Word Ladder towel…. Fourth Grade Phonics Unit 3 Week 3

On the bottom rung of your word ladder, write the word towel

Use the blue letters to spell a word for a night bird that is known for being wise. towel

You should have spelled…. owl

Add a two letter blend to the beginning of owl to make a word for a frown. owl

You should have spelled… scowl

Add the letters a, r, and d to the blue letters in scowl to spell the antonym to brave. scowl

You should have spelled… coward

Trade the black letters in coward for an s and a y to spell a word for sleepy. coward

You should have spelled… drowsy

Add the letters b and e to the blue letters in drowsy to make a word for shop around. drowsy

You should have spelled… browse

Add two letters to the blue letters in browse to make a compound word for a part of the face that protects the eyes. browse

You should have spelled… eyebrow

Add the letters h and v to the blue letters in eyebrow. Then make a word for on the other hand. eyebrow

You should have spelled… however

Use the first two letters from however and three other letters to make a word for dog. however

You should have spelled… hound

Change the first letter in hound and make a word for a small natural hill. hound

You should have spelled… mound

Change the first letter in mound and make a word for covered, wrapped, like in a bandage. mound

You should have spelled… bound

Use the o from bound and a double consonant to spell the antonym of on. bound

You should have spelled… off

You just went from towel to off in twelve words.