1. Word Ladders First Grade
Playful - Cat
Unit 4 Week 6
Created by Kristi Waltke

2. On the bottom rung of your ladder spell…
playful

3. Drop the suffix in playful to make the root word.

4. You should have spelled…
play

5. Change the ending of play to make a word that means simple.

6. You should have spelled…
plain

7. Drop one letter in plain to make a word for what you feel when you are hurt.

8. You should have spelled…
pain

9. Add a suffix to pain that makes the word mean full of pain.

10. You should have spelled…
painful

11. Change the root word in painful to make a word that means the same as being full of caution.

12. You should have spelled…
careful

13. Take enough letters away from the end of careful to make a word for an automobile.

14. You should have spelled…
car

15. Change the last letter in car to make a word for an animal that doesn’t like dogs.

16. You should have spelled…
cat

17. You’ve just gone from playful to cat in eight words.
Way to go!