Word Ladders Third Grade Tulip - Poplar Unit 2 Week 1 Created by Kristi Waltke

On the bottom rung of your ladder spell… tulip

Change one letter in tulip. Use the letters to spell a word for a student. The same word can also be used for whats found in the center of your iris. tulip

pupil You should have spelled…

Use the last three letters in pupil and add two letters to make a word for the person driving an airplane. pupil

pilot You should have spelled…

pilot Drop one letter from pilot and use the remaining letters to make a word for work.

toil You should have spelled…

toil Add two letters to toil and make a word for commode.

toilet You should have spelled…

toilet Change two letters in toilet and use the letters to spell a word for the absence of sound.

silent You should have spelled…

silent Drop two letters from silent to make a word for the past tense of lend.

lent You should have spelled…

lent Change the ending of lent to make a word for a yellow fruit that has a sour taste.

lemon You should have spelled…

lemon Scramble the letters in lemon to make a word for a type of fruit with a hard rind.

melon You should have spelled…

melon Use a three letter chunk from melon to make a word for a desert animal with a hump back. Youll have to add two letters.

camel You should have spelled…

camel Use the last four letters in camel to spell a word for the opposite of female.

male You should have spelled…

male Change the beginning of male to make a word for very light colored.

pale You should have spelled…

pale Use three letters from pale and three additional letters to spell a word for a type of tree from a temperate region.

poplar You should have spelled…

Youve just gone from tulip to poplar. Way to go!