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.   

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: Use these words for spelling games, worksheets and other activities.

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

More Important First Grade Spelling Words

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

• Short vowel words
• Long vowel words
• Nouns, verbs and more
• First grade sight words
• Second grade spelling words
  

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!

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