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© 2012 Sight and Sound Reading

Mrs. Karle’s

Word Ladder Workbook

by, Madreen Karle

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© 2012 Sight and Sound Reading

Sight and Sound Reading Program Skills and Strategy for Word Ladder Poster Program

The Word Ladder Poster Program is to teach and reinforce letter patterns and rhyming, through writing and repetition. The Word Ladder Poster Program uses word riddles and questions to help strengthen vocabulary development. The riddles and questions encourage children to think about the meaning of the words, as they use them in learning to read. The Word Ladder Poster Program choral sound blending and writing component helps eliminate phonetic frustration. This Writing Ladder Program builds phonics and spelling confidence and personal self-esteem.

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The following is a list of the Word Ladder Poster Program Letter Patterns. They are arranged in alphabetical order, so it is easy to find the Word Ladder Poster when you need it. Next to the pattern root are listed all words introduced in the Good Morning Supplemental Reading Program. Words from the 250 most frequently read words are underlined.

-ack black, back, tack, sack, rack, pack

-ad had, dad, bad, lad, mad, pad, sad

-ain rain, train, pain, main, brain, strain

-ake make, take, cake, bake, fake, lake, wake, rake

-alk walk, talk

-all all, call, fall, small, ball, hall, mall, tall,

-an an, can, ran, man, fan, pan, tan, van, than

-and and, hand, band, land, sand

-ar far, car, bar, jar, tar, star, par

-at that, cat, pat, mat, fat, rat, sat, at, bat, hat

-aw saw, draw, paw, law, jaw, raw

-ay day, away, may, play, way, say, pay, hay, lay

-e be, we, she, he, we

-eat eat, seat, heat, meat, treat, beat

-ed red, bed, fed, led, red

-ee see, three, tree, bee, fee

-ell tell, well, bell, smell, fell, sell

-en ten, then, when, hen, men, pen, den

-ent went, bent, sent, rent, tent, dent, cent

-est best, nest, pest, rest, vest, west, zest, jest, test

-et wet, net, vet, pet, met, jet, let, bet, net, get, let

-ew new, pew, few, dew

Letter Patterns continued

-id kid, bid, did, hid

-ide ride, hide, wide, side, tide

-ig fig, jig, wig, pig, big

-ight light, right, night, fight, night, bright, might

-ike hike, bike, like, mike, strike

-ill will, hill, bill, fill, mill, kill, pill, still, spill

-in in, kin, win, pin, tin, fin, bin, sin, spin, twin

-ind kind, find, bind, mind, hind, wind

-ing sing, bring, thing, ring, king, wing

-ish wish, fish, dish

-it it, bit, sit, kit, pit, hit, lit, mit

-0 no, so, go

-oat coat, boat, moat, goat

-old old, cold, hold, bold, fold, mold, told, sold

-one one, done

-cod good, wood, hood

-ook look, book, cook, took, hook

-oor door, floor

-op stop, top, hop, cop, mop, pop

-ot hot, not, got, dot, cot, jot, lot, tot, rot, spot

-other other, mother, brother

-ould could, would, should

-ound found, round, around, bound, hound, sound, pound

-ow how, now, wow, cow, bow, plow

letter Patterns continued

-ow show, know, grow, snow, bow, mow, low

-own brown, down, town

-oy boy toy, joy

-y My, by, why, fly, try

-un run, sun, fun, bun, pun, gun

-up up, cup, pup

-ut , nut, hut

Children have to be taught, and must practice sound blending. This program has been tested. Even children who presumably could not learn phonetically, with non-threatening choral reinforcement, acquire the phonetic ability to make reading and spelling so much more enjoyable. This is an extremely easy program to teach. The directions are the same for each day -only the words will change. You can do the program in one, two, or three days -depending on the student or students you are instructing. The third day instructions are, by far, the most important skill of the program.

The first day:

1) Read up and down the 'ladder' several times. Using a "pointer" is very helpful. (Cardboard from coat hangers makes very good pointers). 2) Talk about the vowel sound repeated in each word. Point out any particular phonetic skill being repeated. 3) Discuss any meaning of words, if necessary. 4) Read up and down the 'ladder' two more times.

The second day:

1) Read up and down the Word Ladder two times. 2) Review the meaning of any words that might be 'new' to the children. 3) Ask the word riddles and questions to encourage the children to think about the words and use them in context. 4) Read up and down the 'ladder' two more times.

