Word Ladders I
📋 What it is
A word ladder changes one letter at a time, each step making a real word (cat→cot→cog).
🗣️ Coach says
A word ladder turns one word into another, changing a SINGLE letter each rung — and every rung must be a real word. "COLD → CORD → CARD → WARD → WARM". It's spelling and vocabulary as a puzzle.
🧠 Memory hook
Change ONE letter per rung, and every rung is a real word. cat → cot → cog.
😂 Giggle
Why did the antonym argue with everyone?
Because it always meant the opposite!
😲 Whoa!
Word ladders were invented by Lewis Carroll — the author of Alice in Wonderland — as a game for a bored friend.
✅ Quick check: Change one letter in "cat" to make a new real word.
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
e.g. "cot", "car", "bat", "cap" — one letter swapped, still a real word.
A word-ladder rung changes exactly one letter and stays a real word.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Turn "cold" into "warm" one letter at a time (cold-cord-card-ward-warm).