Word LaddersThird Grade
Tulip - Poplar
Unit 2 Week 1
Created by Kristi Waltke
On the bottom rung of your ladder spell…
tulip
Change one letter in “tulip.” Use the letters to spell a word for a
student. The same word can also be used for what’s found in the
center of your iris.
tulip
pupil
You should have spelled…
Use the last three letters in “pupil” and add two letters to make a word for the person driving an airplane.
pupil
pilot
You should have spelled…
pilot
Drop one letter from “pilot” and use the remaining letters to make a word for work.
toil
You should have spelled…
toil
Add two letters to “toil” and make a word for commode.
toilet
You should have spelled…
toilet
Change two letters in “toilet” and use the letters to spell a word for the absence of sound.
silent
You should have spelled…
silent
Drop two letters from “silent” to make a word for the past tense of “lend.”
lent
You should have spelled…
lent
Change the ending of “lent” to make a word for a yellow fruit that has a sour taste.
lemon
You should have spelled…
lemon
Scramble the letters in “lemon” to make a word for a type of fruit with a hard rind.
melon
You should have spelled…
melon
Use a three letter chunk from “melon” to make a word for a desert animal with a hump back. You’ll have to add two letters.
camel
You should have spelled…
camel
Use the last four letters in “camel” to spell a word for the opposite of female.
male
You should have spelled…
male
Change the beginning of “male” to make a word for very light colored.
pale
You should have spelled…
pale
Use three letters from “pale” and three additional letters to spell a word for a type of tree from a temperate region.
poplar
You should have spelled…
You’ve just gone from
tulip to poplar.
Way to go!