The third day:

Additional and Optional Word Ladder Sound Blending and Writing of words: 1) Read up and down the Poster Word Ladder two times. Put it away. 2) Teacher, take a Blank Poster Word Ladder with only the word ending pattern printed on it. Give each child a Blank Word Ladder black line master with the corresponding word ending pattern and number of steps (rungs) needed. The word ending pattern base is always the first step on the ladder bottom. 3) Chorally, sound blend and write the letter pattern words, starting on the step above the printed letter pattern base. (Remember, directions will be much the same for all the word endings -only the letters, sounds and words will change. The teacher dialogue that follows, will demonstrate with the very first word ending,'ack'.)

Teacher dialogue: • "Today we are going to write on our Word Ladder together, words rhyming and ending with 'ack'.

When we make a Word Ladder, remember, we always start at the bottom, and climb up the ladder. Again, our word ending for today is 'ack'. Let's sound out and write our lack' words together." (Teacher sound blends with the class and writes the letters and words on the Poster as the children write at their desks.)

Teacher, discuss phonetic "short a word" -see next page for directions. Teacher, as you write the first word on the ladder, take the time to make sure all of the class is starting on the correct rung.)

• "Our first word that ends in -ack' will be 'back': This is my back" (Teacher points to her back). (Teacher sound blend and write each letter. Encourage the children to make the sounds with you. Eventually, it becomes very automatic to them.) "bbb" (write 'b') "aaa",short 'a','aaa"' (write 'a')

• "Now 'kkk',what two letters both say 'kkk'? ('c' and 'k') • "Yes,'c' and 'k',both say 'kkk'. In the word 'back', we have to write both the 'c' and the 'k' to make

the 'kkk' sound." (Write 'ck') • "Super 'bbbaaakkk','back'. What is this word?" ('back')

What is this word?" (Teacher,proceed to sound blend and write all the remaining 'ack' words in the same manner. 'pack','rack','sack','tack',black) 4. Class read up and down the word ladder again two times. This is now ready for them to take home. Or, save them for an individual Word Ladder Book. The class word ladders can be hung where the children can ' climb them with a pointer.' (The cardboard from coat hangers make excellent pointers).

Riddles and Questions

Following is a list of all the Word Ladders and the riddles and questions which can be used for each Ladder. The words are introduced from the bottom of the ladder. Teacher: Pick and choose riddles or questions you think are appropriate for your particular class. Feel free to make up your own. The children love to be challenged!"

Phonetic Skill "Short a" black tack sack rack pack back ack

• "Which word is a color?" ('black') • "What do you do with a suitcase?" ('pack') • "What is a part of your body?" ('back') • "What can you put doughnuts into?" ('sack') • "What is the opposite of 'front'?" ('back' again) • "If you sit on this,or step on it,you will say 'ouch'! What is it?" ('tack') • "This has shelves where you can put things. What is it?" ('rack')

Phonetic Skill "Short a" sad pad mad lad Dad bad had ad

• "What is a boy sometimes called?" ('lad') • "What is the opposite of 'good'?" ('bad') • "What is the opposite of 'happy'?" ('sad') • "What is another name for 'Father'?" ('Dad') • "How do you feel when you are very,very,very angry?" ('mad')

Phonetic Skill "-ain words" strain brain train main pain rain ain

• "What is water,coming from the clouds in drops ,called?" ('rain') • "What can you ride?" ('train') • "What part of your head to you think with?" (brain) • "When you hurt a lot,what is it called?" (pain) • "If you make a dirty spot on your shirt, what is it called?" (stain)

Phonetic Skill "Long a" wake rake lake fake bake take cake make ake

• "Where is a place you can swim?" ('lake') • "What is something you can eat?" ('cake') • "What do you do in the morning,right before you get out of bed?" ('wake') • "What do you do to leaves in the Fall?" ('rake') • "What do you do to cookies when you put them in an oven?" ('bake')

Phonetic Skill 11-alk words" talk walk alk

• "What is the opposite of 'run'?" ('walk') • "What do you do when you make words come out of your mouth?" ('talk')

Phonetic Skill "-all words" small wall tall mall hall fall call ball all

• "Where is a place you can go shopping?" ('mall') • "What 'toy' can you buy at the mall?" ('ball') • "What is one side of a room?" ('wall') • "What is the opposite of 'large'?" ('small') • "What is the opposite of 'short'?" ('tall') • "What is the name of a season of the year,like summer or winter?" ('Fall') • "What is the name of an entrance room in a house?" ('hall') • "What do you do when you 'cry out in a loud voice'?" ('call') • "What do you do if you trip on something?" ('fall',again)

