Wings for the King Word Ladder

1. Wings for the KingWord Ladder Fifth Grade Phonics Unit 3 Week 1

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

3. Use the green letters from tropical and the letters and i and c to make a word for urgently needed. tropical

4. You should have spelled… critical

5. Use the green letters from critical and the letters e, r, and f to make a word that means very great or fantastic. critical

6. You should have spelled… terrific

7. Use the green letters from terrific and the letters l, l, u, s, a, and t to make a word for a visualization or drawing. terrific

8. You should have spelled… illustrate

9. Use the green letters from illustrate with the letters b and n to make a word for a brief report. illustrate

10. You should have spelled… bulletin

11. Use the green letters bulletin to make a word for a long mark. bulletin

12. You should have spelled… line

13. Use the green letters from line and add four letters to make a word for a substance that powers cars. line

14. You should have spelled… gasoline

15. Use the green letters to make a word for a transparent optical device. gasoline

16. You should have spelled… lens

17. Use the green letters from lens and the letters c, u, and s to make a word for procedure for acquiring and recording information about a population. lens

18. You should have spelled… census

19. Use the green letters from census along with the letters d and i to make a word for small cubes with six faces used in games and gambling. census

20. You should have spelled… dice

21. Use the green letters from dice along with the letters t and y to make a word for neat. dice

22. You should have spelled… tidy

23. Add the letters h, u, m, and i to the letters in tidy to make a word for wetness in the atmosphere. tidy

24. You should have spelled… humidity

25. You just went from tropical to humidity in twelve words.