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

2. On the bottom rung of your word ladder, write the word: watched

3. Change the suffix of watched to make a word for the same action happening right now. watched

4. You should have spelled…. watching

5. Add the letters n and o to the blue letters from watching to make a word for perceiving or observing. watching

6. You should have spelled… noticing

7. Change the suffix from noticing to make a form of the same word in the past tense. noticing

8. You should have spelled… noticed

9. Use the blue letters in noticed to make a word for a set of objects used in many board games. noticed

10. You should have spelled… dice

11. Add the letters r and d to the blue letters in dice to make a word for an antonym of wet. dice

12. You should have spelled… dried

13. Change the form of this word to make it an action occurring now. dried

14. You should have spelled… drying

15. Add 3 letters to the blue letters from drying to make a word for rushing. drying

16. You should have spelled… hurrying

17. Change the suffix in the word hurrying to make it past tense. hurrying

18. You should have spelled… hurried

19. Use the letters a, p, p, e, and n along with the blue letters in hurried to make a word for an event that occurred. hurried

20. You should have spelled… happened

21. Add the letters d and m to the blue letters in happened to make a word for moistened. happened

22. You should have spelled… dampened

23. Add the letters c and –ing to the blue letters in dampened to make a word for taking a series of musical steps in time to the rhythm. dampened

24. You should have spelled… dancing

25. You just went from watched to dancing in twelve words.