Phonetic Skill "-an words" than van tan pan fan ran man can an

• "What can you use if you get real 'hot'?" ('fan') • "What does a boy grow up to be? or What is the opposite of 'woman'?" ('man') • "What is a large truck sometimes called?" ('van') • "What do some vegetables come (packaged) in,at the store?" ('can') • "What is the name of a color?" ('tan') • "What can you cook something in on the stove?" ('pan')

Phonetic Skill "-and words" stand band land hand sand and

• "What is a part of your body?" ('hand') • "What do we call the ground that we stand on, or the ground where we build a house?" ('land') • "What can we call a large group of musical instruments playing together?" ('band') • What do you find at the beach?

Phonetic Skill “-ar words" star tar par jar bar far car ar

• "What is a 'rod' or a 'pole' sometimes called?" ('bar') • "What is in the sky?" ('star') • "What can you ride in?" ('car') • "What is black and some roads are made of it?" ('tar') • "What is a container that is made of glass and you can see through it?" {'jar') • "What word means something is in the distance?" ('far')

Phonetic Skill "-at words" that sat rat pat mat hat fat bat cat at

• "What does a baseball player use?" ('bat') "What can you wear on your head?" ('hat') • "Can you name a very small animal that likes cheese?" ('rat') • "If you touch someone very carefully with your hand,what are you giving them?" ('pat') • "What did Little Miss Muffet do on her 'tuffet'?" ('sat') • "What animal likes to chase a mouse and likes to drink milk?" ('cat')

Phonetic Skill "-aw words" draw paw raw jaw law saw aw

• "What is the 'foot' on a cat called?" ('paw') • "What can you do with a pencil or crayon?" ('draw') • "What does a carpenter use to cut a piece of wood?" ('saw') • "Do you know what it is when meat is not cooked?" ('raw') • "Do you know what kind of work a lawyer does?" ('law') • (Teacher,point to your jaw.) "What is this?" ('jaw')

Phonetic Skill "-ay words" bay lay hay pay say way day may away play ay

• "What do you have to do to buy something in a store?" ('pay') • "What can you feed a horse?" ('hay'} • "What can you do with a baseball bat and your friends?" ('play') • "What can you do on a bed?" ('lay') • "This next clue, you can really use two of the words to answer the question. Listen carefully and try

to fill in the word that is missing at the end of what I say. Ready? If you are walking far from your house, we could say you are walking where?" ('away' and possibly 'way' far 'away')

• "This next word is a word you can say when you want to be very polite. What is it?" (' may')

Phonetic Skill "Long e" she be he me we e

• "What word means a word for a 'girl'?" ('she'} • "What word means a word for a 'boy'?" ('he'} • "What word means all of us?" ('we') • "What word means just you?" ('me')

Phonetic Skill "-eat words" seat neat meat heat beat eat

• "What can you eat?" ('meat') • "What can you do to a drum?" ('beat') • "In winter,what do you need in your house to keep it warm?" ('heat') • "When you sit in a chair,especially in a movie theater,what is the chair called?" ('seat') • "What do you do with food?" ('eat') • "If you clean up a room and make everything look real nice,how does the room look?"(' neat')

Phonetic Skill "-ed words" wed led fed bed red ed

• "Which word is something you sleep in?" ('bed') • "What word means someone is getting married?" ('wed') • "What word means you are being given something to eat?" ('fed') • "What word is a color?" ('red')

Phonetic Skill "-ee words" fee bee tree three see ee

• "What word is an insect?" (' bee') • "What word is a plant?" ('tree') • "What word is a number?" ('three') • "What do you do with your eyes?" ('see')

Phonetic Skill "-ell words" smell sell fell well bell tell ell

• "How do you feel when you are not sick?" ('well') • "What did someone do, off a horse?" (fell') • "What do you do at a store?" ( 'sell') • "What can you ring?" (' bell') • You do this with your nose. (smell)

Phonetic Skill "-en words" then when den hen pen ten men en

• "What word is something you write with?" ('pen') • "What word means not just one man, but many?" ('men') • "What word is an animal?"(' hen') • "What word is a number?" ('ten')

Phonetic Skill"-ent words" cent dent rent tent sent bent went ent

• "What do you pay for a place you live in, but you do not own?" ('rent') • "What do you sleep in, on a camping trip?" ('tent') • "If one car backs up into another car, what will probably be on the cars?" ('dent') • "What word is money?" ('cent') • Teacher, discuss the words 'cent' and 'sent'. Give examples of each in sentences, pointing to the

correct word as you recite the sentence: "I sent you a birthday card." "Did you lose the one cent I gave you?" "Where was the package sent?"

