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: