Literacy in First Grade consists of the following:

Phonics skills, spelling patterns, sentence writing, reading fluency & comprehension.

Check your child's folder each night for worksheets & stories that can help them practice these fundamentals.


High Frequency Words

Journeys 2019


Kindergarten review words

Group 1 I, the, like, and, see, a, we, to, come, you

Group 2 what, with, are, my, now, is, will, how, be, find

Group 3 go, this, for, of, into, so, that, many, your, where

Group 4 who, from, here, came, they, but, soon, on, up, make

Group 5 she, play, all, said, he, good, no, them, over, give

Group 6 her, say, when, new, some, was, away, then, must, ate

Group 7 by, could, there, do, look, down, out, have, off, help

Group 8 take, went, very, only, their, little, saw, just, put one

Group 9 our, every, day, ask, too, walk, show

The following color words will also be reviewed : red, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple, black, brown

Unit 1

Lesson 1 and, be, help, play, with, you

Lesson 2 for, have, he, look, too, what

Lesson 3 do, find, funny, sing, no, they

Lesson 4 all, does, here, me, my, who

Lesson 5 friend, full, good, hold, many, pull

Unit 2

Lesson 6 away, call, come, every, hear, said

Lesson 7 animal, how, make, of, some, why

Lesson 8 her, now, our, she, today, would

Lesson 9 after, draw, pictures, read, was, write

Lesson 10 eat, give, one, put, small, take

Unit 3

Lesson 11 blue, cold, far, little, live, their, water, where

Lesson 12 been, brown, know, never, off, out, own, very

Lesson 13 down, fall, goes, green, grow, new, open, yellow

Lesson 14 four, five, into, over, starts, three, two, watch

Lesson 15 bird, both, eyes, fly, long, or, those, walk

Unit 4

Lesson 16 around, because, before, bring, carry, light, show, think

Lesson 17 about, by, car, could, don't, maybe, sure, there

Lesson 18 first, food, ground, right, sometimes, these, under, your

Lesson 19 done, great, laugh, paper, soon, talk, were, work

Lesson 20 door, more, mother, old, try, use, want, wash

Unit 5

Lesson 21 few, night, loudly, window, noise, story, shall, world

Lesson 22 baby, begins, eight, follow, learning, until, years, young

Lesson 23 again, along, began, boy, father, house, nothing, together

Lesson 24 ready, country, soil, kinds, Earth, almost, covers, warms

Lesson 25 buy, city, family, myself, party, please, school, seven

Unit 6

Lesson 26 above, bear, even, pushed, studied, surprised, teacher, toward

Lesson 27 always, different, enough, happy, high, near, once, stories

Lesson 28 across, ball, cried, head, heard, large, second, should

Lesson 29 caught, took, listen, thought, minute, beautiful, idea, friendship

Lesson 30 brothers, everyone, field, loved, most, only, people, sorry


Spelling

Journeys 2019


Unit 1

Lesson 1 am, at, sat, man, dad, mat

Sentence : I am a pal.

Lesson 2 if, is, him, rip, fit, pin

Sentence : I see him.

Lesson 3 log, dot, top, hot, lot, ox

Sentence: ​The log is on top.

Lesson 4 yet, web, pen, wet, leg, hen

Sentence: The web is wet.

Lesson 5 up, bug, mud, nut, hug, tub

Sentence: ​The bug is in the mud.

Unit 2

Lesson 6 an, bad, can, had, cat, ran, add, pass

Sentence: The cat ran fast.

Lesson 7 in, will, did, sit, six, big, trip, grin

Sentence: We will go on a trip.

Lesson 8 on, got, fox, pop, not, hop, block, clock

Sentence: The fox did not hop.

Lesson 9 yes, let, red, ten, bed, get, sled, step

Sentence: The red sled is wet.

Lesson 10 us, sun, but, fun, bus, run, jump, must

Sentence: I must run to get on the bus.​

Unit 3

Lesson 11 that, then, this, them, with, bath, thick, tenth

Sentence: ​The dog is with that man.

Lesson 12 chin, chop, much, chip, rich, chick, match, pitch

Sentence: We can see the chick.

Lesson 13 ship, shop, which, when, whip, fish, shell, graph

Sentence: We got a fish at the shop.


Lesson 14 came, make, brave, late, gave shape, waves, chases

Sentence: Can you make a shape with this?

Lesson 15 time, like, kite, bike, white, drive, stripe, mice

Sentence: I​ like to ride my bike.

Unit 4

Lesson 16 so, go, home, hole, no, rope, joke, bone, stove, poke, chose, wrote

Sentence: ​The dog chose the bone.

Lesson 17 me, be, read, feet, tree, keep, eat, mean, sea, these, street, please

Sentence: ​I like to swim in the sea.

Lesson 18 play, grain, sail, mail, rain, way, day, stay, may, pain, paint, spray

Sentence: Can we play in the rain?

Lesson 19 show, row, grow, low, blow, snow, boat, coat, road, toad, flown, toast

Sentence: The snow is on the road.

Lesson 20 bedtime, sunset, bathtub, sailboat, flagpole, backpack, playpen, raincoat, inside, himself, rowboat, homemade

Sentence: He went inside to get his raincoat.

Unit 5

Lesson 21 far, arm, yard, art, jar, bar, barn, bark, card, yarn, smart, chart

Sentence: The barn is far from the yard.

Lesson 22 her, fern, girl, sir, stir, bird, fur, hurt, turn, third, curl, first

Sentence: The girl hurt her arm.

Lesson 23 look, book, good, hook, brook, took, foot, shook, wood, hood, crook, hoof

Sentence:

Lesson 24 soon, new, noon, zoo, boot, too, moon, blew, soup, you, grew, scoop

Sentence:

Lesson 25 how, now, cow, owl, ouch, house, found, out, gown, town

Sentence:

Unit 6

Lesson 26 mix, mixed, hop, hopped, hope, hoping, run, running, use, used, writing, grabbed

Sentence:

Lesson 27 hard, harder, hardest, fast, faster, fastest, slow, slower, slowest, sooner, shorter, shortest

Sentence:

Lesson 28 my, try, sky, fly, by, dry, pie, cried, night, light, myself, brighter

Sentence:

Lesson 29 sad, sadly, slow, slowly dust, dusty, trick, tricky, help, helpful, quickly, hopeful

Sentence:

Lesson 30 even, open, begin, baby, tiger, music, paper, zero, table, below, because, silent

Sentence: