Word Ladder Chunky…. Fourth Grade Phonics Unit 2 Week 1

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

Use the green letters from chunky and the letters b, e, and s to make a word for a group of similar things. chunky

You should have spelled…. bunches

Add the letter s to the green letters from bunches to make a word for a board game with two players. bunches

You should have spelled… chess

Use all the letters from chess along with the letters a, n, d, w, and i to make a word for food items with fillings between slices of bread. chess

You should have spelled… sandwiches

Add the letter i to the green letters in sandwiches and scramble the letters in order to make a word for a type of flower. sandwiches

You should have spelled… daisies

Add the letters t and x to the green letters in daisies and use those letters to make a word for money that is paid to the government for public purposes. daisies

You should have spelled… taxes

Add one letter to the green letters in taxes to make a word for a watery solution that comes from a plant. taxes

You should have spelled… sap

Use the green letters from sap and the letters l and y to make a word for performances or skits. sap

You should have spelled… plays

Add the letters d and e to the green letters in plays and use them to make a word for slow downs. plays

You should have spelled… delays

Scramble the letters used to spell delays to make a word that an author might use to say that a dragon was killed. delays

You should have spelled… slayed

Use the green letters and the letters o, n, and k to make a word for animals that are related to horses. slayed

You should have spelled… donkeys

Change the first letter in donkeys to make a word for animals that like to eat bananas. donkeys

You should have spelled… monkeys

You just went from chunky to monkeys in twelve words.