Word Ladder
white….
Fourth Grade Phonics
Unit 2 Week 4
On the bottom rung of your word ladder,
write the word:
white
Use the blue letters from white and four
additional letters to make a word for
something on a cat’s face.
white
You should have spelled….
whiskers
Drop one letter and change one letter in
whiskers to make a word for speaking
quietly.
whiskers
You should have spelled…
whisper
Use the blue letters from whisper plus the
letters a and f to make a word for a pier.
whisper
You should have spelled…
wharf
Use the blue letters from wharf along with the
letters g and p to make a word for a chart.
wharf
You should have spelled…
graph
Use the blue letters from graph and
the letters n and k to make a word
for a practical joke.
graph
You should have spelled…
prank
Use the word chunk –ank to make a
word that means empty.
prank
You should have spelled…
blank
Trade one letter in blank and make a
word for wink.
You should have spelled…
blink
Use the word chunk –ink to make a word
for getting smaller.
blink
You should have spelled…
shrink
Use the blue letters in shrink and one other
letter to make a word for ponder,
something your brain does.
shrink
You should have spelled…
think
Trade one letter in think to make a word
for an action one does to show
gratitude.
think
You should have spelled…
thank
Add four letters to the blue letters in
thank in order to make a word for a
circus animal that eats peanuts.
thank
You should have spelled…
elephant
You just went from
white to elephant
in twelve words.