Word Ladders VOL 1 – Puzzles for Vocabulary and Spelling – Fun Friday Activities

Description

Word Ladders are fun word guessing puzzle games and are great for building vocabulary and spelling skills. Students give answers to clues and definitions, changing one letter at a time as they go down or up the ladder until all spaces are filled. Includes differentiated printable and digital options (Google Slides).

⭐️ What You’ll Get (Click PREVIEW or watch the VIDEO for a closer look):

• 12 different puzzles
• 3 differentiated levels for each puzzle with additional options to adjust the level of difficulty within each level
• 2 options for play: printable or digital (Link in PDF to access puzzles on Google Slides)
• Color and B&W options
• Example page to model how the word ladders work
• Teacher notes and answer key

⭐️ Why use word ladders in your classroom? Puzzles are highly engaging for students, but they also give students plenty of opportunities to build their critical thinking and logic skills. Students can’t get enough of these fun puzzles that also build vocabulary, spelling, and logic skills! For English learners, students are sure to learn some new words, and it’s a great time to go over the pronunciation of the words to show that similarly spelled words can be pronounced in very different ways.

Perfect for: brain breaks, bell ringers, fast finishers, a team race game, Fun Friday, or any time your students need a break but you still want them doing something meaningful. A fun break that gets them thinking? That’s a win-win!

❤️Love Word Ladders? Add a little festive fun to your classroom with Holiday and Seasonal Word Ladders OR for the best value, grab the Big Bundle, which includes all 48 puzzles PLUS the holiday and seasonal puzzles as a FREE bonus!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ What teachers are saying:

• I LOVE this resource! I was able to use the scaffolded supports and use the clues for one student and the one without clues for another. Great for vocab building!
• I used this resource as a teacher lead activity during a reading rotation. It was brilliant. The clues got everyone thinking and it was interesting to see who guessed the word first. The ladder puzzles are clear and easy to read. What a well thought out resource.
• These are great for morning work! My kiddos love helping each other fill in their missing blanks if they have any, its an engaging and meaningful activity.
• OMG these are probably my favorite purchase of this school year! My 5th graders, especially my gifted students, LOVE these puzzles. They beg me to do them daily and it makes a great “may do” option during our ELA/Reading block. I purchased the second set right away. Please make more!! Thank you!