1. Leonardo’s Horse Word Ladder
Fifth Grade Phonics
Unit 3 Week 2

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

3. Use the green letters from waterproof to make a word for a body part.

4. You should have spelled…
foot

5. Use the green letters from foot and add a word in order to make a compound word for an uncovered foot.
foot

6. You should have spelled…
barefoot

7. Use the green letters from barefoot to make a word for a small vessel that travels on water.

8. You should have spelled…
boat

9. Add a word to boat to make a compound word for a boat that has oars.

10. You should have spelled…
rowboat

11. Use the green letters from rowboat to make a word for a type of shoe.

12. You should have spelled…
boot

13. Trade the last letter in boot for a letter that makes the word into something you can read.

14. You should have spelled…
book

15. Add a word to book to make a compound word for a memory book with pictures usually about family and friends
book

16. You should have spelled…
scrapbook

17. Use the green letters from scrapbook and one other letter to make a word for something you can swim in.
scrapbook

18. You should have spelled…
pool

19. Add a word to pool to make a compound word for an eddy or a circular flow of water.

20. You should have spelled…
whirlpool

21. Use the green letters from whirlpool to make a word for jump.

22. You should have spelled…
hop

23. Add the letters n and e to make a word for electronic equipment that allows people to talk over great distances.
hop

24. You should have spelled…
phone

25. You just went from waterproof to phone in twelve words.