1. Word Ladders First Grade
Shout - Ouch
Unit 5 Week 2
Created by Kristi Waltke

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

3. Change the ending of shout to make a word that means “supposed to
Change the ending of shout to make a word that means “supposed to.” It rhymes with “wood.”
shout

4. You should have spelled…

5. Change the beginning of should to make a word that means something is a possibility.

6. You should have spelled…
could

7. Use all the same letters in could and scramble them up to spell a word for white air vapor.

8. You should have spelled…
cloud

9. Change the last letter in cloud to make a word that means “a lot of pull, a special advantage.”

10. You should have spelled…
clout

11. Take away one letter in clout to make a word that describes the “plug of a wound.”

12. You should have spelled…
clot

13. Now take away one letter in clot to make a word for a bed you might find in the nurse’s office.

14. You should have spelled…
cot

15. Replace the last letter in cot with three letters that will make the word a piece of furniture that people sit on in their living rooms.
cot

16. You should have spelled…
couch

17. Take away the first letter in couch to make a word that you might shout if you get hurt.

18. You should have spelled…
ouch

19. You’ve just gone from shout to ouch in nine words.
Way to go!