Word LaddersThird Grade

Picnic - Basket

Unit 1 Week 1

Created by Kristi Waltke

On the bottom rung of your ladder spell…

picnic

Change the beginning of the word “picnic” to make a word for the

amount of congestion found on the road.

picnic

traffic

You should have spelled…

Scramble the black letters left in “traffic” to make a word for a

little art project.

traffic

craft

You should have spelled…

craft

Change the ending of “craft” to make a 6 letter word for something a dog wears around its neck.

collar

You should have spelled…

collar

Keep the double consonants in “collar” and use them to spell a word for a subject in school for which phonics skills are important.

spelling

You should have spelled…

spelling

Scramble the black letters in “spelling” to make a word for your backbone.

spine

You should have spelled…

spine

Change the middle of the word “spine” to make a word for a rock.

stone

You should have spelled…

stone

Add two letters to “stone” and scramble them to make a word for something scary of which some kids are afraid.

monster

You should have spelled…

monster

Change the beginning of “monster” to make a word for a female relative that shares your parents.

sister

You should have spelled…

sister

Scramble the black letters in “sister” to make a word for the action “to place something.”

set

You should have spelled…

set

Add three letters to “set” in a way to make a word for an object used to carry things.

basket

You should have spelled…

You’ve just gone from

picnic to basket.

Way to go!