SPELLING for First Graders
BEGINNING TO SPELL:
In Reading and also Spelling...we will begin the new year with a review of letters and the sounds they make. It is imperative that they know these skills immediately. They were taught this last year in kindegarten, so it is mostly a review for first graders.
In the beginning, we will be doing a lot of writing. This means they will spell the word as they hear the letter sounds. The spelling may not be correct, but the sound should be. Such as: they may spell the word "teacher"--"techr". The word is not correctly spelled, however, the sounds are correct. As we write and read more, the spelling is corrected each time. This is called "inventive spelling". The more they write and correct, the better speller they will become.
However, as we all know, spelling must be more accurate than this. So, we begin our spelling program. Our Spelling Program goes hand in hand with our Reading Program. The skills that are taught in reading are used in the spelling words.
The Vocabulary Words for Reading and the Spelling Words for the week are not the same.
THE SPELLING SERIES:
On Monday, the Spelling Words will be sent home, along with the Vocabulary Words for Reading (vocabulary words do not have to be spelled (only recognized)--the spelling words have to be spelled). We will take a practice Spelling Test on Thursday, and a final test on Friday. The final test will count on their report card. The practice will come home for you to review any missed words. Please sign and return the practice test on Friday.
SPELLING WORDS FOR THE YEAR:
BOOK 1
Story 1: Short a
at can cat back dad
am bat mad sack ran
Story 2: Short i
in it did sit six
fix lip mix pin wig
Story 3: Short o
mom hot hop pot pop
ox lock mop got rock
Story 4: Adding s to verbs
nap sit win fit hit
naps sits wins fits hits
Story 5: Short e
bed men red step ten
net leg jet sled wet
Story 6: Short u
run cut must sun up
bump jump bus nut rug
BOOK 2
story 1: Blends sh an th
ship rush fish shell then
shop shut trash with thin
Story 2: Long a
face made age make cage
take cake name late safe
Story 3: Long i
bike dime hide ice kite
like ride smile time white
Story 4: Long o
bone home hope hose joke
rode rose stone those woke
Story 5: Long u
cube cute flute huge June
mule rude rule tube use
Story 6: Long e
be he me we she
feet green see tree week
BOOK 3
Story 1: Y as a vowel
by my fly cry try
any body puppy silly
Story 2: Blends nk and ng
bank blank pink sunk trunk
bring rang sang wing rink
Story 3: Plural using es
bus class fix kiss wish
buses classes fixes kisses wishes
Story 4: Past Tense using ed
ask call help jog plan
asked called helped jogged planned
Story 5: Blends ur, ir, er
bird first girl sir shirt
her were burn fur hurt
Story 6: Adding er and est
bigger faster sadder shorter slower
biggest fastest saddest shortest slowest
BOOK 4
Story 1: Long a (ai or ay)
day may play way gray
mail rain tail train afraid
Story 2: Long e (ea)
beach each eat sea team
clean dream lean please treat
Story 3: Long o (oa or ow)
boat coat road soap loaf
blow pillow row snow yellow
Story 4: Long i (ie or igh)
lie pie tie high right
bright light might night tight
Story 5: Compund Words
backpack baseball bluebird inside outside
brainstorm flashflight herself lunchbox suitcase
Story 6: Adding __ful and ___ly
careful painful useful wonderful playful
gladly nicely quickly sadly slowly
BOOK 5
Story 1: Sound of ow
cow how now town down
brown clown crowd frown growl
Story 2: Sound of ou
our out ouch cloud house
count found mouth round shout
Story 3: Sound of (oo)
zoo pool moon food noon
book foot good look took
Story 4: Sound of (oi or oy)
boy toy oil boil oink
join soil voice point coin
Story 5: Sound of (aw)
law jaw paw saw straw
draw hawk crawl lawn yawn
Story 6: Prefixes (re and un)
refill refund reopen repay retell
undo untie unkind unhappy undress
