Word Ladders
First Grade
Playful - Cat
Unit 4 Week 6
Created by Kristi Waltke
On the bottom rung of your
ladder spell…
playful
Drop the suffix in playful to
make the root word.
playful
You should have spelled…
play
Change the ending of play to
make a word that means
simple.
play
You should have spelled…
plain
Drop one letter in plain to make a
word for what you feel when you
are hurt.
plain
You should have spelled…
pain
Add a suffix to pain that makes
the word mean full of pain.
pain
You should have spelled…
painful
Change the root word in painful to
make a word that means the same
as being full of caution.
painful
You should have spelled…
careful
Take enough letters away from the
end of careful to make a word for
an automobile.
careful
You should have spelled…
car
Change the last letter in car to
make a word for an animal that
doesn’t like dogs.
car
You should have spelled…
cat
You’ve just gone from
playful to cat in eight
words.
Way to go!