1st Grade Spelling Curriculum. 38 Weekly Lessons.

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Spelling made fun! Teach your first grader or your first-grade class
spelling with this fun and engaging spelling curriculum. Each lesson is a
weekly planned unit. Every lesson covers a spelling rule or pattern
with a list of words to accompany the rule/pattern. Included in every
list are 2 sight words. Each weekly packet contains worksheets for your
child to use with the spelling list. You will also receive flashcards
and a homework sheet.

Here is what you get!

38 Weekly Unit Packets. Each packet includes:

Packet Cover-Spelling Rule or Pattern-1 page

Spelling List-1 page

3 Times Each-1 page

Rainbow Writing-1 page

Dot It Up-1 page

Box It Up-1 page

Color It In-1 page

Make It Dotty-1 page

Sentence Writing-2 pages

Trial Test-1 page

Test-1 page

Flashcards-2 pages, 10 flashcards and 1 cover card

Homework-Tic Tac Toe Spelling Words-1 page

Spelling Rules/Patterns:

Lesson 1: /ă/ says ă like in cat CVC words have 1 vowel that says the short sound.

Lesson 2: /ĕ/ says ĕ like in pet. CVC words have 1 vowel that says the short sound.

Lesson 3: /ĭ/ says ĭ like in kid. CVC words have 1 vowel that says the short sound.

Lesson 4: /ŏ/ says ŏ like in hop. CVC words have 1 vowel that says the short sound.

Lesson 5: /ŭ/ says ŭ like in sun. CVC words have 1 vowel that says the short sound.

Lesson 6: Silent E. Silent final e makes the vowel say its long name._/ā/_e and _/ī/_e

Lesson 7: Silent E. Silent final e makes the vowel say its long name._/ō/_e and

_/ū/_e

Lesson 8: /ck/ and /qu/-Use –ck at the end of a short vowel word. Qu- is always used

together, q never stands alone. ck says /k/qu says /kw/

Lesson 9: /th/ and /ph/ words. A digraph is when two letter sounds or phonemes

combine to make one sound or phoneme. /th//ph/ says /f/

Lesson 10: /sh/ and /wh/. A digraph is when two letter sounds or phonemes combine

to make one sound or phoneme. /sh/ in ship/wh/ in whale

Lesson 11: /ch/ /tch/.If the vowel sound is short, does the /ch/ sound come after a

consonant such as l, n or r? If no, add TCH. If yes, add CH. /ch/ in

chalk/tch/ in patch

Lesson 12: L Blends. A Blend is two consonants together in a word that keep their

own sounds. Blends can be found anywhere in a word but must be able to

start a word. /bl/ /cl/ /fl/ /gl/ /pl/ /sl/

Lesson 13: R Blends-A Blend is two consonants together in a word that keep their

own sounds. Blends can be found anywhere in a word but must be able to

start a word. /br/ /cr/ /dr/ /fr/ /gr/ /pr/ /sr/

Lesson 14: -NG Blends-A Blend is two consonants together in a word that keep their

own sounds. Blends can be found anywhere in a word but must be able

to start a word. /ng/ in patch-

Lesson 15: Special Sounds-Long A-When two vowels are next to each other, the first

vowel is usually long (the sound is the same as the sound of the letter)

and the second vowel is silent. /ai/ /ay/ /ey/ all say long /ā/

Lesson 16: Special Sounds-Long E-When two vowels are next to each other, the first

vowel is usually long (the sound is the same as the sound of the letter) and

the second vowel is silent. /ea/ /ee/ /ey/ all say long /ē/

Lesson 17: Special Sounds Long O-When two vowels are next to each other, the first

vowel is usually long (the sound is the same as the sound of the letter) and

the second vowel is silent. /oa/ /oe/ /ow/ all say long /ō/

Lesson 18: Special Sounds Long IE-When two vowels are next to each other, the first

