🍁 Canadian spelling
Grade 1 Spelling Words (Canadian)
A free Grade 1 spelling list for Canadian classrooms: short, high-frequency words that 6-year-olds learn to read and write in their first year of school.
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🍁 Canadian note: Grade 1 focuses on common sight words and simple phonics patterns. Even at this stage, Canadian classrooms use colour and centre, so it pays to start right from the beginning.
The Grade 1 list
Sight words every Grade 1 student needs
theandcan
shewasare
alltheysaid
Short vowel words (CVC)
catdogbig
hoprunsun
hatsitmud
Simple action words
jumpplayhelp
lookmakecome
likewillhave
Turn this list into test practice
Reading words on a list is very different from spelling them on a test. Put these exact words into the games, hear each one read aloud in Canadian English, and get a readiness score before test day.
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