• Depending on your class, you can mention the different sound the 'c' makes, and give examples. 'C' doesn't always make the 'kkk' sound. When 'ce', 'ci' and Icy' are in a word, the 'c' Makes the 'ssss sound -examples: 'cent', 'center', 'cement', 'city, 'Cinderella', 'circle', 'cycle', 'cyclone', etc.

Phonetic Skill"-est words" west zest jest vest test rest pest nest best est

• "What is something a bird makes?" ('nest') • "What is the opposite of 'east'?" ('west') • "What do you call someone who 'teases',or annoys you? ('pest') • "What do you do in a bed?" ('rest') • "What does a teacher sometimes give you to see how much you remember?" ('test') • This is something you wear. (vest)

Phonetic Skill "-et words" wet vet set net met bet let get et

• "What can you catch a fish in?" ('net') • "How do you feel when you get out of a bath?" ('wet') • "What does a dog like to do to a thrown ball or stick?" ('get') • "What can you call an animal doctor?" ('vet', short for veterinarian) • "When you walk down the street and you see someone you know, • what have the two of you done?" ('met')

Phonetic Skill"-ew words" pew dew few new ew

• "What word means 'not a lot' of things?" ('few') • "What is the opposite of 'old'?" ('new') • "What is a seat in church called?" ('pew')

Phonetic Skill"-id words" lid kid hid did id

• "What is a baby goat called or what is another word for a small child?" ('kid') • "If you bury something, where is it?" ('hid') • "What is the top of a pan?" ('lid')

Phonetic Skill "-ide words" wide tide hide side ride ide

• "What is the opposite of 'narrow'? ('wide') • "What is the edge of a piece of paper called?" ('side') • "What is it called when you are down at the ocean, and the water flows into the shore and the

current changes?" ('tide') • "What do you do on a bicycle?" ('ride') • "If I tell you to run and go behind a tree, so I can't find you, what do I want you to do?" ('hide')

Phonetic Skill"-ig words" wig jig fig dig pig big ig

• "What do you do in the sand with a shovel?" ('dig') • "What is the name of an animal?" ('pig') • "If you want to look different, what can you wear on your head?" ('wig') • "What is the opposite of little?" (' big') • "What is the name of a fruit?" ('fig') • "What is the name of a dance?" ('jig')

Phonetic Skill "-ight words" bright fight tight might sight night light right ight

• "What word is the opposite of day?" ('night') • "What word can you say if your clothes are too small and do not fit right?" ('tight') • "What could happen if you argue or disagree with someone?" ('fight') • "What is the opposite of left?" ('right'} "What does a lamp give us?" ('light') • "What word has to do with vision,and how you see?" ('sight')

Phonetic Skill"-ike words" strike mike hike bike like ike

• "What can you ride?" ('bike') • "What do you talk into to make a speech louder? Also, if this word had a capital letter, it would

be a boys name." ('mike') • "When you play baseball, what is it called when you swing, but you do not hit the ball?"

('strike') • "What is it called to go walking in the woods?" (' hike')

Phonetic Skill "-ill words"

thrill spill still pill mill kill fill bill hill will ill

• "What do you sometimes need,if you are sick?" ('pill') • "In the nursery rhyme, what did Jack and Jill go up?" ('hill') • "What is it called when you put something into an empty glass?"('fill') • "What is it called if you knock over a glass of milk?" ('spill') • "Do you know how I want you to stand if I tell you to 'absolutely do not move'?" ('still') • "What is it called if you shoot an animal dead?" ('kill')

Phonetic Skill "-in words" twin spin win sin kin fin bin tin pin in

• "When you play a game,and you have the most points,what do you do?" ('win') • "If you lose a button off your pants, what can you use to fasten them together until you sew

on a new button?" ('pin') • "What word is a part of a fish?" ('fin') • "What do you do with a 'top'?" or "If you turn yourself around and around and around and

around, what are you doing to yourself?" ('spin') • "Which word is a metal,many cans are made of it?" ('tin') • "What word means your relatives or family?" ('kin') • "What word means one of two persons,born together. They have the same parents and they

have the same birthdays?" ('twin') • "What word is a place where you can store things?" ('bin')

Phonetic Skill"-ind words" wind hind bind mind kind find ind

• "Now, let’s look at our rhyming word ladder of the 'ind’ words." (Teacher,point and read up and down the word ladder with the class before asking the questions.)

