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Word Lists
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Welcome to the Weekly Word Lists! On this page you will find the "First Grade Spelling" letter that will sent home in September. Hopefully, you will find the information and suggestions helpful. Each week I will post the words from the spelling list that is sent home for homework on Mondays. Please help your child practice reading and writing these words. Thank You! First Grade Spelling Now that your child is ready for first grade, spelling becomes an important part of the language arts experience. In kindergarten, your child experimented with “inventive” or “temporary” spelling, and will continue to do that during the first grade year as well. However, this year your child will also begin to learn certain conventions of spelling, as well as how to correctly spell basic sight words. Each Monday, your child will bring home a spelling list for the week and an assignment that will help him/her learn to spell the new words. The assignment is due back the following day (Tuesday). The words will follow a pattern (phonics or word family) or will be basic sight words which may not fit the conventions of spelling and simply must be memorized. Children are expected to practice these words for spelling and reading. There will be a weekly spelling test on all of the spelling words. Some of the previously introduced spelling words may also be included in these tests. The purpose of the test is to help inform our teaching and let us know which words might need additional practice. The tests will not be sent home. If your child is consistently having difficulty we will be in contact with you. Please save all the spelling lists in a special folder or binder. Twice yearly we will have two district wide spelling tests (phonics and sight words) and having your lists will make reviewing easier. As mentioned previously, we will often give a few words on spelling tests that come from previous lists, so continual review and practice of old spelling words is important! Below is a list of suggestions for ways to help your child practice the spelling words. A series of short “fun” sessions are more enjoyable and beneficial for your child and you. We appreciate all your help. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. The First Grade Team Jane Kish, Caitlin Lamb, Nancy Lundgren Suggestions to help your child study spelling words - Write the word several times
- Say the word and then spell it orally
- Write the word in one color and then over it in another
- Write on a chalkboard or dry erase board
- Spell the word using magnetic letters on the refrigerator
- Use Scrabble tiles to spell the words, add up the score for each word
- Spell the word with Play-doh
- Put sand or salt in a dish and write the words with your finger
- Spell the word in a sing-song, rhythmic way
- Look for small words in larger ones, such as seeing the word “in” in “chin”
- Type the word on the computer
- Write a story using as many spelling words as you can
- Create a crossword puzzle or word search using all the words, have someone else solve it
- Take a practice test
- Have your child give a spelling test to someone else and then correct it
- Have a family spelling bee
Word Lists - Please remember that your child is expected to be able to spell and read these words. Week of 9/22: mat, sat, hat, rat, cat Week of 9/29: nap, tap, cap, lap, map, red, blue, green, yellow, black Week of 10/6: pig, wig, dig, big, fig, white, purple brown orange, gray Week of 10/13: it, bit, pit, hit, sit, a, he, no, in, I Week of 10/20: but, nut, cut, rut, hut, so, is, it, to, and Week of 10/27: bug, dug, slug, plug, hug, can, up, do, me, go Week of 11/3: get, bet, met, let, pet, we, on, the, his, see Week of 11/10: red, bed, fed, led, wed, like, be, if, she, my Week of 11/17: not, hot, pot, dot, cot, day, for, you, not, I'm Week of 12/1: will, hill, fill, grill, bill, am, has, one, out, an
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