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Spelling lists by phonics pattern
15 ready lists. Each one opens with its weekly packet ready to download.
| Pattern | Suggested grade | 10 words | 5 challenge words | Closest standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVC short a | K to 1 | cat, hat, map, bag, jam, van, sad, tap, ran, wag | flag, clap, trap, snack, plant | RF.K.3.b, L.K.2.d |
| CVC short e | K to 1 | bed, red, hen, pet, leg, web, jet, ten, wet, men | sled, nest, tent, step, bell | RF.K.3.b, L.K.2.d |
| CVC short i | K to 1 | pig, sit, lip, pin, big, fin, hid, six, dig, zip | swim, clip, milk, spin, twig | RF.K.3.b, L.K.2.d |
| CVC short o | K to 1 | dog, hot, mop, box, log, pot, top, fox, job, hop | frog, stop, pond, drop, sock | RF.K.3.b, L.K.2.d |
| CVC short u | K to 1 | sun, bug, cup, mud, run, tub, hug, nut, bus, cut | drum, plug, jump, truck, lunch | RF.K.3.b, L.K.2.d |
| Silent e: a_e (long a) | 1 | cake, name, gate, made, lake, game, tape, wave, safe, late | plane, grape, shake, brave, skate | RF.1.3.c, L.1.2.d |
| Silent e: i_e (long i) | 1 | bike, time, five, kite, ride, line, hide, nine, mice, dime | slide, smile, prize, shine, white | RF.1.3.c, L.1.2.d |
| Silent e: o_e (long o) | 1 | home, bone, rope, nose, hole, note, joke, vote, rode, cone | stone, smoke, globe, froze, those | RF.1.3.c, L.1.2.d |
| Vowel team ai and ay | 1 to 2 | rain, mail, wait, tail, paint, day, play, stay, may, say | train, snail, spray, today, chain | RF.1.3.c, RF.2.3.b |
| Vowel team ee and ea | 1 to 2 | see, feet, green, sleep, tree, eat, sea, bean, team, leaf | street, cheese, dream, clean, beach | RF.1.3.c, RF.2.3.b |
| Vowel team oa and ow | 1 to 2 | boat, coat, road, soap, goat, snow, grow, low, show, slow | toast, float, throw, window, yellow | RF.1.3.c, RF.2.3.b |
| Digraphs sh, ch, th, wh | 1 | ship, shop, fish, chin, much, chop, this, bath, when, whip | shell, lunch, think, which, brush | RF.1.3.a, L.1.2.d |
| Beginning blends | 1 | flag, frog, stop, slip, drum, clap, grab, spin, plan, trip | stamp, crisp, blend, frost, print | RF.1.3.b, L.1.2.d |
| Endings -ed and -ing | 1 to 2 | jumped, played, helped, looked, wanted, jumping, playing, helping, looking, reading | hopped, stopped, running, making, smiled | RF.1.3.f, L.1.2.d |
| R-controlled ar and or | 1 to 2 | car, star, farm, park, hard, for, corn, fork, horn, storm | shark, start, sport, north, porch | L.1.2.d, L.2.2.d |
What the standard codes say
- RF.K.3.b: Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
- L.K.2.d: Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
- RF.1.3.a: Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs.
- RF.1.3.b: Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
- RF.1.3.c: Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
- RF.1.3.f: Read words with inflectional endings.
- L.1.2.d: Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
- RF.2.3.b: Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
- L.2.2.d: Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
Wording checked on 2026-11-10 against the English Language Arts standards document published by the Council of Chief State School Officers. Suggested grades and the match between a list and a code are our reading, not an official alignment. Spellwren is not affiliated with the standards' authors.