Spelling Test Buddy offers a comprehensive list of First Grade Sight Words and 1st Grade Spelling Words, all free.
Our First Grade sight words and First Grade spelling words are broken down into a scope and sequence across 36 weeks to take you from the first day of school, through the whole school year.
The curriculum progresses as follows:
- Weeks 1-3: CVC words
- Weeks 4-6: CVCe words
- Weeks 7-9: Word blends
- Weeks 10-12: Open syllable words
- Weeks 13-15: Glued sounds
- Weeks 16-18: Double consonant words
- Weeks 19-21: Long vowel teams
- Weeks 22-24: R-controlled vowel words
- Weeks 25-27: Dipthongs
- Weeks 28-30: Final syllable -le words 11: Weeks 31-36: Suffixes/prefixes
Each week contains 12 words and 3 bonus words.
These words align with the following standards:
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.2
- Next Generation Learning Standards: NGLS ELA.1.L.2
Generate customized spelling and phonics worksheets with these words
Do you want to generate worksheets for flash cards, sound sorts, pattern sorts, “Draw and Label” worksheets, “Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check” worksheets, “Trace, Copy, Cover, Write” worksheets, word hunt, and more?
Simply find the word list you want to use below, then tap on “Generate Worksheet” to get started. This will take you to Worksheet Creator.
You then pick the worksheet template you want to use, edit your list of words, and generate your worksheet.
Then, print, download, or share your worksheet.
Create a spelling test that reads First Grade spelling words out loud to my students
Spelling Test Buddy can turn any of these First Grade word lists into an online spelling test that reads every word aloud. Students can also hear each word used in a sentence, giving them helpful context before they spell it.
Students tap the play buttons whenever they want to hear the word or sentence again, then type their answer. This supports independent work and gives everyone the same clear pronunciation. Start with one of the First Grade lists below or build a custom list with your own words and sentences. Students can reinforce their learning with focused tools including Teach Me, Digital Sorts, and spelling games.
Try this sample test from the first Word List below.
Word Lists
| Week | Word lists | Words | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CVC words | cat, hat, bat, rat, sat, mat, map, tap, cap, lap, dad, bad, is, it, in | |
| 2 | CVC words | bed, red, fed, led, shed, web, ten, pen, hen, men, get, wet, see, for, look | |
| 3 | CVC words | much, such, luck, duck, buck, stuck, hum, sum, gum, drum, hug, rug, you, was, two | |
| 4 | CVCe words | hike, bike, like, spike, make, take, wake, bake, cake, rake, safe, wave, play, said, away | |
| 5 | CVCe words | rate, gate, late, mate, date, hate, fate, made, wade, fade, cave, save, what, they, went | |
| 6 | CVCe words | those, these, vote, note, bone, tone, home, joke, poke, woke, fuse, mute, came, make, here | |
| 7 | Consonant R | brag, drag, flag, crag, trap, strap, drip, trip, grip, crop, drop, frog, very, your, work | |
| 8 | Consonant L | flip, clip, slip, flop, plop, slop, flat, slat, clap, glad, bled, fled, good, have, live | |
| 9 | Blends | stop, step, stun, spin, spot, spit, skip, scat, scan, snap, snip, slam, read, give, many | |
| 10 | Open Syllable E | he, me, we, she, be, the, so, go, no, zebra, even, open, blue, five, where | |
| 11 | Open Syllable O | no, so, go, to, veto, zero, over, broken, token, robin, local, motor, does, want, once | |
| 12 | Open Syllable | spider, tiger, pilot, paper, table, music, baby, tiny, lady, bacon, seven, broken, could, would, their | |
| 13 | Glued sounds | sang, rang, bang, hang, fang, pang, bank, rank, tank, thank, sank, plank, four, from, word | |
| 14 | Glued sounds | rung, hung, sung, stung, flung, trunk, drunk, spunk, blink, clink, think, shrink, says, large, there | |
| 15 | Glued sounds | pink, sink, wink, link, mink, chink, stink, thank, think, clink, chunk, trunk, with, were, small | |
| 16 | Double L | cell, sell, tell, well, bell, fell, yell, smell, spell, swell, shell, will, brown, before, always | |
| 17 | Double F | stuff, buff, cuff, gruff, muff, puff, sniff, stiff, cliff, whiff, riff, skiff, about, around, mother | |
| 18 | Double S | kiss, miss, bliss, hiss, fuss, muss, loss, boss, toss, cross, dress, press, first, after, father | |
| 19 | Long EA/EE | tree, free, three, see, bee, flee, read, bead, lead, seat, meat, heat, right, animal, another | |
| 20 | Long AI/AY | brain, train, rain, chain, gain, pain, main, plain, stain, play, stay, gray, because, children, follow | |
| 21 | Long OA/OE | coat, boat, float, goat, moat, throat, soap, load, road, toe, hoe, foe, people, picture, should | |
| 22 | R-controlled AR | car, far, star, jar, scar, spar, dark, park, bark, mark, farm, barn, friend, together, through | |
| 23 | R-controlled OR | torn, worn, born, corn, horn, morn, for, or, store, more, sore, bore, little, family, thought | |
| 24 | R-controlled IR, UR, ER | her, bird, perk, fern, term, verb, stir, girl, whirl, burn, turn, hurt, myself, number, school | |
| 25 | Diphthongs OI, OY | toy, ploy, joy, boy, coy, annoy, boil, coil, foil, soil, broil, spoil, wherever, something, beautiful | |
| 26 | Diphthongs AU, AW | jaw, haunt, claw, draw, flaw, gnaw, law, paw, raw, saw, straw, taut, woman, however, together | |
| 27 | Diphthongs OU, OW | pow, shout, cow, how, now, plow, grow, flow, slow, show, snow, blow, world, because, anything | |
| 28 | Final Syllable LE | able, cable, fable, table, stable, gable, apple, simple, triple, nibble, scribble, wobble, great, again, country | |
| 29 | Final Syllable LE | paddle, saddle, fiddle, candle, handle, bundle, kettle, bottle, rattle, middle, riddle, pickle, write, answer, question | |
| 30 | Final Closed Syllable LE | jungle, angle, single, dangle, mangle, tangle, sprinkle, crinkle, twinkle, candle, handle, table, important, information, together | |
| 31 | Suffix ED | tricked, kicked, picked, licked, wicked, cooked, booked, looked, hooked, called, pulled, hauled, different, important, understand | |
| 32 | Suffix S, ES | jumps, boxes, hops, stops, drops, ships, washes, brushes, crashes, fixes, mixes, taxes, sentence, describe, question | |
| 33 | Suffix ING | running, jumping, playing, eating, sleeping, reading, singing, talking, walking, writing, cooking, looking, especially, sometimes, therefore | |
| 34 | Prefix RE | redo, reset, remake, retake, rewrite, reread, repaint, repack, relive, retry, rewind, restart, complete, continue, determine | |
| 35 | Prefix MIS | mistake, misplace, misspell, misread, miscount, mislead, misinform, misunderstand, misbehave, misjudge, mismatch, misquote, consider, carefully, remember | |
| 36 | Prefix UN | unwell, unpack, unlike, unhappy, unfair, unfit, unsafe, unsure, unable, untie, undo, untrue, believe, probably, surprise |