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Arizona ELA Standard: 3.WF.3.a

Spell single-syllable words with less common and complex graphemes (e.g., ough, augh, old, -ind, -ost, -ild families).

Words Within Words: February

Words Within Words: February

How many words can you find within February?

Words Within Words: SCARECROW

Words Within Words: SCARECROW

How many words can you find within “scarecrow”?

Words Within Words: STUFFING

Words Within Words: STUFFING

How many words are hiding inside STUFFING? More than you think.

Words Within Words: WESTERN

Words Within Words: WESTERN

How many words can you find within WESTERN?

Words Within Words: TEACHER

Words Within Words: TEACHER

How many words can you find within TEACHER?

Words Within Words: PARKING

Words Within Words: PARKING

How many words can you find within PARKING?

Words Within Words: TROMBONE

Words Within Words: TROMBONE

How many words can you find within TROMBONE?

Lipogram: Rewrite “Mary Had A Little Lamb”

Lipogram: Rewrite “Mary Had A Little Lamb”

What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?

Lipogram: Rewrite “Twinkle, Twinkle”

Lipogram: Rewrite “Twinkle, Twinkle”

What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?

Words Within Words: AIRPLANE

Words Within Words: AIRPLANE

How many words can you find within airplane?

Words Within Words: LEOPARD

Words Within Words: LEOPARD

How many words can you find within “leopard”?

Words Within Words: SATURN

Words Within Words: SATURN

How many words can you find within Saturn?

Word Pyramid: O to Stones

Word Pyramid: O to Stones

Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?

Word Pyramid: I to LIONS

Word Pyramid: I to LIONS

Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?

Word Pyramid: T to Patch

Word Pyramid: T to Patch

Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?

Word Pyramid: H to CRASH

Word Pyramid: H to CRASH

Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?

Word Ladder: East to West (4 Steps)

Word Ladder: East to West (4 Steps)

COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?

Word Ladder: Work to Hard (4 Steps)

Word Ladder: Work to Hard (4 Steps)

COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?

Word Ladder: Two to Six (6-steps)

Word Ladder: Two to Six (6-steps)

COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?

Word Ladder – Cold to Cool (5-Steps)

Word Ladder – Cold to Cool (5-Steps)

COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?

Word Ladder: Fast to Race (4 step)

Word Ladder: Fast to Race (4 step)

COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?

Word Ladder: Arm to Leg (6-steps)

Word Ladder: Arm to Leg (6-steps)

COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?

Word Ladder: Kid to Old (5-steps)

Word Ladder: Kid to Old (5-steps)

COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?

Word Ladder – Sun to Hot (5-steps)

Word Ladder – Sun to Hot (5-steps)

COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?

Word Ladder – Tea to Hot (5-steps)

Word Ladder – Tea to Hot (5-steps)

COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?

Word Ladder: Band to Sing (4 Steps)

Word Ladder: Band to Sing (4 Steps)

COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?

Word Ladder: Foot to Shoe (4 Steps)

Word Ladder: Foot to Shoe (4 Steps)

COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?

Word Ladder: Fire to Warm (4 Steps)

Word Ladder: Fire to Warm (4 Steps)

COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?

Jotto

Jotto

Who can guess the codeword first?

Word Ladders Introduction

Word Ladders Introduction

You won’t believe how this spelling and vocabulary puzzle will get kids’ brains sweating over the smallest of words.

Words Within Words: MENORAH

Words Within Words: MENORAH

How many words can you find within MENORAH?

Ghost

Ghost

Ghost is a word-building game for two players. The first person to create an actual word loses.

Words Within Words: NUTCRACKER

Words Within Words: NUTCRACKER

How many words can you find within NUTCRACKER?