First Grade Reading — Complete Word List
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🐱 Unit 1 — Short Vowel CVC Words
Short a
🐱cat
🎩hat
🗺️map
🌀fan
🦇bat
🚐van
Short i
🐷pig
🪑sit
🦈fin
🤐zip
💇wig
🥊hit
Short o
🐶dog
🔥hot
🧹mop
Short u
🐛bug
☀️sun
☕cup
Short e
🛏️bed
🐔hen
🕸️web
🥅net
🖊️pen
🦵leg
Sight Words
the
a
and
is
it
in
to
you
of
he
we
see
30 words · 18 decodable · 12 sight
🧱 Unit 2 — Consonant Blends
L-Blends (bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl)
🚩flag
👏clap
🛷sled
🟢blob
🍇plum
😊glad
R-Blends (br, cr, dr, fr, gr, tr)
🐸frog
🥁drum
🦀crab
🧳trip
🤏grab
🎩brim
S-Blends (sk, sn, sp, st, sw)
🛑stop
🌀spin
🫰snap
🏊swim
👟step
🤸skip
Final Blends (-nd, -mp, -st, -ft, -nt)
🪺nest
💡lamp
✋hand
⛺tent
🎁gift
🤸jump
Sight Words
have
like
they
was
are
said
for
on
his
do
one
my
36 words · 24 decodable · 12 sight
🦷 Unit 3 — Digraphs
sh words
🚢ship
🏚️shed
🛒shop
ch words
😁chin
🪓chop
🐤chick
th words
📏thin
👫them
👉that
📍this
wh words
🍦whip
🕐when
Ending -ck
🦆duck
🧦sock
Glued Sounds (-ng, -nk)
💍ring
🤴king
🎵song
🎤sing
🏦bank
😉wink
Sight Words
she
with
what
there
that
when
this
from
your
who
were
or
30 words · 18 decodable · 12 sight
✨ Unit 4 — Silent E (Magic E)
a_e (long a)
🎂cake
🏞️lake
📛name
i_e (long i)
🚲bike
🪁kite
🙈hide
o_e (long o)
🦴bone
🏠home
👃nose
🪢rope
u_e (long u)
🧊cube
🧪tube
Sight Words
come
some
make
give
here
where
little
very
put
want
saw
now
24 words · 12 decodable · 12 sight
👥 Unit 5 — Vowel Teams
ai / ay (long a)
🌧️rain
✉️mail
🐕tail
⚽play
🍽️tray
🌅day
ee / ea (long e)
🌳tree
🦶feet
🌱seed
📖read
🫘bean
🍃leaf
oa / ow (long o)
⛵boat
🛣️road
❄️snow
🌱grow
igh (long i)
🌙night
💡light
Sight Words
about
many
out
how
water
two
first
new
then
them
so
no
30 words · 18 decodable · 12 sight
⭐ Unit 6 — R-Controlled Vowels
ar
⭐star
💳card
🌾farm
or
🍴fork
📯horn
🌽corn
er
🌿fern
🐄herd
ir
🐦bird
👧girl
ur
🏄surf
🤕hurt
Sight Words
people
into
over
after
again
away
any
around
our
her
him
work
24 words · 12 decodable · 12 sight
🦉 Unit 7 — More Vowel Patterns
oo (long — as in moon)
🌙moon
🍕food
😎cool
oo (short — as in book)
📖book
👀look
🪵wood
ou / ow (as in "out" and "cow")
📢loud
🏘️town
🐮cow
oi / oy
🪙coin
🌱soil
🧸toy
y as a Vowel (long i)
🪰fly
🌤️sky
😢cry
🌵dry
🕵️spy
🍳fry
Sight Words
does
goes
done
gone
walk
talk
four
buy
only
today
before
right
30 words · 18 decodable · 12 sight
🏆 Unit 8 — Putting It All Together
Two-Syllable Compound Words
🌅sunset
🦇batman
🌭hotdog
🧁cupcake
🎒backpack
⛰️hilltop
-ing Words
🤸jumping
🌧️raining
😴sleeping
📖reading
🎣fishing
⛺camping
Sight Words
could
would
should
because
every
friend
once
upon
love
both
found
great
24 words · 12 decodable · 12 sight
Full-Year Summary
| Unit | Decodable | Sight | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 — Short Vowel CVC | 18 | 12 | 30 |
| 2 — Consonant Blends | 24 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 — Digraphs | 18 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 — Silent E | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 — Vowel Teams | 18 | 12 | 30 |
| 6 — R-Controlled | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| 7 — More Vowel Patterns | 18 | 12 | 30 |
| 8 — Putting It Together | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Total | 132 | 96 | 228 |
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