1st grade word study unit 1: consonants (b,d,g,m,s,t...

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 1: Consonants (b,d,g,m,s,t) - Initial & Final Position

Corresponds with SRA Phonics 2 - Lesson 1, pgs 1-2

Pre-Test Words

1. mom 2. bat 3. bear 4. tub 5. hat

6. dog 7. mitt 8. fib 9. gas 10. tent

Test - Assigned Pattern Words to Study Regular List (10) - "Group 1"

1. gem 2. bull 3. plug 4. lid 5. vest 6. feet 7. hint 8. desk 9. mist 10. deck

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. yard 2. clam 3. said 4. basin 5. shell 6. film 7. disk 8. bread 9. gasp 10. many

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. gum 2. hem 3. meet 4. land 5. sell 6. belt 7. pass 8. dent 9. deer 10. boom

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 2: Consonants (b,d,g,m,s,t) - Medial Position


Pre-Test Words 1. lamp 2. dump 3. into 4. body 5. bump

6. robin 7. baton 8. atom 9. basic 10. eagle


1. lemon 2. wagon 3. cabin 4. eager 5. ramp 6. rodeo 7. Monday 8. button 9. fussy 10. bunch

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. pedal 2. dragon 3. danger 4. doctor 5. hammer 6. garden 7. closer 8. zebra 9. basket 10. kitten

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. hidden 2. model 3. daddy 4. dirty 5. robot 6. bust 7. tiger 8. begin 9. damp 10. actor

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 3: Consonants (f,k,l,n,p,r) – Initial & Final Position


Pre-Test Words 1. fan 2. roof 3. ink 4. king 5. pest

6. jeep 7. star 8. ray 9. wall 10. leg


1. limp 2. peek 3. moon 4. nest 5. find 6. cuff 7. ail 8. rid 9. clef 10. able

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. pillow 2. fabric 3. falcon 4. ladder 5. behalf 6. chimp 7. axel 8. rich 9. nerve 10. karat

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. alert 2. farm 3. calf 4. if 5. pint 6. doer 7. near 8. upon 9. kind 10. yak

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 4: Consonants (f,k,l,n,p,r) - Medial


Pre-Test Words 1. lift 2. paper 3. rank 4. safe 5. fold

6. spit 7. fire 8. horn 9. Mars 10. sift


1. tend 2. pulp 3. refer 4. soft 5. silver 6. makes 7. input 8. wrap 9. birth 10. cork

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. winter 2. waffle 3. offend 4. banker 5. silver 6. sleep 7. topic 8. pupil 9. error 10. shaft

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. soft 2. offset 3. bank 4. pull 5. clap 6. carpet 7. bark 8. order 9. inform 10. hike

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UNIT 5: Consonants (c,h,j,v,w,y) Corresponds with SRA Phonics 2 - Lesson 5, pgs 9-10

Pre-Test Words 1. cup 2. help 3. wing 4. walk 5. visit

6. hippo 7. jar 8. copy 9. junk 10. vow


1. watch 2. happy 3. yarn 4. chalk 5. wasp 6. jab 7. carry 8. jury 9. woven 10. vent

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. judge 2. violin 3. horse 4. juggle 5. yogurt 6. warn 7. yacht 8. cattle 9. pivot 10. value

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. yawn 2. wag 3. weld 4. jag 5. cast 6. chin 7. jigsaw 8. volt 9. vowel 10. habit

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UNIT 6: Consonants (qu,x,z) Corresponds with SRA Phonics 2 - Lesson 6, pgs 11-12

Pre-Test Words 1. lox 2. pox 3. ax 4. mix 5. zero

6. zing 7. zap 8. buzz 9. quit 10. quiz


1. quart 2. quack 3. quick 4. zebra 5. wax 6. dozen 7. zipper 8. lazy 9. flex 10. equal

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. quarter 2. quarrel 3. question 4. zigzag 5. x-ray 6. complex 7. inquire 8. zesty 9. plaza 10. simplex

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. quiver 2. quad 3. jazz 4. fix 5. quilt 6. liquid 7. zest 8. fuzz 9. crazy 10. affix

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 7: Vowels - Short a

Corresponds with SRA Phonics 2 - Lessons 9-11, pgs 17-22 Pre-Test Words

1. cat 2. sad 3. that 4. fat 5. lad

6. sat 7. bang 8. lab 9. hand 10. Pam


1. mat 2. pan 3. dad 4. jam 5. man 6. bag 7. lap 8. rag 9. bat 10. sap

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. smash 2. quack 3. splash 4. splat 5. track 6. brag 7. slap 8. plan 9. aunt 10. stand

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. cap 2. fad 3. ran 4. rat 5. pat 6. tag 7. yam 8. tap 9. van 10. band

