1st Grade Spelling Unit | Spelling Curriculum | Spelling Lists

Attention First Grade Teachers! These spelling units are for you!

With 30 weeks of lists organized by spelling rule and pattern, you’ll find everything you need at your fingertips.

Each teacher packet features a cover page with spelling words and their corresponding rules or patterns, plus a call-out page with engaging example sentences.

Your weekly student packets come complete with a cover sheet, a pretest, five interactive activity pages, and a final test—ready to print and use!

Dive in and make spelling fun and effective!

Spelling Rules and Patterns Covered In Order:

1. Beginning letter blends like "bl-", "gl-", and "sl-"

2. Beginning letter blends such as "cr-" and "ph-"

3. Beginning letter blends including "sp-" and "sk-"

4. Beginning letter blends like "ch-" and "kn-"

5. Common irregular words

6. Beginning digraph "sh-"

7. Beginning digraphs "wh-" and "wr-"

8. Beginning digraph "th-"

9. Ending letter blends "-nt" and "-nd"

10. Ending letter blends "-lk" and "-lp"

11. Ending letter blends "-ft" and "-lt"

12. Ending letter blend "-nk"

13. Ending letter blends "-st" and "-sp"

14. Ending letter blends "-mp" and "-sk"

15. Common irregular words

16. Ending digraph "-ch"

17. Ending digraph "-ck"

18. Ending digraph "-ng"

19. Ending digraphs "-sh" and "-th"

20. Ending trigraph "-tch"

21. Ending trigraph "-dge"

22. Beginning trigraphs "thr-" and "str-"

23. Beginning trigraphs "spr-", "shr-", and "spl-"

24. "Long A" CVCE words

25. Common irregular words

26. "Long I" CVCE words

27. "Long O" CVCE words

28. "Long U" CVCE words

29. Double vowel team "oo"

30. Double vowel team "ee"