1. The Ch'i-lin Purse Word Ladder
Fifth Grade Phonics
Unit 2 Week 3

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

3. Use the green letters from beware to make a word for unclothed.

4. You should have spelled…
bare

5. Replace the b in bare with a consonant blend in order to make a word for extra.

6. You should have spelled…
spare

7. Trade the p in spare for the letter m
Trade the p in spare for the letter m. Use the letters to make a word for soil by smudging.
spare

8. You should have spelled…
smear

9. Use the green letters in smear along with the letters q and u to make a word for a shape with four equal sides and four right angles.
smear

10. You should have spelled…
square

11. Use the green letters from square along with pre- and the letter p to make a word meaning to get ready.
square

12. You should have spelled…
prepare

13. Use the green letters from prepare to make a word for a juicy fruit.

14. You should have spelled…
pear

15. Add two letters to pear to make a word meaning to come into sight or view.

16. You should have spelled…
appear

17. Use the green letters in appear along with the letter i and r to make a word that means to restore.

18. You should have spelled…
repair

19. Trade the black letters in repair for two other letters to make a word for “a written document describing findings.”
repair

20. You should have spelled…
report

21. Use the green letters from report to make a word meaning “ripped apart

22. You should have spelled…
tore

23. Use the green letters from the beginning of tore to make a word for a violent funnel-shaped windstorm.
tore

24. You should have spelled…
tornado

25. You just went from beware to tornado in twelve words.