Word Ladders
Third Grade
Football- Touchdown
Unit 2 Week 3
Created by Kristi Waltke
On the bottom rung of your
ladder spell…
football
Trade the second word in the
compound word “football” to make
another compound word that
means a players technique of
moving his feet.
football
You should have spelled…
footwork
Trade the word “foot” in “footwork”
to create another compound word
for doing school assignments at
your house.
footwork
You should have spelled…
homework
Use the black letters in
“homework” to make a word for
the opposite of less.
homework
You should have spelled…
Add a “w” to the letters in “more.”
Scramble the letters in order to make
a word for a “cutter.”
You should have spelled…
mower
Add a word to “mower” to make a
compound word that refers to a
machine that cuts people’s grass.
mower
You should have spelled…
lawnmower
Use the three black letters
from “lawnmower” to make a
word for “current, up-dated”
lawnmower
You should have spelled…
now
Add a letter to the beginning of
“now” to make a word for white
flakes that typically fall from the
sky in cold weather.
You should have spelled…
Add a word to “snow” to make
a compound word for being
bombarded with snow.
You should have spelled…
snowstorm
Use the black letters in
“snowstorm” to make a word for
an arrangement of objects or
people in a line.
snowstorm
You should have spelled…
row
Add a letter to “row” to make a
word for a black bird.
row
You should have spelled…
crow
Add a word to “crow” to make a
compound word for what farmers
put in their fields to help protect
their crops.
crow
You should have spelled…
scarecrow
Use the black letters in “crow”
and add a letter to make a word
for what a king or queen may wear
on his or her head.
scarecrow
You should have spelled…
crown
Change the beginning of “crown”
to make a word for the opposite of
up.
crown
You should have spelled…
down
Add a word to “down” to make a
compound word for scoring 6
points in a football game.
down
You should have spelled…
touchdown
You’ve just gone from
sour to pickle.
Way to go!