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CVC Word Ladders – Printable and Digital Phonics Activities
Help your students master phonics skills and spelling patterns with these engaging, interactive printable and digital word ladder activities! This resource includes 12 no prep phonics word ladders!
Word ladders are an engaging phonics activity to compliment your word study routines. Students will think critically to figure out the next word to build using the picture clues. As they manipulate the phonemes, students will receive immediate feedback using these self-checking phonics activities.
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This resource includes both printable and digital word ladders focused on short vowel CVC words. The digital version has a slider for students to self check their work. Also included are answer keys to print out and keep in a basket for students to be able to self check while working on the printable worksheets (color & b/w included).
SAVE TIME!! This NO PREP resource has been PRELOADED for you, with 1 click add them to your Seesaw library or Google Drive, then assign to your students!
Included in this resource are 12 CVC word activities. Students will change just one letter to build a new word.
Included CVC Word Activities
- Short a
- Short e
- Short i
- Short o
- Short u
- Mixed Vowels


Billie H. –
Students love trying to figure out each word by removing/adding letters.
Ashley F. –
Fantastic reinforcer after small group lessons.
Whimsy Creations –
This was a fantastic resource for helping my struggling kiddos to manipulate phonemes and letters in words.
Dacey L. –
I used this in a hybrid online and in-person kindergarten classroom. The activities were very fun and the kids enjoyed it. I loved it.
Shayna W. –
Very helpful for assessing my younger ELs and their ability to recognize and create word families.
Andrea A. –
My students loved this! It was great!
Beverly Polit –
We used these when learning about vowels. The children LOVED how a letter or 2 completely changed the word.
Maureen Small –
Thank you!!
Schlee W. –
Great activity for the students! Loved it!
Trina Williams –
A++ Resource for distance Learning!
Kara Meyer –
Thanks
Rhonda M. –
Thank you so much!
Lindsay Turpen –
I liked that these were already made and not one more thing I had to create for my small group guided reading groups. They were very useful.
MrsBuffingtonsReadingRoom –
My students have enjoyed working with these word ladders.
Suzanne G. –
Thank you!
Denise W. –
These were fun and easy to use. Thanks.
Kaitlyn DeGerolamo –
It worked very well with my online students practicing short vowels!
Kathryn M. –
thank you
Salina D. –
I love this Seesaw activity working on word ladders. I really like the option to have it on Seesaw or on paper. Thank you for a great resource to work on those reading skills.