Word Ladders Third Grade

Word LaddersThird Grade Misspell-Mispronounce Unit 3 Week 2 Created by Mrs. Yahner

On the bottom rung of your ladder spell… mispell

Keep the prefix mis- and add a baseword to make a word that means to take you in the wrong direction. misspell

You should have spelled… mislead

Keep the ea in mislead to make a word that means to make vanish. mislead

You should have spelled… disappear

Use the black letters in disappear to make a word that means not truthful disappear

You should have spelled… dishonest

Add letters before and after to make the word that means a “boo-boo”. dishonest

You should have spelled… mistake

Use the same vowels in the base word to make a word that means the same as substitute. mistake

You should have spelled… replace

Use the same prefix to make a word that means to remember. replace

You should have spelled… recall

Change the base word in recall to make a new word that is often associated with garbage. recall

You should have spelled… recycle

Change the base word in recycle to make a word that means to get another one of. recycle

You should have spelled… replace

Use the same prefix in replace to make a new word that means to respond. replace

You should have spelled… react

Scramble the black letters and add some more to make a word that means the same as not thinking the same way react

You should have spelled… disagree

Use the black letters, keeping the prefix the same, to make a word that means to lose confidence. disagree

You should have spelled… discourage

Use the black letters in discourage and add a base word to make a word that means not to care for. discourage

You should have spelled… dislike

Keep the black letters and add more to make the word that means to take boxes off dislike

You should have spelled… unload

Keep the same prefix and add a base word to make the new word that means to spread out. unload

You should have spelled… unroll

Keep the same prefix and make a word that means sad. unroll

You should have made: unhappy

Keep the same prefix and add a base word to make the word that means not lucky unhappy

You should have made unfortunate

Keep the same prefix, but change the base word to make a word that means not comfy. unfortunate

You should have made: uncomfortable

Keep the same prefix and change the base word to make the word that means having no knowledge of. uncomfortable

You should have made unknown

If a word is unknown, make the word that will probably happen when one tries to read that word. Keep the black letters, add some more. unknown

You should have made: mispronounce

You just went from misspell to mispronounce! Way to go!

Word Ladders Third Grade