• "Before I ask questions about these words, I want us to look at the top word on this ladder, ’w-i-n-d’,'wind'. On this rhyming word ladder, it is the word w-i-n-d,'wind'. If you have a ball of string, you can wind the string around the ball. Can you pretend to wind string around a ball?"

• (Teacher, make the winding motion with your hands around a make believe ball. Encourage the children to do the same. Try to repeat the word wind,as many times as possible.)

• "Listen carefully. This word, ‘w-i-n-d’ is also the word 'wind’,'wind'.The wind outside was blowing through the trees. Do you hear the wind blowing? You will read the word 'wind' in many stories, so I wanted to tell you about it. Let's now read up and down this 'ind' rhyming word ladder again before I ask you the riddles for these 'ind' words."

• "What word means you are a very,very nice person?" ('kind') • "What do we call the back legs of an animal?" ('hind') • "If you lose something what do you have to do to it?" ('find') • "What word means your brain,and how you think?" ('mind') • "What word means to wrap something around an object?" ('wind')

Phonetic Skill''-ing words" thing wing king ring sing bring ing

• "What word is part of a bird?" ('wing') • "What word means to take something to someone?" ('bring') • "What word do you put on your finger?" ('ring') • "What word is an object or an item?" ('thing') • "What word is the opposite of queen?" ('king') • "When you vocalize a song, what do you do?" ('sing')

Phonetic Skill"-ish words" dish wish fish ish

• "What word means you hope for something, or desire something?" ('wish') • "What word is another word for a plate,you eat off of it?" ('dish') • "What word has fins and gills and swims in water?" ('fish')

Phonetic Skill"-it words" kit mit lit, sit, hit, fit, pit, bit it

• "What word means that a lamp is turned on?" ('lit') • "What do you do in a chair?" ('sit') • "What does a baseball player do with a bat and a ball?" ('hit') • "If you get real angry or very,very mad,they say you can have one of these. What is it?" ('fit') • "This can be a hole in the ground. It also is the place where the musicians sit and play in a

theater. What is it?" ('pit') • "You can do this to your tongue,and oh,does it hurt! What is it?" ('bit')

Phonetic Skill"-o words" so no go o "What is the opposite of yes?" ('no') "What is the opposite of stop?" ('go')

Phonetic Skill "-oat words" moat goat coat boat oat

• "Which word is something you wear?" ('coat') • "What word is an animal?" ('goat') • "Which word is something you can you ride in?"(' boat') • “This is around a castle.” (moat)

Phonetic Skill "-old words" bold fold mold sold told hold cold old

• "What word is the opposite of hot?" ('cold') • "When cheese gets old,what grows on it?" ('mold') • "What is the opposite of young?" ('old') • "When you pack a suitcase, what do you do to the clothes?" ('fold') • "What is another word that means you are carrying something in your hands." ('hold') • "There is a word up here that means daring and fearless and not afraid. If you don't know the

word, I will tell you. Does anyone want to guess what word means daring or fearless?" ('bold')

Phonetic Skill "-one words" done one one "What word means you are finished with something?" ('done') "What word is a number word?" ('one')

Phonetic Skill "-ood words" hood wood good ood

• "What word is something that comes from trees?" ('wood') • "What word is the opposite of bad?" ('good') • "This next word,can be something you wear on your head. It is usually attached to a rain coat

or robe. This word also is the metal top that covers an automobile engine. What is the word?" ('hood')

Phonetic Skill "-ook words" hook took cook book look ook

• "What word is something you can read?" ('book') • "What word is something you can hang a coat on?" ('hook') • "What word is a person who likes to fix food in the kitchen?" ('cook') • "What word means to see something?" ('look') • "What word means you did take something?" ('took')

Phonetic Skill "-oor words" door floor oor

• "What word do you open to go into a house?" ('door') • "What word is what you walk on in a building?" ('floor')

