These reading lists are expected to be mastered by sight before the children leave First Grade. We work on spelling the words in school, but students who are working on these lists are not given spelling tests in school. Students are assessed throughout the year and are moved into groups studying the next list once one is mastered.
| These are words that are on the PRE-PRIMER word list and are expected to be learned by November of the First Grade year. | ||
| a | go | out |
| all | good | play |
| am | he | pretty |
| an | help | ran |
| and | here | red |
| are | I | ride |
| at | in | run |
| big | is | see |
| blue | it | so |
| call | jump | the |
| can | like | to |
| come | little | up |
| do | look | we |
| down | make | you |
| funny | me | |
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These are words that are on the PRIMER word list and are expected to be learned by March of the First Grade year. |
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| as | her | said |
| away | him | saw |
| be | his | she |
| black | if | sit |
| brown | into | some |
| by | laugh | stop |
| came | let | three |
| did | live | today |
| eat | may | two |
| fall | my | was |
| find | no | will |
| for | old | work |
| get | on | yellow |
| going | one | yes |
| have | put | |
| These are words that are on the GRADE 1 word list and are expected to be learned by the end of the First Grade year. | ||
| again | green | please |
| ate | had | pull |
| but | has | read |
| cold | hot | say |
| cut | its | sing |
| far | long | six |
| fast | made | soon |
| first | many | ten |
| five | new | upon |
| fly | not | us |
| four | of | who |
| from | open | why |
| give | or | wish |
| goes | our | your |
| got | over | |