First grade students are expected to spell at least 75 of the following words correctly by the end of the school year. These words are added each week to the class word wall along with other common first grade words.
| I | went | or | love |
| a | come | will | day |
| is | that | not | us |
| in | was | if | old |
| am | here | out | off |
| to | has | so | say |
| of | with | said | don't |
| like | as | did | away |
| see | his | its | put |
| the | be | into | took |
| my | an | them | end |
| we | had | got | your |
| and | no | red | let |
| at | are | yes | big |
| he | but | may | good |
| on | mom | then | dog |
| up | have | do | some |
| look | by | over | from |
| go | they | man | there |
| this | get | cat | now |
| it | she | back | play |
| me | all | going | thing |
| can | her | just | down |
| you | dad | people | made |
| for | him | how | make |