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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 30 no prep phonics word ladders.
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Word ladders are an engaging phonics activity to complement your word study routines. Students will think critically to figure out the next word to build using the letter or picture clues. As they manipulate the phonemes, students will receive immediate feedback using these self-checking phonics activities.
⭐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!
This resource includes both printable and digital word ladders that will last you the entire year! 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).
Included in this resource are 30 word activities. Students will change just one letter to build a new word.
Included Phonics Patterns:
- CVC Words
- Digraphs
- Blends
- Long Vowels
- Diphthongs
- R-Controlled Vowels
- Complex Vowels
smoore (verified owner) –
Word ladders are another great SoR activity that my students love. Administrators love them as they are SoR. I love them because they help us all be successful in our jobs of teaching, basics of reading, and writing. Bringing speech to print, which is so valuable in kindergarten. Thank you Christina for helping me teach skilled readers from the ground up.
Joan Haagsma (verified owner) –
I started using these ladders as soon as I bought them. The students did the first one with me and begged to do a second the same day. I am now using them in Centers. I love using them over for my strugglers and letting my strong readers fly on their own. I am using them in intervention also. When you have something the kids are asking for, you know you have a winner! This was a win of a purchase! (First Grade)
Amanda K. –
easy and quick activity that engages all students interests
Cheree S. –
Perfect for my centers. Thank you
Crystal Kirk (verified owner) –
These are so great. I only used the print version last year but plan on putting them all in Seesaw for this next school year. The picture with each word really helps connect meaning and my kids get so excited they can figure out the word on their own.
Kimberly B. –
Students loved doing these on seesaw!!
Elizabeth Riche –
Thanks
Jenn Sharek (verified owner) –
Word ladders are such great practice for my students. The visual of seeing the letters change places really helps them see those sounds make new words. I love how it is an actual ladder we climb during the activity. The best part of these for the teacher is that they come with both print and digital. I’m not running around scanning and displaying. It is already done for me. The answer key is right there for us, so I don’t need to spend even an extra second of precious time on task double checking something. Christina thinks of every detail! There are so many options. You will not be disappointed.
Dalia Elgamal (verified owner) –
I am in love with this resource. Admin had a walk in while I was using it and was so impressed.
Carolyn H. –
I love that these are ready to go, no prep.
Kara Grant (verified owner) –
We absolutely LOVED the CVC (long/short vowel) word ladders! We used the digital version as a class lesson and had the whole class involved. All students were eager to participate, to tell us what the picture was, and to think about which letter moves up and which letter changes! This was great printing practice, and excellent sounding out/stretching out word practice. The CVC words work great in kindergarten as we are working on isolating our beginning sounds as well as our ending sounds! The children loved when I revealed the answers at the end to see if ours all matched!!! I would definitely recommend the digital version for kindergarten! We have the printable versions too for individual work, they can be used with letter tiles or the students can print directly onto the paper! We LOVE using letter tiles for this activity as we can actually move them and change them!
VA Teacher Resources –
I expected more ladders for each spelling pattern.
TeacherSpark –
It is a good concept- but it was a little confusing how some words were already there and did not have clues
Kate McDearmon –
Very engaging and clear resource. Thank you!
The Vibey Teacher –
My students love this resources! It is engaging and fun!
Courtney F. –
This corresponded well with our phonics units.
Jessica W. –
FUN Word Ladder Activities!
Jennifer Charlton –
my students loved this resource
Magical Learning with Miss Mindy –
Thank you! Helpful resource. I do wish there were more ladders that kept to one pattern for students who need to move through them slower. Thanks!
traci T. –
perfect for my eLearning students