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 8: Vowels - Short i

Corresponds with SRA Phonics 2 - Lesson 12-14, pgs 23-28 Pre-Test Words

1. bid 2. did 3. dip 4. will 5. miss

6. hill 7. win 8. sip 9. pin 10. pit


1. lip 2. bit 3. kiss 4. sick 5. tin 6. wig 7. mill 8. kid 9. kit 10. milk

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. igloo 2. mitten 3. inch 4. silk 5. iguana 6. winter 7. fish 8. wind 9. this 10. spill

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 11. tick 12. bill 13. ship 14. him 15. rip 16. hid 17. fill 18. fig 19. zip 20. spin

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 9: Vowels - Short o

Corresponds with SRA Phonics 2 - Lessons 15-17, pgs 30-35 Pre-Test Words

1. hop 2. dock 3. pod 4. boss 5. rock

6. mop 7. pot 8. doll 9. rot 10. cob


1. cop 2. dot 3. toss 4. lock 5. stop 6. nod 7. fox 8. log 9. blog 10. off

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. flock 2. dolphin 3. gumdrop 4. clot 5. contest 6. moth 7. shop 8. olive 9. knot 10. moss

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. hot 2. got 3. top 4. loss 5. box 6. pop 7. rod 8. job 9. rob 10. drop

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 10: Vowels - Short e


1. red 2. jet 3. ten 4. pen 5. let

6. get 7. beg 8. yes 9. fell 10. egg


1. fed 2. neck 3. tell 4. web 5. men 6. wet 7. bell 8. less 9. elk 10. sent

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. when 2. stress 3. chest 4. center 5. smell 6. sled 7. dress 8. left 9. dent 10. fence

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. test 2. yell 3. vet 4. bed 5. peg 6. best 7. mess 8. rest 9. elf 10. step

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 11: Vowels - Short u


1. cup 2. dug 3. hum 4. tuck 5. pup

6. hut 7. mud 8. fun 9. jug 10. cut


1. bug 2. sum 3. puff 4. sun 5. duck 6. club 7. rut 8. bun 9. drum 10. rush

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. under 2. yummy 3. plum 4. funny 5. yuck 6. strut 7. lunch 8. brush 9. uncle 10. begun

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. bus 2. tug 3. luck 4. run 5. nut 6. plus 7. rust 8. pump 9. shut 10. jump

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 12: Vowels - Long a (a_e, ai, ay); Trick Spelling = ea like great


1. nail 2. gate 3. bake 4. pail 5. rail

6. main 7. sale 8. bay 9. name 10. way


1. wait 2. great 3. tail 4. rain 5. male 6. lake 7. same 8. plate 9. hay 10. May

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. detail 2. break 3. female 4. crane 5. grain 6. shade 7. bagel 8. snail 9. stay 10. crayon

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. cage 2. lace 3. rave 4. hail 5. paid 6. mail 7. late 8. play 9. tray 10. steak

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 13: Vowels - Long i (ie, i_e, igh)


1. side 2. five 3. kite 4. line 5. tie

6. like 7. dime 8. light 9. ice 10. nice


1. ride 2. wise 3. bike 4. lie 5. right 6. time 7. nine 8. high 9. sight 10. sigh

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. beside 2. write 3. bright 4. combine 5. divide 6. quiet 7. flight 8. invite 9. drive 10. shine

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. might 2. wide 3. vine 4. pie 5. pile 6. alike 7. die 8. file 9. tight 10. hive

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 14 - Week 1: Vowels - Long o (oa, o_e)


1. coat 2. home 3. pole 4. goat 5. bone

6. tote 7. rope 8. note 9. phone

10. go Test - Assigned Pattern Words to Study

Regular List (10) - "Group 1" 1. boat 2. mole 3. rose 4. mope 5. vote 6. oak 7. goal 8. oath 9. cocoa 10. banjo

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. piano 2. potato 3. remote 4. envelope 5. choke 6. coach 7. coal 8. toast 9. scope 10. bloat

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. oat 2. moat 3. hope 4. tone 5. rote 6. soap 7. loaf 8. road 9. alone 10. token

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 14 - Week 2: Vowels - Long o (oe, ow, ough)

Corresponds with Long o Lesson Pre-Test Words

1. low 2. tow 3. flow 4. glow 5. snow

6. toe 7. dough 8. bow 9. show 10. so


1. doe 2. slow 3. crow 4. know 5. though 6. bowl 7. below 8. yellow 9. window 10. own

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. arrow 2. window 3. tomorrow 4. though 5. shadow 6. elbow 7. blown 8. meadow 9. swallow 10. owe

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. foe 2. mow 3. row 4. dough 5. blow 6. stow 7. widow 8. pillow 9. follow 10. grow

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 15: Vowels - Long e (ea, ee, ey);

Trick Pattern ie (2 week unit) Corresponds with SRA Phonics 2 - Lesson 36-38, pgs 72-76

Pre-Test Words 1. meat 2. deed 3. bee 4. weep 5. feed

6. bean 7. seal 8. team 9. key 10. she


1. neat 2. sweet 3. beep 4. field 5. beat 6. meal 7. peace 8. alien 9. piece 10. honey

