Spelling word lists
by pattern and grade.

Weekly lists by grade

Short vowels

Closed syllables where the vowel says its short sound: cat, bed, sit, hot, cup.

• Short a wordscat, hat, map, cap, bagKindergarten–1st grade
• Short e wordsbed, red, fed, hen, penKindergarten–1st grade
• Short i wordssit, hit, pin, win, bigKindergarten–1st grade
• Short o wordshot, pot, dot, not, logKindergarten–1st grade
• Short u wordscup, pup, sun, run, funKindergarten–1st grade

Consonant teams and blends

Two or three consonants working together: sh, ch, th, ck, ng, bl, str.

• SH wordsship, shop, shut, shed, shellKindergarten–1st grade
• CH and TCH wordschip, chin, chop, chat, chick1st–2nd grade
• TH wordsthin, thick, thing, think, thankKindergarten–1st grade
• CK wordsback, pack, black, snack, neck1st grade
• NG and NK wordssing, ring, king, wing, thing1st grade
• Consonant blend wordsblack, blue, clap, clock, flag1st grade
• FLOSS rule wordsbell, well, tell, fill, hill1st grade
• Silent letter wordsknee, knit, knot, know, knife2nd–3rd grade
• Soft c and soft g wordscity, cent, cell, circle, face2nd–3rd grade
• DGE and GE wordsbadge, bridge, edge, fudge, judge2nd–3rd grade

Long vowels

Silent e and the vowel teams that make a vowel say its name.

• Silent e wordscake, game, name, gate, lake1st–2nd grade
• AI and AY wordsrain, train, mail, tail, wait1st–2nd grade
• EE and EA wordssee, bee, tree, free, feet1st–2nd grade
• OA and OW wordsboat, coat, goat, road, soap1st–2nd grade
• IGH wordslight, night, right, sight, might1st–2nd grade
• Y as a vowelmy, by, fly, cry, dry1st–2nd grade
• EW and UE wordsnew, few, grew, flew, chew2nd grade

Vowels with r

An r right after a vowel changes its sound: car, fork, bird.

• AR wordscar, far, jar, star, bar1st–2nd grade
• OR and ORE wordsfor, fork, corn, horn, born1st–2nd grade
• ER, IR and UR wordsher, fern, herd, term, verb2nd grade

More vowel sounds

Vowel teams with their own sounds: moon, cloud, coin, saw.

• OO wordsmoon, soon, food, pool, room1st–2nd grade
• OU and OW wordsout, loud, cloud, house, mouse2nd grade
• OI and OY wordsoil, boil, coin, join, point2nd grade
• AW and AU wordssaw, paw, jaw, raw, claw2nd–3rd grade

Endings and word parts

Suffixes, plurals, compound words and contractions.

• -tion wordsaction, nation, motion, lotion, potion3rd–5th grade
• -le wordstable, able, bubble, pebble, marble2nd–3rd grade
• Adding -ing and -edjumping, jumped, playing, played, helping2nd–3rd grade
• Plurals with -s and -escats, dogs, books, trees, cars1st–3rd grade
• Compound wordssunshine, rainbow, cupcake, football, bedroom1st–3rd grade
• Contractionsdon't, can't, isn't, didn't, won't1st–3rd grade

Tricky words

Words that sound the same but are spelled differently.

• Homophonesto, too, two, there, their2nd–4th grade