1. Word Ladder white…. Fourth Grade Phonics Unit 2 Week 4

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

3. Use the blue letters from white and four additional letters to make a word for something on a cats face. white

4. You should have spelled…. whiskers

5. Drop one letter and change one letter in whiskers to make a word for speaking quietly. whiskers

6. You should have spelled… whisper

7. Use the blue letters from whisper plus the letters a and f to make a word for a pier. whisper

8. You should have spelled… wharf

9. Use the blue letters from wharf along with the letters g and p to make a word for a chart. wharf

10. You should have spelled… graph

11. Use the blue letters from graph and the letters n and k to make a word for a practical joke. graph

12. You should have spelled… prank

13. Use the word chunk –ank to make a word that means empty. prank

14. You should have spelled… blank

15. Trade one letter in blank and make a word for wink. blank

16. You should have spelled… blink

17. Use the word chunk –ink to make a word for getting smaller. blink

18. You should have spelled… shrink

19. Use the blue letters in shrink and one other letter to make a word for ponder, something your brain does. shrink

20. You should have spelled… think

21. Trade one letter in think to make a word for an action one does to show gratitude. think

22. You should have spelled… thank

23. Add four letters to the blue letters in thank in order to make a word for a circus animal that eats peanuts. thank

24. You should have spelled… elephant

25. You just went from white to elephant in twelve words.