Word Activities: Use Trick words, glued sound words, cvc words or number words
Pick one activity and five words from the word list.
Capitals Only!
Write your words using only uppercase letters.
A,E,I,O,U
Use a pencil to write your words and then trace the vowels in red crayon.
Scrabble it!
Build your words with scrabble tiles and count up your score.
Measure
Write your words from shortest to longest.
Word Hunt!
Search for your word in a book. Count how many times you find it on one page.
Sentence Writing
Write each word in a new sentence, or make a silly sentence using all 5 words.
Contraction Action
Write 3 contractions. What words make up each contraction.
I’m = I am
It’s = it is
Memory Game
Pick 5 words and write each word twice on paper twice, so that each word has two cards. Palace cards word down and on your turn pick 2. If they match, keep the cards.
Tic Tac Toe
Use a word instead of X/O to play the game.
Grade 1 Trick Words
Unit 2
the a and is his of
Unit 3
as had to into we he she be me for or
Unit 4
you your I they was one said
Unit 5
from have do does
Unit 6
were are who what when where there here
Unit 7
why by my try put two too very also some come
Unit 8
would could should her over number
Unit 9
say says see between each
Unit 10
any many how now down out about our
Unit 11
friend other another none nothing
Unit 12
people month little been own want Mr. Mrs.
Unit 13
work word write being their first look good new
Unit 14
water called day may way
Fundations Glued Sounds: Pick a consonet and create words using a glued sound.
EX. can, fan, man, han (silly words are acceptable)
am
an
all
ank
onk
ink
unk
ang
ong
ung
Short A: cab, dab, gab, jab, lab, nab, tab, bad, dad, fad, had, lad, mad, pad, sad, tad, bag, gag, hag, lag, mag, nag, rag, sag, tag, wag, bam, dam, ham, jam, ram, yam, ban, can, fan, man, pan, ran, tan, van, cap, gap, lab, map, nap, rap, sap, tap, yap, zap, bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, vat, max, tax, wax, pal, gal, gas
Short E: bed, fed, red, wed, zed, beg, keg, leg, beg, den, hen, men, pen, ten, bet, get, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, vet, wet, web, gem, hem, yes
Short I: bid, did, hid, kid, lid, rid, big, dig, fig, gig, pig, rig, wig, zig, dim, him, rim, bin, din, fin, sin, tin, win, dip, hip, lip, nip, rip, sip, tip, zip, bit, fit, hit, kit, sit, wit, fix, mix, six
Short O: cob, gob, job, mob, rob, sob, bog, cog, dog, fog, hog, jog, log, bop, cop, hop, mop, pop, top, cot, dot, got, hot, jot, lot, not, pot, rot, tot, box, fox, pox, rod, sod, mom
Short U: dud, cud, dud, mud, bug, dug, hug, jug, lug, mug, pug, rug, tug, bum, gum, hum, mum, sum, tum, bun, fun, gun, nun, pun, run, sun, but, cut, gut, hut, jut, nut, rut, bus, cup, pup
zero
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nineten
eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
twenty
The link has examples of grids that you can print off at home to practice writing letters and words.