| First Grade Spelling List
Each lesson has a rule that may be used to spell many words, not just the
words in the lesson. It is important for your child to learn the rules.
A * means that the word is a sight word, does not follow the rules, and must
be memorized.
Lesson 1 When there is one vowel in a word, that vowel usually says
its short sound.
man not cup God sun bug pet sit *a *the
Lesson 2 When there are two vowels in a word, the first vowel usually
says its long sound and the second vowel usually is silent.
ride made hope mule dime fire shine plate flute here
Lesson 3 K comes before i and e; c before the other three: a, o, u.
kite cute came keep cake cat kit cot *come *I
Lesson 4 Ck comes at the end of a short-vowel word to say “k.”
back crack snack neck brick quick clock duck *come *to
Lesson 5 ay in pray
day play pray gray stay spray clay way stray hay *to
*you
Lesson 6 L, f, and s often walk together at the end of a short-vowel
word.
cuff huff stuff sniff will bell doll well cross bless
*you *of
Lesson 7 When e, o, or y is the only vowel at the end of a short
word, it usually says its long sound. (e in me, o in go, y in fly)
be me he by cry try go no my so *one * two
Lesson 8 Review of rules so far
she shy this that then shake shock fresh with shell *the
*of
Lesson 9 ow in owl and ow in bowl
down cow now brown clown crown town slow snow tow *what *was
Lesson 10 ou in out
round shout cloud south sound found out ground hound pound
*one *was
Lesson 11 oi in coin and oy in boy
oil broil join moist noise point spoil boy joy toy
*said *what
Lesson 12 oo in book and oo in tooth
look good foot wood shook boot food tooth moon
room *have *give
Lesson 13 ch in church and or in morning
chat church check chick much ouch born fork horn horse
*says *said
Lesson 14 igh in night and wor in worms
sight might right light bright delight word work world
worm *give *are
Lesson 15 all in ball and alk in walk
all call fall ball tall small talk walk chalk stalk
*your *from
Lesson 16 Review of sight words (do is new)
a the come I to you of *do what was said have give
Lesson 17 ink in wink, onk in honk, ang in bang, ing in king, and ank
in bank
wink think honk bang sang king sing thing string thank
bank sank
Lesson 18 Review lesson
like pray try cloud snow book moon horse thank snack
tall right
Lesson 19 ar in stars and wa in wash
star park garden farmer marble wash wasp water watch
want *I’m * where
Lesson 20 a in asleep
asleep alone awake around apart alike ago arose along
afraid away *again
Lesson 21 -ing in pointing using review words
calling walking thinking singing thanking praying snowing
looking washing parking playing *says
Lesson 22 y in baby and le in little (with short vowels and double
middle consonants)
happy pretty penny sunny puppy little puddle saddle bottle
middle *your *here
Lesson 23 -ed in wanted, -ed in looked, -ed in played
wanted lifted sounded looked thanked washed kicked played
prayed joined sighed snowed
Lesson 24 When a root word ends with a single consonant and the vowel
is short, the consonant is usually doubled before adding a suffix beginning
with a vowel.
hop hops hopped hopping
rub rubs rubbed rubbing
skipped getting hitting hugged
Lesson 25 When a root word ends with silent e, the e is usually
dropped before adding a suffix beginning with a vowel.
hope hopes hoped hoping
like likes liked liking
smiled shaking making hiking
Lesson 26 Review of rules for adding suffixes
hoping hopping hoped hopped liked skipped getting pinning
baking named raking saved
Lesson 27 Review of sight words
says are your from I’m one said where again here of was
Lesson 28 ch in church and tch in patch (Tch usually comes at the end
of a short-vowel word.)
church chin chest patch ditch stitch match clutch etch
stretch *Mr. *Mrs.
Lesson 29 old in gold, ild in child, ind in kind, imb in climb, omb in
comb
old gold child wild blind find climb comb *Mr. *Mrs.
*Father *Mother
Lesson 30 c in city (When c comes before e, i, or y, it says “s”.)
lace face grace price mice icy cent city circus
circle *pull *push
Lesson 31 Review
brace bull mold mild Mr. watch kicked parking smiled
alone bunny table
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