Literacy

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. 

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