Great Book Series for First Graders

Scholastic Branches Books

Fox Tails

Nate the Great

Junie B Jones

A to Z Mysteries

The Princess in Black

Henry and Mudge

Press Start

Unicorn and Yeti

Elephant and Piggie

Biscuit

Fly Guy

Little Critter

Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot

Frog and Toad

Owl Diaries

Narwhal and Jelly

Magic Treehouse

Flat Stanley

Each unit in the Superkids Reading Program focuses on sound spelling patterns and memory words. Sound spelling words and memory words are those that students are expected to read and spell fluently.

Superkids Parent Letter

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Info

Unit 1 - Memory and Sound Spelling Words

I

my

she

her

he

his

ch

bunch lunch

inch pinch

ranch branch

chip chop

chick check

sh

fish wish

rush brush

Unit 2 - Memory and Sound Spelling Words

who

what

which

why

where

when

wh

(memory words)

sh

cash dash

crash trash

th

this that

thin think

thank bath

path math

cloth moth

Unit 3 - Memory and Sound Spelling Words

do

a

how

have

me

show

ng

king sing

thing hang

bang sang

long song

hung sung

le

bubble little

candle pickle

Unit 4 - Memory and Sound Spelling Words

look

your

the

was

are

for

er

after never

better winter

summer

ed

rested twisted

planted printed

acted

Unit 5 - Memory and Sound Spelling Words

there

from

be

to

we

or

base + ing

helping asking

hugging shopping

grinning flipping

stepping

base + ed

helped asked

hugged shopped

grinned flipped

stepped

Unit 6 - Memory and Sound Spelling Words

said

only

you

out

of

here

Long vowel sounds

go no

so be

he she

we hi

flu

Magic e

game same

ride side

Unit 7 - Memory and Sound Spelling Words

oh

any

day

good

very

want

Plural (s)

bakes cakes

makes takes

snakes bikes

likes hikes

hopes ropes

-ing and -ed to CVCe

baking baked

smiling smiled

Unit 8 - Memory and Sound Spelling Words

one

new

were

some

could

would

Vowel Teams

oa

boat load

road float

coat

ai

mail rain

tail train

nail

Vowel Teams

ie

tie

ue

blue

ee

keep

ea

heat

Unit 9 - Memory and Sound Spelling Words

boy

two

about

girl

over

before

four

Contractions

n't

isn't didn't

hasn't hadn't

aren't wasn't

weren't haven't

couldn't wouldn't

Contractions

irregular n't

don't

won't

can't

Unit 10 - Memory and Sound Spelling Words

down

too

work

many

first

y (sounds like i)

by fly

try cry

y (sounds like e)

belly jelly

smelly bunny

funny sunny

ay

say may

ier

happier

iest

happiest

Unit 11 - Memory and Sound Spelling Words

their

now

always

because

been

Contractions

'm

I'm

'll

I'll she'll

he'll you'll

's

she's he's

it's

Contractions

're

you're we're

Long vowel trickers

paper even

silent open

super

Unit 12 - Memory and Sound Spelling Words

our

come

put

coming

they

all

call mall

small stall

wall baseball

basketball hallway

fallen taller

aw

law saw

dawn lawn

crawl

Unit 13 - Memory and Sound Spelling Words

does

cold

again

know

both

laugh

Bossy R

ar

far hard

star card

car

or

corn born

sport short

horn

Bossy R

ur

turn burn

ir

bird third

Unit 14 - Memory and Sound Spelling Words

kind

buy

find

right

wash

light

oil

oil boil

soil

oin

coin join

oint

point joint

oy

joy toy

boy

Soft C

ace

face place

Soft G

age

cage page

Unit 15 - Memory and Sound Spelling Words

warm

walk

once

give

done

oud

loud cloud

proud

ound

found round

sound

own

town clown

brown frown

ow

low blow

grow slow

snow

Unit 16 - Memory and Sound Spelling Words

live

eight

old

hold

write

oo (long)

moon spoon

room broom

oo (short)

book took

shook

hood wood

stood