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1st Grade Spelling Word List

This 1st grade spelling word list is an all-purpose list, made of a combination of long vowel words, short vowel words, first grade sight words, and more -- all in one 200-word list.

1st Grade Spelling Word List

Printable 1st grade word list

a	all	am	an	and
are	as	at	ate	bad
bag	bake	band	bat	be
bed	bee	bell	best	big
bike	bill	bit	black	blue
bone	box	boy	brown	bug
bun	bus	but	by	came
can	cap	car	cat	come
cone	cub	cut	dad	day
did	dig	dip	do	down
drive	dry	eat	feet	fill
find	first	fit	five	fog
for	four	frog	from	fun
funny	game	get	girl	go
green	had	hand	has	have
he	hen	her	hid	hill
his	hit	hog	hop	hope
hot	how	hug	I	if
in	into	is	it	jet
job	jump	kid	land	late
let	lid	like	lip	little
log	lot	make	man	many
map	may	meet	men	mom
mop	more	my	name	need
nest	no	nose	not	of
on	one	or	over	part
pay	pen	pet	pig	pin
plan	play	pop	rag	ran
red	ride	rip	rose	rug
rule	run	sad	sand	sat
saw	say	see	she	side
sit	six	sleep	slide	so
some	spot	stone	stop	sun
tag	tap	tell	test	than
that	the	then	they	thin
this	three	time	tip	to
top	tree	try	tub	two
up	was	water	way	we
were	what	when	wig	will
win	with	yellow	you	zip

Parents: Practice these words in spare moments with your child. When you see these words on packages and signs, draw her attention to them. Make flashcards to practice both reading and spelling skills.

Teachers: In addition to the parental tips above, use these words for spelling games, worksheets and other activities.

More Important First Grade Spelling Words

You'll find additional words for your first graders at these links:

1st grade sight words - These 40 Dolch words are the most important words for first graders to read instantly and spell easily. We also have the complete Dolch Word list for preprimer through 3rd grade levels. Find two sets of flash cards for first grade sight words here.

175 first grade vocabulary words - page 1

First Grade Vocabulary Words 1st graders will enjoy this great list of 175 words! Find them first in alphabetical order, then secondly, see 100 of the words in 9 popular categories including sports, people, animals, the outdoors, compound words and more! Use these words to build vocabulary skills in ESL students and every other student, too!

1st Grade Spelling Games & Worksheets

Free Phonics Worksheets - These free 1st grade phonics worksheets will grab your students' attention and provide important practice with phonics skills.

Sight Word Games - See our entire collection for one that's exactly right for your group!

Letter Lane - A phomenic awareness board game that features beginning consonant sounds for the letters b,d,f and m. No reading is necessary.

Picture This Phonic Game - We think your early learners will enjoy this activity featuring short vowel words. Which player can cover the most pictures?

First grade learning activities - Learning to spell was never so much fun! No paper and pencil required for these simple ways to sound out words and practice spelling around the house or at school. Practice the words in our 1st grade spelling word list in lots of different ways!

What would you like to ask a frog? What if one of your toys came to life? What would you say to someone who is sad to make them feel better? A total of 12 age-appropriate 1st grade writing prompts.

Why Use Spelling Games & Worksheets with Early Learners?

There are at least TWO main reasons:

1) Young ones need a lot of repetition. We know that most kids need many exposures to important information before they retain it and are able to repeat it. So don't make all of that repetition be in the form of writing words over and over, or orally spelling words again and again.

2) Children respond best to fun, friendly formats. Sprinkle in some fun worksheets and many different types of games, such as the ones I've written for you here. Give positive comments, encouraging kids to stay in the game, or stay on the page even if their work is not perfect.

Word Puzzles

Let's Play! Kids can try their skills at unscrambling ten simple, well-known toys. While they're playing around with the letters, they'll get in a little bit of spelling practice, too!

Down on the Farm - A simple list of ten common sights on a farm. Let your child try to solve them alone, or work together. Great for family time or in the classroom.

Scrambled Animals Crossword - Unscramble the names of 15 well-known animals and write them correctly into the puzzle. It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys!

Ann Richmond Fisher is a longtime published educational writer, a former classroom teacher and a former homeschool teacher. Ann's spelling bee resources, graded spelling word lists, spelling games, worksheets, and other language arts resources have become respected around the globe since she launched Spelling-Words-Well in 2010.

Ann is also the creator of www.word-game-world.com.

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