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First Grade—Miss Lutz
Spelling Words/High Frequency Words/Dictation Sentences
On Thursdays all students will be tested on their ability to read the high frequency words (using
flashcards) for that week. Word(s) not read correctly will be recorded on a reminder note. Students will
put the note in their backpacks, practice words that evening, and then they will be re-tested on Friday
morning.
Note: Written spelling tests will start with Unit 1.
Smart Start Week 1
Reading Test: Friday, August 26, 2016
SS.1 High Frequency Words
I
you
like
he
do
can
to
go
a
has
Smart Start Week 2
Reading Test: Friday, September 2, 2016
SS.2 High Frequency Words
this
little
is
where
my
here
look
play
the
we
Smart Start Week 3
Reading Test: Friday, September 9, 2016
SS.3 High Frequency Words
are
for
me
and
she
have
with
see
said
was
Beginning with Unit 1:
• Spelling Test: Students will have 6-10 spelling words to spell each week.
• Spelling Pre-Test: Spelling pre-tests will be given on Mondays. Students scoring 100% will be
on the Challenge Spelling List (high frequency words) for that week.
• Dictation sentences: Points are given for correct spelling and punctuation.
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Unit 1—Week 1
Reading & Spelling Tests: Friday, September 16, 2016
The Short a Sound Spelling Words: man, can, nap, tap, cat, hat, not, does
Dictation Sentence: Max is not sad.
1.1 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
does
not
school
what
Unit 1—Week 2
Reading & Spelling Tests: Friday, September 23, 2016
Short i & Double Final Consonant Spelling Words: pin, win, hit, sit, miss, kiss, nap, can, out, up
Dictation Sentence: Jack and Jill will go up a hill.
1.2 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
down
out
up
very
Unit 1—Week 3
Reading & Spelling Tests: Friday, September 30, 2016
Beginning Consonant Blends (L Blends) Spelling Words: clip, flip, slip, flag, black, plan, glass, place
Dictation Sentence: The class is glad.
1.3 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
be
come
good
pull
Unit 1—Week 4
Reading & Spelling Tests: Friday, October 7, 2016
Short o Sound Spelling Words: hop, top, log, hog, hot, lot, flip, black, they, too
Dictation Sentence: A dog hops on a rock to sit.
1.4 High Frequency Reading Words:
fun
make
they
too
Unit 1—Week 5
Reading & Spelling Tests: Friday, October 28, 2016
R-blends/s-blends Spelling Words: spill, spin, grab, grass, drop, drip, hop, lot, two, move
Dictation Sentence: Brad’s frog swims and hops.
1.5 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
jump
move
run
two
Beginning with Unit 2:
• Math Quizzes: Students will have 2 minutes to solve 20 math facts.
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Unit 2—Week 1
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz + 0: Friday, November 4, 2016
The Short e Spelled e and ea Spelling Words: leg, beg, men, hen, head, bread, grass, spin, there, again
Dictation Sentence: Tell Meg to get ten eggs.
2.1 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
again
help
new
there
use
Unit 2—Week 2
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz + 1: Thursday, November 10, 2016
Short u Spelling Words: run, fun, nut, cut, bug, rug, men, head, could, one
Dictation Sentence: Gus dug in the mud with us.
2.2 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
could
live
one
then
three
Unit 2—Week 3
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz + 2: Friday, December 2, 2016
Ending Consonant Blends (mp, sk, st, nt, nd, nk) Spelling Words: lend, send, fast, past, sink, wink, run,
bug, of, who
Dictation Sentence: Fix the tent and we can go camping.
2.3 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
eat
no
of
under
who
Unit 2—Week 4
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz + 3: Friday, December 9, 2016
Consonant Digraphs th, sh, -ng Spelling Words: fish, shop, ship, with, thing, sang, fast, wink, want,
call
Dictation Sentence: The king wished for a ship filled with fish!
2.4 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
all
call
day
her
want
Unit 2—Week 5
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz + 4: Friday, December 16, 2016
Consonant Digraphs ch, -tch, wh, ph Spelling Words: whip, whale, catch, match, chin, graph, shop,
with, many, around
Dictation Sentence: When will the chick hatch?
2.5 High Frequency Reading Words:
around
by
many place
walk
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Unit 3—Week 1
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz + 5: Friday, January 13, 2017
Long a Spelled a_e Spelling Words: make, take, came, game, gate, late, chin, graph, some, today
Dictation Sentence: Dave ate some grapes for lunch.
3.1 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
away
now
some today
way
why
Unit 3—Week 2
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz + 6: Friday, January 20, 2017
Long i Spelled i_e Spelling Words: like, spike, ride, hide, bike, mine, make, came, water, should
Dictation Sentence: We will skate and then ride bikes.
3.2 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
green grow pretty should together water
Unit 3—Week 3
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz + 7: Friday, January 27, 2017
Soft c, soft g, -dge Spelling Words: rice, nice, page, age, wedge, ledge, like, ride, from, once
Dictation Sentence: Lance raced past the fence.
3.3 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
any from happy once
so
upon
Unit 3—Week 4
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz + 8: Friday, February 3, 2017
Long o: o_e; Long u: u_e Long e: e_e Spelling Words: hope, nose, note, rope, cute, cube, nice, ledge, ago,
people
Dictation Sentence: This cute home can use a new stove.
