word ladders 2-3
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Word ladders Grade 2-3TRANSCRIPT
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Grades 2–3
by Timothy RasinskiKent State University
To my children—Mike, Emily, Mary, and Jenny—Word Wizards in their own right.
A father couldn’t ask for better kids.
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Cover design by Maria Lilja
Interior design by Ellen Matlach for Boultinghouse & Boultinghouse, Inc.
Interior illustrations by Teresa Anderko
ISBN: 0-439-51383-9
Copyright © 2005 by Timothy Rasinski
All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 40 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05
Welcome to Word Ladders! . . . 5
Counting Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Home, Sweet Home . . . . . . . . . . . 8
In the Doghouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Shrinking Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
All Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Go, Team! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Sweet Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Art Smart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Sleepytime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
More or Less. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Barbershop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Inside Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Weighty Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Restful Vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Birdsong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Shady Glade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
School Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Good Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
America’s Pastime . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Sweet Treats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Finish Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Opposites Attract . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seasoning Selection . . . . . . . . . . 32
Displays of Affection . . . . . . . . . . 33
Neigh-bors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Giving and Receiving . . . . . . . . . 35
Getting There. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Splish Splash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fancy Footwear . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Shopping Spree . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sweet Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Woodsman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Thar She Blows! . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Holiday Candy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Car Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Friendship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Great Grapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Busy Bees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Ship Ahoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Score! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Personality Change . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Ride ’Em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Love Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Underfoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Bare Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Color Change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Deep Freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
In the Kitchen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Giving Thanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
On the Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Hungry! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Contents
Opposites Attract #2. . . . . . . . . . 62
Nap Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
City Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Air Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Snack Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
A Matter of Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Catnip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Showers and Flowers . . . . . . . . . 69
Coffee Break. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Simon Says. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Wet and Wetter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
After Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Bookworm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Daily Journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Top to Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Finders Keepers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Tolling Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Some Like It Sweet . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Feelings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Bright Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Play Ball! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Good, Clean Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Gently Down the Stream. . . . . . . 84
Better and Better . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Winter Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Brrrrr!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Baby Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Fizzy Drinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Animal Enemies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Five Senses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Shop ’til You Drop . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Cross-Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
The Whole Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Rags to Riches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Insect Incline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
In the Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Tidying Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Outerwear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Brass Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Crybaby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Utensils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Wildlife. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Boo!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Bedridden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Make-Your-Own Word Ladders . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
7
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Name
Read the clues, then write the words.
Start at the bottom and climb to the top.
f e w
Opposite of old.
Change one letter.
In the present time.
Change one letter.
To cut grass.
Change one letter.
Sound made by a cat.
Add one letter.
More than one man.
Take away twoletters, then addone.
A chicken that lays eggs.
Change one letter.
Number of fingers a person has.
Change one letter.
A light brown color.
Change one letter.
A male person olderthan a boy.
Change one letter.
More than a few.
Add one letter.
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Sch
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Name
Read the clues, then write the words.
Start at the bottom and climb to the top.
w i g w a m
Fake hair.
Take away three letters.
What a dog does withits tail.
Change one letter.
To hang or sinkdownward.
Change one letter.
Short for Samuel.
Change one letter.
Two things exactly alike.
Add one letter.
A tipi can be one ofthese.
Change one letter.
A few.
Change one letter.