Grade 1 Spelling

Practises spelling three-letter words with the short a sound, as in bat and dad.

short a: bat, dad

Practises more short a words, as in can, wag and ham.

short a: can, wag

Practises spelling three-letter words with the short i sound, as in bit and fin.

short i: bit, fin

Practises more short i words, as in wig, lip and kid.

short i: wig, lip, kid

Practises the small two-letter words children read and write all the time, like at, is and up.

two-letter words: at, if, up

Practises a mix of short a and short i words, including has, his, wax and quiz.

short a and i: has, his, quiz

Practises spelling three-letter words with the short o sound, as in got and nod.

short o: got, nod

Practises spelling three-letter words with the short u sound, as in cut and pup.

short u: cut, pup

Practises spelling three-letter words with the short e sound, as in get and yes.

short e: get, yes

Practises short words that end in a double letter, as in will, miss, cuff and fizz.

ff, ll, ss, zz: will, miss

Practises longer words made of two short words joined together, like sunset and sandbox.

compound words: sunset, laptop

Practises a mix of short-vowel words with every vowel, like hum, beg, dim and bad.

mixed short vowels: hum, beg, dim

Practises words with the sh sound at the start or end, as in she, shut and cash.

sh: she, cash

Practises words with the ch sound at the start or end, as in chop, rich and lunch.

ch: chop, rich

Practises words with the th sound at the start or end, as in thick, thank and moth.

th: thick, moth

Practises words that end in ck after a short vowel, as in rock, luck and quack.

ck: rock, quack

Practises words that start with two consonants blended together, such as fl, cl, pl, dr, gr and br.

l and r blends: flip, drop

Practises words with an s blend at the start (swam, skin) or two consonants at the end (fast, sand, bump).

s blends and end blends: swam, fast

Practises long a words that end in a silent e, as in came and made.

a_e: came, made

Practises long i words that end in a silent e, as in bite and line.

i_e: bite, line

Practises long o words that end in a silent e, as in dome and cone.

o_e: dome, cone

Practises words where a silent e turns a short-vowel word into a new long-vowel word, like can into cane.

add a silent e: can, cane

Practises silent e words that start with a blend or digraph, as in plate, snake, shine and drive.

silent e with blends: plate, drive

Practises common words that end in e but don't follow the silent e rule, like have, come, love and none.

e that doesn't change the vowel: have, come

Practises long e words spelled with ee, as in free and sheep.

ee: free, sheep

Practises long e words spelled with ea, as in eat and peach.

ea: eat, peach

Practises long a words spelled with ai, as in nail and snail.

ai: nail, snail

Practises long o words spelled with oa, as in oak and float.

oa: oak, float

Practises adding -s to a word, for more than one (cats) or for what someone does (runs).

-s: cats, runs

Practises adding -ing to a word that doesn't change, as in jumping, playing and eating.

-ing: jumping, playing

Practises the first tricky sight words, like the, said, to, push and school.

sight words: the, said, you

Practises more tricky sight words, like was, they, of, who and what.

sight words: was, they, of

Practises the word families -all and -ell, as in ball, small, tell and spell.

-all and -ell: ball, tell

Practises the word families -ank and -ink, as in bank, drank, pink and drink.

-ank and -ink: bank, pink

Practises words ending in -ing, -ong and -ung, as in bring, strong and sung.

-ing, -ong, -ung: bring, strong, sung

Practises the word families -old and -ind, where the vowel is long without a silent e, as in cold and kind.

-old and -ind: cold, kind