1. Island of the Blue Dolphins Word Ladder
Fifth Grade Phonics
Unit 1 Week 3

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

3. Use the green letters from bow and some letters to make a game in which you use a ball to knock down pins.
bow

4. You should have spelled…
bowling

5. bowling Use the green letters in bowling to make a
word for the opposite of high.
bowling

6. You should have spelled…
low

7. low Add three letters to the beginning of low
to make a word for a type of deciduous
tree.
low

8. You should have spelled…
willow

9. Use the green letters in willow and add a letter to make a word for what flowers do when they aren’t watered.
willow

10. You should have spelled…
wilt

11. Change the black letters in wilt in order to make a word for a grain that is usually ground into flour.
wilt

12. You should have spelled…
wheat

13. Change the beginning of wheat to make a word for a notable acheivement.

14. You should have spelled…
feat

15. Add one letter to feat to make a word for a large meal.

16. You should have spelled…
feast

17. feast Change the beginning of feast to
make a word for what doctors put around a broken bone.
feast

18. You should have spelled…
cast

19. Use the green letters in cast and add one letter to make a word for seashore.

20. You should have spelled…
coast

21. Use the green letters in coast and add two r’s to make a word for an animal noise.

22. You should have spelled…
roar

23. Use the green letters in roar and add the letter w to make a word for what a bow may shoot.

24. You should have spelled…
arrow

25. You just went from bow to arrow in twelve words.