Reading and Phonics

Phonics Based Spelling
  • Use learned phonics strategies to spell rather than memorization
    • Except for most sight words!
  • Requiring skills taught to be transferred to writing
  • No spelling tests

First Grade Mondo No Excuse Words

Below is a cumulative list of words students will be learning to read in school and will need to practice at home. Please put each of these words on flash cards and practice them daily. Say the word, spell it out loud as they look at each letter, and then say it again (and, a-n-d, and). Students are not responsible for learning to spell all of these, just be able to read them.

 you
come
want
to
said
from
have
of 
been
they
has
were
does
any 
there
was
who 
good
your 
find
as
many
his
one
about 
two
some
pretty
other 
four
give
what

again
their
away
please
would
could
should
both
buy
hers
because
kind
most
goes
friend
o’clock
mother
father
why
sister
brother
clothes
more
only
color
people 
family 
thought
once
walk
love
every 

those
wash
full 
today
often
early 
money
around
water
though
warm
along
heard
laugh
anything
nothing
something
done
woman
pull
another
heard 
enough
together 
sure
eight
almost
head
animals
behind 
door
bear