1st Grade Word Study

Dates / Focus / Word Bank
Aug. 28-
Sept. 1 / -at/-an / -at: at, sat, cat, bat, fat, mat, rat, hat, that, chat, flat, pat, scat, splat
-an: an, tan, man, can, pan, ran, fan, van, than, plan, scan
Sept. 5-8 / -ad/-and / -ad: sad, mad, dad, had, pad, bad, glad, brad, tad
-and: and, sand, hand, band, land, gland, stand, brand, grand, strand
Sept. 11-15 / -ap/-amp / -ap: cap, lap, gap, map, nap, rap, yap, tap, sap, trap, strap, zap, clap, slap, trap, snap, wrap
-amp: camp, damp, lamp, ramp, champ, clamp, cramp, stamp
Sept. 18-22 / -ank/-ast / -ank: bank, sank, tank, yank, blank, plank, crank, drank, prank, spank, thank
-ast: fast, cast, past, last, mast, blast, vast
Assessment: Sept. 22nd
Dates / Focus / Word Bank
Sept. 25-29 / -un/-ut / -un: run, sun, fun, bun, spun, stun
-ut: nut, hut, but, cut, gut, rut, shut, strut
Oct. 2-6 / -ug/-ung / -ug: bug, dug, tug, rug, snug, jug, mug, slug, plug, shrug, drug
-ung: sung, rung, stung, hung, lung, swung, clung, strung, sprung, flung
Oct. 9-13 / -ump/-unk / -ump: bump, jump, dump, hump, lump, stump, mump, plump, thump, clump, slump, chump, grump
-unk: bunk, hunk, junk, sunk, chunk, dunk, flunk, skunk, shrunk, trunk
Dates / Focus / Word Bank
Oct. 16-20 / Short u Review / Refer to word banks Sept. 26-Oct. 21
Assessment: Oct. 21st
Oct. 23-27 / -en/-end / -en: men, den, hen, ten, pen, then, when
-end: end, send, spend, bend, lend, mend, tend, blend, trend
Oct. 30-Nov. 3 / -et/-est / -et: get, net, pet, let, bet, set, met, wet, vet, fret, jet, yet
-est: best, nest, pest, rest, test, vest, chest, jest, crest, guest
Assessment: Nov. 4th
Nov. 6-10 / -in/-ip / -in: in, fin, pin, tin, din, win, bin, thin, twin, chin, shin, spin, grin
-ip: dip, hip, lip, nip, rip, sip, tip, zip, whip, clip, flip, skip, slip, drip, chip, ship, snip, strip, trip
Nov. 13-17 / -it/-ift / -it: it, bit, fit, hit, lit, pit, sit, kit, wit, skit, spit, slit, quit, split
-ift: sift, gift, lift, swift, shift,
Nov. 26-
Dec. 1 / -ink/-ing / -ink: ink, link, mink, pink, sink, rink, wink, think, blink, drink, stink, clink, shrink, slink
-ing: king, ping, sing, ring, wing, thing, bring, sling, sting, string, swing, spring, cling, fling, wring
Assessment: Dec. 1st
Dates / Focus / Word Bank
Dec. 4-8 / -ot/-op / -ot: not, got, hot, jot, lot, pot, cot, dot, blot, slot, plot, shot, spot, knot, trot
-op: cop, hop, pop, mop, top, slop, flop, drop, shop, stop, crop, plop, prop, chop
Dec. 11-15 / -ock/-ack / -ock: dock, lock, mock, rock, sock, tock, block, clock, flock, smock, shock, stock
-ack: back, pack, jack, rack, lack, sack, tack, black, quack, crack, track, shack, snack, stack, slack
Dates / Focus / Word Bank
Jan. 3-5 / -ick/-uck / -ick: lick, kick, pick, sick, tick, slick, quick, trick, chick, flick, brick, stick, thick, click
-uck: buck, duck, luck, tuck, yuck, pluck, cluck, truck, stuck, struck
Jan. 8-12 / Short Vowel Review / Refer to Dec. 5th –Jan. 6th word banks
Assessment: Jan. 13th
Jan. 16-19 / -ar / -ar: far, car, star, card, yard, art, part, cart, arm, harm, dark, park, spark, dart, start, bark, shark, lark, scar, harp, sharp, snarl, scarf, charm, arch, march, smart, chart
Jan. 22-26 / -ir / -ir: girl, first, bird, dirt, stir, sir, shirt, skirt, third, birth, firm, swirl, twirl, chirp, squirt, thirst, squirm
