This bundle of phonics word ladders and word chaining worksheets will elevate your students’ phonics skills and build phonemic awareness all year!
Aligned to the science of reading, word ladders, also called word chains, are a simple tool designed to strengthen phonemic awareness and support decoding (reading) and encoding (spelling) skills. Students use higher-level thinking as they substitute sounds to make new words.
Ideal for interventions, word ladders help students master letter-sound connections, are perfect for practicing sound substitution, and using picture clues.
This resource includes 406 printable and projectable word ladders to help your students master reading and spelling words in 80 different phonics patterns. Each activity involves no prep for you.
Teacher scripts are included enabling you to use the word ladders as a guided activity and make an ideal activity to leave for a guest teacher. Answer keys are included for all ladders.
Phonics Word Ladders included:
CVC Short vowels
- Short a
- Short e
- Short i
- Short o
- Short u
CVCe and Silent E
- Long A
- Long E
- Long I
- Long O
- Long U
Beginning consonant digraphs
- ch
- sh
- th
- ph
- wh
Ending consonant digraphs:
- ch
- sh
- th
- ck
- ng
Diphthongs
- au
- aw
- ew
- oi
- ou
- oy
- Short OO as in book
- Long OO as in moon
- Short OW as in cow
- Long OW as in grow
Beginning consonant blends
- Beginning L Blends: bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl
- Beginning R Blends: br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr
- Beginning S Blends: sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, st, sw
Ending consonant blends
- Ending L Blends: ld, lt, lf
- Ending M Blends: mp,
- Ending N Blends: nd, nk
- Ending S Blends: sk, st,
- Ending T Blends: ft, lt, pt, st
CVVC & Vowel teams
- ai
- ay
- ea
- ee
- ie
- oa
- oe
R-Controlled vowels
- ar
- er
- ir
- or
- ur
Silent letters
- B
- C
- D
- G
- H
- K
- L
- T
- W
Easily differentiate with 3 flexible options for Phonics Word Ladders that include:
132 Printable word ladders with picture prompts – Guided teacher notes and a script are provided for you to walk students through sound/letter substitution.
132 Projectable word ladders with picture prompts – Students climb down the ladder by substituting letters to spell the picture name. Then advance the slide to check their answers. The projectable version is also ideal for modeling sound substitution and how to use the printable versions!
142 Projectable word ladders with a single starting prompt – Students start with one picture prompt, then climb down the ladder by substituting letters to generate their own words.
This phonics resource is ideal for:
- Phonics lessons
- Skill practice and review
- Interventions
- Literacy centers
- Small group instruction
9 PowerPoint files and 9 Google Slide files are included:
Each set of projectable word ladders is included in PowerPoint, Google Slides, and PDF formats.
NOTE: The Google Slides versions are included for teachers who do not have PowerPoint. The Google Slides are designed to be projected on your whiteboard, as you would a PowerPoint, and are not intended to be used on student devices.
How to use Phonics Word Ladders:
Print the black and white word ladders, that come 3 to a page, as instant phonics practice that is perfect for a center.
Print the colored PDF version to use as a phonics center or for small group word-building.
Project the PowerPoint or Google Slides on your whiteboard for an engaging addition to your lesson or to use as a center. Students write the answers in the ladders on the whiteboard.
**Please download the preview to see more details and pictures of everything included.
Happy teaching!
Linda Kamp
Around the Kampfire
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