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Word Ladder Challenge: Grade 4

Engage fourth graders with a fun word ladder activity to build vocabulary and spelling skills.

Grade 4 ELA GrammarLanguage and VocabularyWord Ladder Activities
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.4.CCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.2.D

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word laddervocabularyspellingELAgrade 4
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Word Ladder Challenge: Grade 4

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A word ladder is a puzzle where you change one letter at a time to get from the starting word to the ending word. Each step must be a real word. Follow the instructions for each word ladder below.

Change CAT to DOG in three steps. (Hint: Think about pets!)

CAT

 

 

DOG

Change BOOK to READ in three steps. (Hint: What do you do with a book?)

BOOK

 

 

READ

Change COLD to WARM in four steps. (Hint: Think about temperatures.)

COLD

 

 

 

WARM

Create your own word ladder! Choose a starting word and an ending word. Write down the steps to get from one to the other, changing only one letter at a time.

Starting Word:

Ending Word:

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