3.4 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
ago
boy
girl
how
old
people
Unit 3—Week 5
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz + 9: Friday, February 10, 2017
Variant vowel spellings with digraphs: oo, u Spelling Words: book, look, cook, took, hood, wood, nose,
cute, buy, done
Dictation Sentence: He shook his foot and waved his hand.
3.5 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
after
buy
done
every
soon
work
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Unit 4—Week 1
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz - 0: Friday, February 17, 2017
Long a Spelled a, ai, ay Spelling Words: mail, chain, play, rain, way, day, snail, gray
Dictation Sentence: The train will not stay here all day.
4.1 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
about animal carry
eight
give
our
Unit 4—Week 2
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz - 1: Friday, February 24, 2017
Long e Spelled e, ee, ea, ie Spelling Words:, me, feed, seat, we, keep, beak, she, speed
Dictation Sentence: Dean needs to plant those seeds.
4.2 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
because blue
into
or
other small
Unit 4—Week 3
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz - 2: Friday, March 3, 2017
Long o: o, oa, ow, oe Spelling Words: low, boat, no, row, coat, toe, flow, snowman
Dictation Sentence: Joe’s goal is to show that his boat can float.
4.3 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
find food more
over
start warm
Unit 4—Week 4
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz - 3: Friday, March 10, 2017
Long i: i, y, igh, ie Spelling Words: find, night, by, kind, right, my, pie, dried
Dictation Sentence: Why did the shy child cry?
4.4 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
caught flew
know
laugh listen were
Unit 4—Week 5
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz - 4: Friday, March 17, 2017
Long e: y, ey Spelling Words: bumpy, puppy, funny, penny, sandy, bunny, key, monkey
Dictation Sentence: The tiny puppy is happy.
4.5 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
found hard
near woman would write
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Unit 5—Week 1
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz - 5: Friday, March 24, 2017
R-Controlled Vowel ar Spelling Words: cart, barn, arm, art, yarn, harm
Dictation Sentence: Mars is a planet far away.
5.1 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
four
large
none
only
put
round
Unit 5—Week 2
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz - 6: Friday, March 31, 2017
R-Controlled Vowels: er, ir, ur, or Spelling Words: her, bird, fur, fern, dirt, work
Dictation Sentence: The bird is in a hurry to catch the worm.
5.2 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
another climb
full
great poor through
Unit 5—Week 3
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz - 7: Friday, April 7, 2017
R-Controlled Vowels: or, ore, oar Spelling Words: born, corn, core, more, roar, soar
Dictation Sentence: The boat’s oar was lost in the storm.
5.3 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
began better guess learn right sure
Unit 5—Week 4
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz - 8: Friday, April 28, 2017
Dipthongs ou, ow Spelling Words: cow, town, mouse, how, out, mouth
Dictation Sentence: We found our lost cow in the next town!
5.4 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
color early instead nothing
oh
thought
Unit 5—Week 5
Reading & Spelling Tests/Math Quiz - 9: Friday, May 5, 2017
Dipthongs oi, oy Spelling Words: spoil, coin, join, joy, toy, boy
Dictation Sentence: That boy enjoys noisy toys.
5.5 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
above build
fall
knew money toward
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Unit 6—Week 1
Reading & Spelling Tests/Review Math Quiz +/- : Friday, May 12, 2017
Variant vowel spellings with digraphs: oo, u, u_e, ew, ue, ui, ou: moon, tune, flew, blue, fruit, toy, coin,
enough, door, soup
Dictation Sentence: Luke and June found glue at school.
6.1 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
answer brought busy
door enough eyes
Unit 6—Week 2
Reading & Spelling Tests/ Review Math Quiz +/-: Friday, May 19, 2017
Variant vowel spellings with digraphs: aw, au,a, augh, al Spelling Words: haul, cause, saw, claw, paw,
dawn, moon, soup, love, friend
Dictation Sentence: Did you draw a hawk, a fawn, or a walrus?
6.2 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
brother father friend love mother picture
Unit 6—Week 3
Reading & Spelling Tests/ Review Math Quiz +/-: Friday, May 26, 2017
Silent Letters: wr, kn, gn Spelling Words: gnat, gnu, knife, know, been, write, wrong, cause, dawn, their
Dictation Sentence: I wrote the wrong date on my test.
6.3 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
been children month question their year
Unit 6—Week 4
Reading & Spelling Tests/ Review Math Quiz +/-: Friday, June 2, 2017
Three Letter Blends: scr, spl, spr, str, thr, shr Spelling Words: strike, spray, splash, split, scrape, three,
know, write, your, heard
Dictation Sentence: He can stretch the string.
6.4 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
before front heard push tomorrow your
Unit 6—Week 5
Reading & Spelling Tests/Review Math Quiz +/- : Friday, June 9, 2017
R-Controlled Vowels air, are, ear Spelling Words: fair, pair, bear, wear, spare, share, three, splash,
favorite, surprise
Dictation Sentence: Beware of the mean bears!
6.5 High Frequency Reading Words/Challenge Spelling Words:
favorite few
gone surprise wonder young
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