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. belief 2. monkey 3. treat 4. asleep 5. chief 6. chimney 7. jeans 8. speak 9. queen 10. teeth

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. valley 2. money 3. seat 4. each 5. easy 6. week 7. see 8. peep 9. tree 10. heat

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 16 – Week 1: Vowels - Long u (u, _ue, _u_e)


1. glue 2. use 3. clue 4. June 5. tube

6. rude 7. tune 8. cube 9. due 10. rule


1. cute 2. mule 3. super 4. hue 5. blue 6. duet 7. true 8. fuse 9. ruler 10. unit

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. Tuesday 2. cruel 3. queue 4. union 5. unicorn 6. amuse 7. ruler 8. excuse 9. flute 10. prune

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. duke 2. muse 3. sue 4. fume 5. lute 6. argue 7. fuel 8. dilute 9. refuse 10. cupid

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 16 – Week 2: Vowels - Long u (ew, oo)


1. cool 2. blew 3. new 4. dew 5. drew

6. few 7. soon 8. boot 9. moon 10. zoo


1. food 2. tooth 3. flew 4. chew 5. hoop 6. pool 7. knew 8. view 9. pew 10. proof

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. screw 2. threw 3. rooster 4. balloon 5. sewer 6. jewel 7. spoof 8. curfew 9. goose 10. baboon

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. mood 2. brew 3. zoom 4. stew 5. broom 6. news 7. shoot 8. cashew 9. cartoon 10. mildew

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 17: Hard & Soft Sounds of C

Corresponds with SRA Phonics 2 - Lesson 46, pgs 92-93 Pre-Test Words

1. face 2. pencil 3. cave 4. cake 5. dance

6. call 7. slice 8. cot 9. cub 10. rice


1. space 2. pave 3. city 4. circle 5. fancy 6. camel 7. color 8. colt 9. cuff 10. popcorn

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. cycle 2. brace 3. circus 4. citizen 5. celery 6. candle 7. curtain 8. raccoon 9. octopus 10. factory

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. cell 2. cider 3. Nancy 4. police 5. race 6. care 7. cone 8. curb 9. camera 10. acorn

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 18: Hard and Soft Sounds of G


1. huge 2. germ 3. wage 4. gone 5. gold

6. flag 7. jog 8. hug 9. gel 10. wage


1. frog 2. magic 3. gym 4. golf 5. giant 6. gaze 7. large 8. gavel 9. gain 10. edge

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. engine 2. digital 3. orange 4. badge 5. rigid 6. goes 7. guard 8. kangaroo 9. regular 10. green

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. grace 2. dig 3. guy 4. gave 5. gull 6. stage 7. ledge 8. digit 9. danger 10. clergy

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 19 – Week 1: Consonant Blends with S

(sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, st, sw) Corresponds with SRA Phonics 2 - Lesson 49, pgs 98-99

Pre-Test Words 1. spun 2. skim 3. stop 4. smog 5. snap

6. scoop 7. stem 8. swan 9. scar 10. small


1. scale 2. snack 3. smart 4. skin 5. spark 6. stair 7. stove 8. sway 9. scale 10. skip

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. switch 2. skunk 3. smudge 4. smooth 5. sneeze 6. sponge 7. starch 8. skillet 9. scooter 10. steady

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. scuba 2. stamp 3. state 4. spoil 5. spend 6. swap 7. swim 8. sneak 9. skirt 10. scarf

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 19 – Week 2: Consonant Blends with L & R

(bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl, br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr) Corresponds with SRA Phonics 2 - Lesson 50-51, pgs 100-103

Pre-Test Words 1. clip 2. crab 3. glass 4. slug 5. prove

6. drip 7. flat 8. slick 9. grant 10. drink


1. float 2. black 3. fling 4. crib 5. group 6. pride 7. trail 8. train 9. grass 10. fresh

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. prince 2. grasshopper 3. freckle 4. plastic 5. slumber 6. flower 7. climate 8. blizzard 9. trumpet 10. bridge

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. brown 2. crust 3. dream 4. friend 5. grime 6. block 7. closet 8. flush 9. glance 10. plant

1st Grade Word Study UNIT 19 – Week 3: Beginning Blends with Tw & 3 Letters

(tw, scr, squ, spl, spr, str, thr) Corresponds with SRA Phonics 2 - Lesson 52, pgs 105-106

Pre-Test Words 1. splat 2. scrub 3. spring 4. strap 5. twin

6. split 7. sprain 8. squad 9. stripe 10. throw


1. twenty 2. scream 3. splash 4. spread 5. square 6. straw 7. throne 8. stride 9. three 10. twist

Challenge List (10) - "Group 2" 1. twelve 2. screwdriver 3. splatter 4. sprinkler 5. squirrel 6. strawberry 7. stride 8. thrust 9. twinkle 10. sprawl

Test - New Pattern Words for ALL Students (10) 1. twig 2. sprig 3. splice 4. screen 5. twister 6. squeak 7. strand 8. thrash 9. stripe 10. sprint

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