Word LaddersSecond Grade

Hiking - Trail

Unit 6 Week 2

Created by Kristi Waltke

On the bottom rung of your ladder spell…

hiking

Change the suffix of hiking to make the past tense of hike.

hiking

hiked

You should have spelled…

Change one letter in hiked to make a word that means someone felt

good about something.

hiked

liked

You should have spelled…

liked

Drop one letter from liked and make a word for having been untruthful.

lied

You should have spelled…

lied

Scramble the letters in lied to make a word for a shop with lunch meats.

deli

You should have spelled…

deli

Add four letters at the end of deli to make a new word for something that is dainty or breakable.

delicate

You should have spelled…

delicate

Take away the highlighted letters in delicate and use the remaining letters to spell a word for a simple story.

tale

You should have spelled…

tale

Trade the highlighted letter for an i and scramble the letters to make a homonym for tale.

tail

You should have spelled…

tail

Add a letter to tail to make a word for a pathway that you might hike.

trail

You should have spelled…

You’ve just gone from hiking to trail in nine

words.

Way to go!