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Indiana ELA Standard: 4.W.7.c

Spelling – Using spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts, homophones/homographs) in writing single and multisyllable words. (E)

Words Within Words: February
Words Within Words: February
How many words can you find within February?
Words Within Words: Chocolate
Words Within Words: Chocolate
How many words can you find within Chocolate?
Word Ladder: Fly to Bee (6-steps)
Word Ladder: Fly to Bee (6-steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Word Ladder: Wild to Tame (5-steps)
Word Ladder: Wild to Tame (5-steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Words Within Words: PATRICK
Words Within Words: PATRICK
How many words can you find within Patrick?
Words Within Words: RAINBOW
Words Within Words: RAINBOW
How many words can you find within rainbow?
Words Within Words: LATKES
Words Within Words: LATKES
How many words can you find within LATKES?
Words Within Words: CORNMAZE
Words Within Words: CORNMAZE
How many words can you find within CORNMAZE?
Words Within Words: COBWEB
Words Within Words: COBWEB
How many words can you find within COBWEB?
Hydromagnaphone (Greek and Latin)
Hydromagnaphone (Greek and Latin)
What on earth is a Hydromagnaphone? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it should mean, then invent what it describes.
Aquamorphotron (Greek and Latin)
Aquamorphotron (Greek and Latin)
What on earth is a Aquamorphotron? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it should mean, then invent what it describes.
Words Within Words: WREATH
Words Within Words: WREATH
How many words can you find within WREATH?
Words Within Words: SCARECROW
Words Within Words: SCARECROW
How many words can you find within “scarecrow”?
Words Within Words: CRANBERRY
Words Within Words: CRANBERRY
How many words can you find within “cranberry”?
Words Within Words: STUFFING
Words Within Words: STUFFING
How many words are hiding inside STUFFING? More than you think.
Words Within Words: GENERAL
Words Within Words: GENERAL
How many words can you find within “general”?
Words Within Words: Intro (SOLDIER)
Words Within Words: Intro (SOLDIER)
How many words can you find within SOLDIER? 20? 35? 50? Even more!?
Words Within Words: WESTERN
Words Within Words: WESTERN
How many words can you find within WESTERN?
Word Pyramids
Word Pyramids
Start with a one letter word, add another letter, then add another. How tall can you make the pyramid?
Word Pyramid: D to ASIDE
Word Pyramid: D to ASIDE
One letter. Add another. And another. How tall can you build the pyramid before you run out of words?
Word Pyramid: U to Brush
Word Pyramid: U to Brush
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Words Within Words: PARKING
Words Within Words: PARKING
How many words can you find within PARKING?
Analyze Suffixes: -en
Analyze Suffixes: -en
What exactly does adding -en to a word do? Find the pattern. Then find the words that break it.
Analyze Suffixes: -ly, -less, and -ful
Analyze Suffixes: -ly, -less, and -ful
What exactly does adding -less do to a word?
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: T to PLANET
Word Pyramid: T to PLANET
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect T and PLANET?
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?
Greek and Latin Word Part Paths
Greek and Latin Word Part Paths
How can we go from Biology to Immobile?
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: 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: Sky to Red (5-steps)
Word Ladder: Sky to Red (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: 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?
Plurals: An Inductive Spelling Lesson
Plurals: An Inductive Spelling Lesson
Plural nouns in English are deliciously fascinating. Yet most plural lessons are so dull! In this experience, students are given a pile of plurals and then inductively create groups and pull out rules and patterns.
Words Within Words: NUTCRACKER
Words Within Words: NUTCRACKER
How many words can you find within NUTCRACKER?