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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?