Spelling -et and -an words

Ages 5–7 · 3 minutes · English

Use flashcards to practice beginner spelling words with the -et and -an pattern

Use flashcards to master spelling words like pet, jet, get, wet, set, fan, man, ran, pan and van. Help Stella the Starfish reach the finish line!

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Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
L.K.2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).

Alabama

ELA21.1.31a — Encode vowel-consonant (VC) and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words, while using some knowledge of basic position-based rules for spelling English words in closed syllables.
ELA21.K.35b — With prompting and support, encode vowel-consonant (VC) and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words, while using some knowledge of basic position-based rules for spelling English words.
ELA21.1.31k — Encode grade-appropriate high frequency words that follow regular phoneme-grapheme correspondences.

Alaska

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

Arizona

K.WF.3.c — Spell VC (Vowel-Consonant) (e.g., at, in) and CVC (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) (e.g., pet, mud) words with short vowel sounds.
1.WF.3.a — Spell common, regular, single-syllable words using:
1.WF.3.a.1 — Short vowels and single consonants.
K.WF.3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills when encoding words.

Arkansas

K.FR.14.PE — Encode one-syllable words with single consonants and all short vowels (e.g., cat, net, hit, pop, pup).
K.FR.16.PE — Encode words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

California

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.

Colorado

RWC20-GR.1-S.3-GLE.4-EO.b.v — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RWC20-GR.1-S.2-GLE.3-EO.c.viii — Use onsets and rimes to create new words (for example: ip to make dip, lip, slip, ship)
RWC20-GR.K-S.3-GLE.4-EO.b.iv — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

Connecticut

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
L.K.2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).

Delaware

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

Florida

ELA.K.F.1.3 — Use knowledge of grade-appropriate phonics and word-analysis skills to decode words accurately. • Demonstrate knowledge of the most frequent sound for each consonant. • Demonstrate knowledge of the short and long sounds for the five major vowels. • Decode consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words. • Encode consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
ELA.1.F.1.3 — Use knowledge of grade-appropriate phonics and word-analysis skills to decode words accurately. • Decode words using knowledge of spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs, trigraphs, and blends. • Decode simple words with r-controlled vowels. • Decode and encode regularly spelled one-syllable words. • Decode words with inflectional endings. • Decode two-syllable words with regular patterns by breaking the words into syllables. • Decode words that use final –e and vowel teams to make long-vowel sound.
ELA.K.C.3.1 — Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.

Georgia

ELAGSE1L2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
ELAGSEKL2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
ELAGSEKL2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

Hawaii

1.L.2d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
K.L.2c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
K.L.2d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

Idaho

1.GC.M.3a — Use conventional spelling for words with common, taught spelling patterns and frequently occurring irregular words.
1.GC.M.3 — Use knowledge of spelling in writing.
K.GC.M.3 — Spell words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

Illinois

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
L.K.2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).

Indiana

1.W.8 — Demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on: a. Capitalization – Capitalizing the first word of a sentence, dates, names of people, and the pronoun I. b. Punctuation – I. Correctly using a period, question mark, and exclamation mark at the end of a sentence. II. Using commas in dates and to separate items in a series. c. Encoding – I. Spelling unknown words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions. II. Correctly spelling words with common spelling patterns. III. Correctly spelling common irregularly-spelled, grade-appropriate words (e.g., said, does, gone). (E) Communication and Collaboration
K.W.8 — Demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on: a. Capitalization – Capitalizing the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I. b. Punctuation – Recognizing and naming end punctuation. c. Encoding – Spelling simple words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness.

Iowa

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.1.3.b — Decode and encode regularly spelled one-syllable words with closed syllables and consonant blends.
L.1.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
RF.1.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics, which includes word analysis skills to support decoding and encoding words.

Kansas

W.1.11.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently-occurring irregular words.
W.K.11.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short vowel sounds.
W.K.11.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of letter-sound relationships.

