1. Word Ladders First Grade
Brown - Cow
Unit 5 Week 1
Created by Kristi Waltke

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

3. Change the blend at the beginning of brown to make a funny character you might see at the circus.

4. You should have spelled…
clown

5. Take away two letters in clown to make a word that is the opposite of high.

6. You should have spelled…
low

7. Change the beginning of low and make a word that tells what children and plants do.

8. You should have spelled…
grow

9. Add a letter to grow to make a word that describes a noise an animal makes.

10. You should have spelled…
growl

11. Take away two letters in growl to make a nocturnal bird that is known for being wise.

12. You should have spelled…
owl

13. Now add one letter to the beginning of owl to make a word that describes the sound wolves make toward the moon.
owl

14. You should have spelled…
howl

15. Take away one letter in howl to make a question word.

16. You should have spelled…
how

17. Change the first letter in how to make a word for an animal that supplies us with milk.

18. You should have spelled…
cow

19. You’ve just gone from brown to cow in nine words.
Way to go!