Jan. 29-Feb. 2 / -or/-ore / -or: or, for, born, corn, horn, worn, cord, cork, pork, fort, short, nor, storm, sort, porch, torch, force, horse, forth
-ore: more, store, shore, bore, chore, score, sore, before, wore, swore
Feb. 5-9 / -ee / -ee: see, seem, bee, feed, feel, feet, meet, seen, week, peek, free, seed, need, tree, peep, deep, beep, teen, keep
Assessment: Feb. 9th
Dates / Focus / Word Bank
Feb. 12-16 / -ea (as in eat) / -ea: read, sea, eat, beat, seat, meat, bean, seal, tea, pea, bead, neat, team, beam, lead, ear, feast, least, clean, steal, steam, stream, sneak, creak, dream, plead, beast, treat, leave, peace, please, teach, cheat, heat, each
Feb. 20-23 / -oa / -oa: boat, coat, goat, road, toad, load, soap, oat, oak, soak, foam, roam, goal, coal, loaf, coax, loan, moan, groan, moat, float, coach, throat, toast, coast, boast, cloak, roast
Feb. 29-
Mar. 2 / -ay / -ay: day, jay, may, play, say, stay, way, clay, gray, tray, slay, stray, hay, spray
Mar. 5-9 / -ai / -ai: rain, pain, tail, nail, mail, sail, rail, fail, jail, snail, gain, main, train, pain, chain, aid, paid, maid, laid, braid, wait, stain, brain, paint, plain, claim, strain
Mar. 19-23 / Review Week / Refer to Feb. 13th through March 10th.
Assessment: March 23rd
Dates / Focus / Word Bank
Mar. 26-29 / -ight / -ight: night, right, light, might, bright, fight, sight, tight, slight, fright, flight
Apr. 2-6 / a_e/i_e / a-e: made, name, same, came, make, take, gave, save, tape, gate, fade, trade, blame, ate, plane, plate, pale, tale, late, paste, rate, rage, stage, range, strange, cake, ape, sale, snake, shake, wake, state, scale, cage, page, skate, shape
i-e: like, bike, rise, wise, side, pride, wipe, prize, five, fire, tire, wire, white, nice, fine, shine, drive, smile, write, whine, while, hide, slide, line
Apr. 9-13 / o_e/u_e / o-e: home, hole, poke, joke, spoke, choke, those, nose, rose, stole, wrote, broke, hope, rope, cope, hose, cone, phone, note
u-e: use, cute, rude, tune, cube, fume, cure, sure, pure, dude, mule, rule, flute, mute, huge, crude, tube
Apr. 16-20 / -ou (as in out) / -ou: out, our, loud, pout, ouch, cloud, proud, found, house, mouse, couch, flour, ground,
about, sound, sprout
Apr. 23-27 / Review Week / Refer to Mar. 27-April 12 word banks
Assessment: April 27th
Dates / Focus / Word Bank
Apr. 30 - May 4 / -ill/-ell/-all / -ill: will, dill, fill, hill, gill, mill, pill, till, bill, drill, grill, chill, skill, spill, still, thrill
-ell: tell, bell, cell, fell, sell, well, shell, smell, spell, swell, dwell, yell
-all: all, ball, call, tall, fall, hall, mall, wall, small, stall
May 7-11 / -ow
(as in how)/
-ow
(as in snow) / -ow (as in how): how, now, plow, chow, brown, town, sow, cow, down, wow, gown, howl, owl, crown, frown, crowd, fowl, scowl, clown, growl, prowl
-ow (as in snow): bow, know, show, slow, snow, crow, blow, grow, glow, flow, low, own, flown, thrown, throw, blown, bowl
May 14-18 / -oy/-oi / -oy: boy, toy, joy, enjoy, soy, ploy, oyster, destroy
-oi: coin, join, oil, foil, soil, boil, joint, point
Assessment: May 18th

The Word Bank is not a spelling list. It is a list of words based on a pattern which students can use to practice with at home. KISD 2016-2017