashore.

You should have spelled… coast

Use the green letters in coast and add two r’s to make a word for an animal noise.

You should have spelled… roar

Use the green letters in roar and add the letter w to make a word for what a bow may shoot.

You should have spelled… arrow

You just went from bow to arrow in twelve words.