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

6. You should have spelled… low

7. 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 arent 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. wheat

14. You should have spelled… feat

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

16. You should have spelled… feast

17. 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. cast

20. You should have spelled… coast

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

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. roar

24. You should have spelled… arrow

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