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High-Frequency Words

1st Grade High-Frequency Words

1st Grade High-Frequency Words organizes 84 spellings into 7 sets.

High-frequency describes how often a word appears in reading and writing, not whether its spelling is irregular — many 1st Grade high-frequency words follow familiar sound-spelling patterns, while a smaller number have a specific detail worth extra attention. The sets build cumulatively, with the later sets introducing more of that less-predictable spelling detail than the earlier ones.

Where to begin: Working through the 7 sets in order keeps the word count in each session manageable and matches the gradual rise in spelling difficulty across the inventory.

  1. 1st Grade High-Frequency Words — Set 1 1st Grade Set 1 includes the vowel teams ey in they and ow in down, plus familiar patterns in all and or. Of, said, have, one, and what each have a less expected part to notice. 12 words
  2. 1st Grade High-Frequency Words — Set 2 1st Grade Set 2 uses wh differently in when and who, ends back with ck, and contrasts several short-vowel spellings with long o in no and over. 12 words
  3. 1st Grade High-Frequency Words — Set 3 1st Grade Set 3 pairs why with by, compares ow, ou, and oo vowel spellings, and uses silent e in make and home. 12 words
  4. 1st Grade High-Frequency Words — Set 4 1st Grade Set 4 contrasts the vowel spellings in new, way, and now, applies silent e in time, and marks the less expected parts of where, your, and give. 12 words
  5. 1st Grade High-Frequency Words — Set 5 1st Grade Set 5 compares the vowel teams in out and day, maps several short-vowel words, and gives extra spelling attention to were, want, some, and find. 12 words
  6. 1st Grade High-Frequency Words — Set 6 1st Grade Set 6 uses silent e in more, love, and name, vowel teams in may and need, and familiar consonant endings in most, long, last, and still. 12 words
  7. 1st Grade High-Frequency Words — Set 7 1st Grade Set 7 compares silent-e words, the ar pattern in part and hard, and the ee and oo teams in keep and room alongside several sound-mappable words. 12 words