Phonetic Skill" op words" cop hop mop pop top stop

• "What word is something a rabbit can do?" ('hop') • "What word is the opposite of go?" ('stop') • "What word is another name for a policeman?" ('cop') • "What can you clean the floor with?" ('mop') • "What word is a toy? It is also the opposite of bottom?" ('top') • "What word can you do to a balloon?" ('pop')

Phonetic Skill " ot words" rot tot lot jot cot dot hot got not ot

• "What word is something you can sleep on?" ('cot') • "What word is another name for a small child?" ('tot') • "What word is the opposite of cold?" ('hot') • "What word means to write down something?" ('jot') • "At the end of a sentence,we put a period. What does a period look like?" ('dot') • "If you have something,what word says that you have it?" ('got')

Phonetic Skill "-other words" another brother mother other other

• "What word is a female parent or what word is the opposite of father?" ('mother') • "What word is the opposite of sister?" ('brother')

Phonetic Skill 11-ould words" should would could ould (Teacher it is best to just practice these words. They are too difficult to give question or riddle sentences. They are included in these Word Ladder exercises because it is easier for the children to learn them if they associate them to rhyming words.)

Phonetic Skill "-ound words" bound hound pound ground sound found around round ound

• "What word is the opposite of lost?" ('found') • "What word is the shape of a circle?'' ('round') • "What word is something you hear?" ('sound') • "What word means the dirt,soil or sand we walk on?" ('ground')

Phonetic Skill "-ow words" row mow low bow snow grow know show ow (Teacher before you begin teaching this Word Ladder explain to the children that 'o' 'w' makes two different sounds. "Today we will discuss the 'o' sound 'o' 'w' says.")

• "What do you do to your grass when you cut it?" ('mow') "What is the opposite of 'high'?" ('low')

• "What can happen in winter or what can cover the ground in the winter?" ('snow') • "In a movie theater, how are the chairs arranged?" ('row') • "If Ihave something that I want you to see, what can I do with it?" ('show') • "What do plants do when they get sun and water, and you do when you get food, water,

exercise and sleep?" ('grow') • "Do you know what you need to shot an arrow?" ('bow')

Phonetic Skill "-ow words" plow bow cow wow now how ow (Teacher before you begin teaching this Word Ladder explain that 'o' 'w' makes two different sounds. "Today we will discuss the 'ow' sound, the sound that we say when we are hurt.")

• "What word is an animal?" ('cow') • "What word means to curtsy before a queen?" ('bow') • "What word do we say when we ask a question?" ('how') "What word do we say when we get

excited?" ('wow') • "What is something a farmer uses to get his land ready?" ('plow') • "What word means immediately,right this minute?" ('now')

Phonetic Skill"-own words" town down brown own (Teacher before teaching this Word Ladder, mention that 'own' by itself, is the word 'own'. But, in the words we are learning today, it says 'own. They are included in this Word Ladder exercise because it is easier for the children to learn them if they associate them to known rhyming words.)

• "What word is the opposite of up?" ('down') • "What word is a color?" ('brown') • "What word is the city or village where you live?" ('town')

Phonetic Skill"-oy words" joy toy boy oy

• "What word is the opposite of girl?" ('boy') • "What is something you can play with?" ('toy') • "What word means happiness,gladness,cheer?" ('joy')

Phonetic Skill"-un words" bun gun fun sun run un

• "What is a star in our solar system,where we get our heat and light?" ('sun') • "What do we put a hamburger or hot dog in?" ('bun') • "What do you do when you race or sprint? Or,what is the opposite of walk?" ('run') • "What is a word that means play and merriment and pleasure?" ('fun') • "What word does a soldier carry?" ('gun')

Phonetic Skill"-up words" cup pup up up

• "What is a small dog?" ('pup) • "What is the opposite of down?" ('up') • "What can you use for drinking?" ('cup')

Phonetic Skill"-ut words" nut hut cut but ut

• "What word means to slash or carve?" ('cut') • "What word is something that grows on trees?" ('nut') • "What word is a place or shack where you can live?" ('hut')

Phonetic Skill"-y words" cry try fly why by my

• "How does a bird get from place to place?" ('fly') • "What does a baby do to tell us they need something?" ('cry') • "What word is a question word?" ('why') • "What do I want you to do if I say,'you can do it','you can do it','you can do it'?" ('try')

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cake

take

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