Little Literacy Learners: A Whole Pack of Ladders

I am very excited about my newest Word Ladders Pack and I think you will be too! I have had several requests to make more, so here they are! These ladders are a fun way for our little literacy learners to build some of their foundational skills.

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If you are not familiar with them here is how they work: the students start with the word on the bottom of the ladder. As they climb up each rung, they follow the direction to change the the initial, final, or medial letter. They then write and decode the new word. With each change they practice the reading foundational skills of segmenting, substituting, and blending the letter-sounds as they decode each new single syllable word.

These can be used in so many ways. Students can complete them individually or collaboratively. They can be used with the entire class, in a literacy center, or in small differentiated groups. I use them with my small groups during word study as they progress through their reading foundational skills of phonics and word recognition.

It is easy to pick and choose the ladders appropriate for your students' needs. This 25 page document is set up to include ladders for:

CVC words
words with initial digraphs

words with initial l-blends

words with initial s-blends

words with initial r-blends

words with final blends

mixture of all
* Just a note-this pack does not include any long vowel patterns.

I have created other Word Ladder sets, so in case you missed any of them you can click here to go to my most recent post about them. (You will even find a link to a FREEBIE once you are there!)

Hope you and your little literacy learners enjoy climbing their way up through their foundational skills!