Word Ladder Cheese…. Fourth Grade Phonics Unit 2 Week 2

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

Use the green letters from cheese and the letter p to make a word for a wooly farm animal. cheese

You should have spelled…. sheep

Add two ts to the green letters in sheep to make a word for small whitish structures in the mouth. sheep

You should have spelled… teeth

Change the double vowels in teeth to another set of double vowels that make the singular form of the word. teeth

You should have spelled… tooth

Add the letters f and s to the green letters in tooth to make a word for the feet of some animals. tooth

You should have spelled… hoofs

Change the first letter in hoofs and make a word for the tops of houses. h oofs

You should have spelled… roofs

Add the letters m and e to the green letters in roofs to make a word for a large deer-like animal. roofs

You should have spelled… moose

Use the green letters from moose and the letters t, t, a to make a word for red or yellow fruit eaten often as a vegetable. moose

You should have spelled… tomatoes

Add the letters l and v to the green letters in tomatoes to make a word for shaped masses of baked bread. tomatoes

You should have spelled… loaves

Change one letter in loaves and make a word for things that fall off of trees in the fall. loaves

You should have spelled… leaves

Use the green letters from leaves and one other letter to make a word for something you sit on. leaves

You should have spelled… seat

Add 4 letters to the letters in seat and scramble them in such a way as to make a word for starchy tuberous foods. seat

You should have spelled… potatoes

You just went from cheese to potatoes in twelve words.