vowel is usually long (the sound is the same as the sound of the letter) and

the second vowel is silent. IE pattern is also an irregular long /ē/ spelling

pattern. /ie/ long /ī/ and long /ē/

Lesson 19: Special Sounds /ou/ and /ow/-When you hear the /ow/ sound at the

beginning or in the middle of a syllable, it is usually spelled ou. When you

hear the /ow/ sound at the end of a syllable, it is usually spelled ow. /ou/

and /ow/

Lesson 20: Special Sounds /oi/ and /oy/-If the /oy/ sound is at the beginning or

middle, use oi. If the /oy/ sound is at the end, use oy. /oi/ and /oy/

Lesson 21: Special Sounds-OO-/oo/ in book and /oo/ in tooth

Lesson 22: Special Sounds-/igh/ sounds like long /ī/

Lesson 23: Special Sounds-/aw/ /au/-When you hear the / ȯ / sound at the beginning

or in the middle of a syllable, it is usually spelled au. When you hear the

/ȯ/ sound at the end of a syllable, it is usually spelled aw. /oa/ /oe/ /ow/

all say long /ō/

Lesson 24 : Bossy R’s: R-Controlled Vowels-When the letter r follows a vowel, the

vowel is usually forced to change its sound. That’s why it is called the “

Bossy R ”. In most small words with one vowel in the middle, that vowel

has a short vowel sound. /ar/ /or/

Lesson 25: Bossy R’s: R-Controlled Vowels-When the letter r follows a vowel, the

vowel is usually forced to change its sound. That’s why it is called the “

Bossy R ”. In most small words with one vowel in the middle, that vowel

has a short vowel sound. /er/ /ir/ /ur/

Lesson 26: Y as a Long Vowel-When the letter /y/ is at the end of the word it makes

a long vowel sound. In one syllable words it is usually makes the sound

of long /ī/. In two syllable words it usually makes the long /ē/ sound. /y/

as in shy /y/ as in baby

Lesson 27: Hard C/K-K goes with the i and e, C goes with the other three…a, o, and

u. /c/ as in cat/k/ as in kite

Lesson 28: Soft C-When c is followed by e, i, or y, it says “s”. /c/ as in city

Lesson 29: Hard/Soft G-When g is followed by e , i, y it sounds like “ j ”. (There are

some exceptions to this rule.) When g meets a, o, or u, its sound is hard.

/g/ as in gas/g/ as in gym

Lesson 30: Ending Double Consonants-F, s, z, and l are usually doubled at the end

of 1 syllable words. /ff/ as in cliff/ll/ as in bell

Lesson 31: Ending Double Consonants-F, s, z, and l are usually doubled at the end of

1 syllable words. /ss/ as in mess/zz/ as in buzz

Lesson 32: Two Letter Blends-A blend is two consonants together in a word that

keep their own sounds. Blends can be found anywhere in a word but

must be able to start a word. /st//sp/

Lesson 33: Two Letter Blends-A blend is two consonants together in a word that

keep their own sounds. Blends can be found anywhere in a word but

must be able to start a word. /sc//sk/

Lesson 34: Two Letter Blends-A blend is two consonants together in a word that

keep their own sounds. Blends can be found anywhere in a word but

must be able to start a word. /sl//sm//sn/

Lesson 35: Final Consonant Blends-Nk is a final consonant blend and a glued

sound. /nk/

Lesson 36: /a/-A Different Sound-When the letter a is with -ll or –lk, it sounds like /ô/.

/all//alk/

Lesson 37: /a/-A Different Sound-When the letter ‘a’ is a prefix, the sounds is /ŭ/.

When the letters ‘wa’ are a prefix, the sound is /wŏ/. /a/ in adopt/wa/ in

wash

Lesson 38: C+LE-Also known as the stable final syllable, C+le combinations are found

only at the ends of words. /le/ in little

Prints 570 pages total.

This spelling curriculum was designed by Annette Sutherland.