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!