Passage to Feedom
Word Ladder
Fifth Grade Phonics
Unit 2 Week 2
On the bottom rung of your word
ladder, write the word:
pink
Use the green letters from pink and
the letters a and o to make a word
for an instrument with keys.
pink
You should have spelled…
piano
Trade the black letters from piano for
the letters t and s to make a word for
clothes that cover your legs.
piano
You should have spelled…
pants
Use the green letters in pants to make a word for
earlier than the present.
pants
You should have spelled…
Change the first letter in past to make a
word for quick.
You should have spelled…
Use the green letters from fast
and add the letters f and s to
make a word for groups of people
who assist their superior in an
assigned task.
You should have spelled…
staffs
Replace the black letters from staffs with three
letters to make a word principal law enforcement
officers from counties.
staffs
You should have spelled…
sheriffs
Use the green letters from sheriffs
and the letter c to make a word for
people who are in charge.
sheriffs
You should have spelled…
chiefs
Drop a letter from chiefs to make a
word for professional cooks.
chiefs
You should have spelled…
chefs
Use the green letters from chefs and the
letters a and t to make a word for a
meal with lots of food.
chefs
You should have spelled…
feast
Trade the black letter from feast for a
another letter so that a word for a
small blood-sucking parasite that
often gets on dogs.
feast
You should have spelled…
fleas
Use the green letters from fleas and
the letters m, i, n, g, and o to make a
word for large pink birds.
fleas
You should have spelled…
flamingoes
You just went from
pink to
flamingoes in
twelve words.