Sleep to Nap



Team to Work

Target Word Letter Changes Required Clue

|Team | | |

|Meat |Rearrange letters |Food that comes from animals. |

|Tame |Rearrange letters |Not wild |

|Take |Chg 1 |To get possession of something. To grab. |

|Tale |Chg 1 |A story. |

|Tall |Chg 1 |Not short. |

|Toll |Chg 1 |A fee paid for a service or privilege. We |

| | |had to pay a one dollar toll to cross the |

| | |bridge. |

|Ton |-2, + 1 |A weight, 2,000 pounds. |

|Torn |+ 1 |To have divided or separated something by |

| | |pulling. |

|Worn |Chg 1 |To have caused something to deteriorate or |

| | |go bad by using it or wearing it out. |

|Work |Chg 1 |What teams must do together. |

Spring to Summer

Target Word Letter Changes Required Clue

|Spring | | |

|String |Chg 1 |A thread. |

|Sting |- 1 |What a bee does when it is angry. |

|Sing |- 1 |To make music with one’s voice. |

|Sling |+ 1 |A hanging bandage suspended from the neck |

| | |to support an injured arm. |

|Slim |- 2, + 1 |Thin, not fat or thick. |

|Slime |+ 1 |A thick and slick liquid produced by |

| | |animals. Also called mucous. |

|Slimmer |+ 2 |More slim. Mary was slimmer than Margaret.|

|Simmer |- 1 |To heat something just below the boiling |

| | |point. |

|Summer |Chg 1 |Another season. |

Art to Draw

Target Word Letter Changes Required Clue

|Art | | |

|Cart |+ 1 |A vehicle for transporting things. |

|Car |- 1 |Another name for an automobile. |

|Cat |Chg 1 |A pet that is related to lions and tigers. |

|Scat |+ 1 |To make something go away |

|Sat |- 1 |To have been seated. |

|Saw |Chg 1 |An instrument for cutting wood. |

|Raw |Chg 1 |Food that has not been cooked. |

|Straw |+ 2 |A kind of plant that animals lay on. |

|Draw |-2, + 1 |To make pictures with pencils and pens. A |

| | |form of art. |

Wet to Rain

Target Word Letter Changes Required Clue

|Wet | | |

|We |- 1 |All of us. |

|Well |+ 2 |In a state of good health. |

|Bell |Chg 1 |An object that makes a ringing noise when |

| | |struck. |

|Belt |Chg 1 |A long piece of material that is worn |

| | |around the waist and used to hold up one’s |

| | |pants. |

|Bet |- 1 |A wager or guess that something will |

| | |happen. “I bet that it won’t rain this |

| | |afternoon.” |

|Bat |Chg 1 |A long wooden club used for hitting things.|

|Brat |+ 1 |A spoiled child or person. |

|Bran |Ch 1 |The edible coating of a grain of wheat that|

| | |is often separated from the grain when |

| | |making white flour. |

|Ran |- 1 |To walk in a very fast manner. |

|Rain |+ 1 |What usually causes a person to get wet |

| | |when outdoors? |

Tooth to Dentist

Target Word Letter Changes Required Clue

|Tooth | | |

|Toot |- 1 |Sound made by a train. |

|Shoot |+1 |What is done with a gun. |

|Soot |- 1 |A black substance made from the burning of |

| | |wood. |

|Soon |Chg 1 |As soon as possible; immediately. |

|Son |Chg 1 |The male child of a father and mother. |

|Don |Chg 1 |Shortened form of the name Donald. |

|Don’t |- 1 |Contracted form of the phrase “do not.” |

|Dent |Chg 1 |A depression or indentation on something. |

|Dentist |+ 3 |A doctor who cares for teeth. |

| | | |

Picture to Photo

Target Word Letter Changes Required Clue

|Picture | | |

|Capture |Chg first three letters. |To catch or gain control over something. |

|Cap |- 4 |A head covering. |

|Cape |+ 1 |A kind of coat without sleeves. |

|Escape |+ 2 |To get away. |

|Estate |Chg 2 |A large piece of land with a large house on|

| | |it owned by one person. |

|State |- 1 |The U. S. originally had 13 of these. |

|Taste |Rearrange letters |A sense that allows a person to distinguish|

| | |between sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. |

|Haste |Chg 1 |In a hurry. |

|Hate |- 1 |To dislike very much. |

|Hat |- 1 |A covering for the head. |

|Hot |Chg 1 |Very warm. |

|Photo |+ 2 |Short for photograph. Another word for a |

| | |picture. |

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Daily Word Ladders for Teaching phonics and vocabulary, Gr 2-3

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