Dear Parents and Guardians,
Some students can easily read and spell all of the words on the lists below.
Many students need to practice reading and spelling the words on the lists
below. There will be an important test on these words during the
month of March.
Please be reminded that it is usually not wise to spend more than 20 minutes a
night with your child practicing how to read and spell words.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about your
child’s progress.
Sincerely yours,
Joan Kavanagh
CVC Words
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Parents: Some students can easily read and spell these words. Many first
grade students need to practice reading and spelling these words. If your
child is having difficulty reading and spelling these words, please encourage
your child to tap the sounds on his/her fingertips. There will be an
important test on these words in February.
1. bag bed bit box bud
2. dad bet bib dot bun
3. fat get did fog bug
4. hat let fib got dug
5. mat men lid hog fun
6. rag met lip hop hug
7. sad pen lit hot hut
8. tag pet pin job jug
9. tan red rip log mug
CVCe Words
Parents and Guardians: Please help you child practice reading and spelling
this list of CVCe words every night. We teach the students that the silent e
at the end of CVCe words makes the first vowel in the word say its name.
1. came Pete bite cone cute
2. date Zeke kite bone Duke
3. fame like hope June
4. game line joke Luke
5. gate mine mope tune
6. lake pine nose
7. make pipe note
8. name ripe poke
9. rake time pole
Words With Blends
Parents: Some first grade students can easily read and spell these words.
Some first grade students need to practice reading and spelling the words on
this list. If your child is having difficulty reading these words, please
encourage your child to tap out the sounds on his/her fingertips. Please be
reminded that you will find this word list posted on my website. There will
be an important test on these words in February. Thank you very much for your
help and cooperation.
clam slap trap
clap slim trip
club slip trot
just gift hint
best left pant
nest lift went
Words With Digraphs
Parents: Some first grade students can easily read and spell these words.
Some first grade students need to practice reading and spelling the words on
this list. If your child is having difficulty reading these words, please
encourage your child to tap out the sounds on his/her fingertips. There will
be an important test on these words in February. Thank you very much for your
help and cooperation.
Teachers tell the students that the sounds made by the letters “ch”, “ck”,
“sh”, “th” and “wh” are called digraphs.
chat back ship
chip sick shut
chop pick
that path when
this math why
then
Bonus Letter Words
Parents: Some first grade students can easily read and spell these words.
Some first grade students need to practice reading and spelling the words on
this list. If your child is having difficulty reading these words, please
encourage your child to tap out the sounds on his/her fingertips. There will
be an important test on these words in February. Thank you very much for your
help and cooperation.
fuss cuff hill
miss puff full
toss muff well
Bess Nell
mess gull
kiss doll
Russ will
Words With Glued Sounds
Parents: Some first grade students can easily read and spell these words.
Some first grade students need to practice reading and spelling the words on
this list. If your child is having difficulty reading these words, please
encourage your child to tap out the sounds on his/her fingertips. There will
be an important test on these words in February. Thank you very much for your
help and cooperation.
Teachers tell students that “all”, “am” and “an” are glued sounds. Students
tap out glued sounds by gluing two or three fingers together depending on the
number of letters in the glued sound.
all am an
call bam can
mall jam Jan
ball ram Nan
tall Pam tan
wall than
fall van
hall
Contraction Equations
Parents: Some first grade students can easily read and spell these
contraction equations. Some first grade students need to practice reading and
spelling these contraction equations. Please be reminded that “cannot” can be
spelled as one word or two words. There will be an important test on these
contraction equations in February. Thank you very much for your help and
cooperation.
1. didn’t = did not
2. hasn’t = has not
3. let’s = let us
4. it’s = it is
5. she’s = she is
6. he’s = he is
7. can’t = cannot or can not
