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

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

Use the green letters from freedom and the letter g to make a word for an obsessive desire to acquire or possess. freedom

You should have spelled… greed

Trade the last letter from greed for a letter that makes a word for an expression of goodwill at the time of meeting someone. greed

You should have spelled… greet

Trade the black letter from greet for the letter h and scramble to letters to make a word for a number. greet

You should have spelled… three

Use the green letters from three to make a word for a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball. three

You should have spelled… tee

Add the letters s and w to the green letters from tee and scramble them in order to make a word for the taste of sugar tee

You should have spelled… sweet

Use the green letters from sweet and the letters a, e, and d to make a word for a plant growing in the sea. sweet

You should have spelled… seaweed

Drop the word weed from the compound word to make a word for the ocean. seaweed

You should have spelled… sea

Add three letters to the word sea to make a word for a period of the year marked by special events. sea

You should have spelled… season

Use the green letters from season and the letters l and t to make a word for something that is of no importance. season

You should have spelled… least

Use the blend from the word least and the ending –ing to make a word for what a bee might do. least

You should have spelled… sting

Trade the letter t for the letter r and scramble the letters to make a word for jewelry worn on the fingers. sting

You should have spelled… rings

You just went from freedom to rings in twelve words.