an

*After two units are worked on there is a review unit of the last two.

Units 3~6~9~12~15~18~21~24 are review units

Week One of Spelling	These are the short a vowel sounds.
an	catch
at	grass
can	camp
cat	hand
had	pants
man	add
a	and the

Unit Two	These are the short i vowel sounds.
in	dish
it	milk
him	crib
big	wing
sit	twig
did	kiss
to	of is

Unit Four	These are the short o vowel sounds.
on	pond
not	rock
got	body
box	doll
hot	spot
top	drop
was	I you

Unit Five	These are the short e vowel sounds.
get	tent
ten	rest
red	them
let	egg
men	spend
yes	next
for	have they

Unit Seven	These are the short u vowel sounds.
up	jump
us	duck
but	puppy
fun	drum
cut	plum
run	such
are	one all

Unit Eight	These are the long e vowel sounds
he	radio
go	maybe
he	also
me	yo-yo
so	ago
we	hello
no
there	as
his

Unit Ten	These are the long a vowel sounds
make	place
came	skate
take	airplane
name	brave
gave	shade
game	plate
were	would
out

Unit 14	Double ee makes the long e sound
see	cheese
keep	sweet
green	three
feet	creep
bee	beetle
sleep	free
some	come
Unit 16	words that begin and end with st
stop	stove
must	first
just	sting
step	chest
best	stick
fast	twist
their	your
other

Unit 20	Adding s to the the end of a word makes the word plural (more than one)
cup	bees
cups	owls
frog	dogs
frogs	snakes
kite	cats
kites	ants
into	two
over

Unit 23	In one-syllable words ending with y, the y usually spells the ice sound
by	try
my	shy
fly	dry
sky	July
cry	nearby
why	butterfly
little
who	year

First Grade No Excuses Words	50 words you need to know before second grade!
the	or
of	by
and	one
a	had
to	not
in	but
is	what
you	all
that	were
it	when
he	we
for	there
was	can
on	an
are	your
as	which
with	their
his	said
they	if
at	do
be	will
this	each
from	about
I	how
have	up