Kentucky

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

Louisiana

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

Maine

L.2.1.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.2.K.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
L.2.K.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

Maryland

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

Massachusetts

L.1.2.e — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.e — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Michigan

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
L.K.2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Minnesota

1.2.1.2 — Accurately spell words in common word families and high-frequency words; use phonetic spelling for other words.
0.1.1.2.a — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words: decode words using one-to-one letter sound correspondences in three-phoneme CVC words and knowledge of word families, demonstrating both accuracy and automaticity.
0.2.1.2 — Demonstrate one-to-one letter-sound correspondence.

Mississippi

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
L.K.2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).

Missouri

1.L.1.B.e — spell words using regular spelling patterns
1.L.1.B.f — spell words phonetically using phonemic awareness and spelling knowledge
K.RF.3.A.a — producing and writing letter(s) for most short vowel and consonant sounds
1.RF.3.A.e — combining sounds from letters and common spelling patterns to create and decode recognizable words

Montana

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

Nebraska

LA.1.F.3.c — Decode and encode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
LA.K.F.3.d — Encode consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
LA.1.F.3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding (spelling) words.
LA.K.FW.2 — Demonstrate sound-letter concepts when writing.

Nevada

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

New Hampshire

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
L.K.2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).

New Jersey

L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding words.

New Mexico

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

New York

KRF3b — Decode short vowel sounds with common spellings.
KRF3c — Decode some regularly spelled one-syllable words.
1RF3c — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
KL2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. (See Notes for grade-band conventions.)

North Carolina

L.K.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the K-1 conventions continuum.
L.1.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the K-1 conventions continuum.
RF.K.3.c — Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.
RF.1.3.d — Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).

North Dakota

K.F.9 — Encode words with phoneme-grapheme correspondences:
K.F.9b — predictable short vowels
K.F.9a — predictable consonants

Ohio

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

Oklahoma

1.2.SE.1 — Students will use correct spelling when writing the following sounds in words: a. consonants b. short vowels c. digraphs d. consonant blends e. vowel-consonant-silent e
1.2.W.4 — Students will correctly spell grade-level, highly decodable words (e.g., cup, like, cart) and common, irregularly spelled sight words (e.g., the) while editing using resources as needed.
K.2.SE.2 — Students will represent all of the sounds in a Consonant/Vowel/Consonant (CVC) word logically in phonetic spelling (e.g., "kat" for cat or "fer" for fur).

Oregon

1.L.2d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
K.L.2d — Spell simple words phonetically.
K.RF.3e — Decode cvc words.
1.RF.3b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Pennsylvania

CC.1.4.K.L — Demonstrate a grade- appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. • Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I. • Recognize and use end punctuation. • Spell simple words phonetically.
CC.1.4.1.L — Demonstrate a grade- appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. • Capitalize dates and names of people. • Use end punctuation; use commas in dates and words in series. • Spell words drawing on common spelling patterns, phonemic awareness, and spelling conventions.
CC.1.1.1.D — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. • Identify common consonant diagraphs, final-e, and common vowel teams. • Decode one- and two-syllable words with common patterns. • Read grade-level words with inflectional endings. • Read grade- appropriate irregularly spelled words.

Rhode Island

L.1.2.e — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.e — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

South Carolina

ELA.K.F.3.8 — Decode and encode words using: a. VC; b. CV; c. CVC; d. consonant digraphs (i.e., ch, sh, th, wh); and e. combination (i.e., qu).
ELA.1.F.3.8 — Decode and encode words using: a. onset/rime; b. consonant blends (i.e., initial and final); c. consonant digraphs (i.e., ch, sh, th, wh, ph, ck); d. trigraphs (e.g., -tch, -dge)*; e. combination (i.e., qu); f. VCe; g. vowel r (e.g., ar, er, ir, or, ur); h. common inflectional endings that do not change the base word (e.g., -s, -ed); i. contractions with am, is, has, and not; j. hard and soft sounds of c and g (c=/k/ before a, o, u, or any consonant and c= /s/ before i, e, or y; g=/g/ before a, o, u, or any consonant and g=/j/ before i, e, or y) *; k. vowel y in the final position of one- and two-syllable words, distinguishing the difference between the long /ī/ sound in one-syllable words and the long /ē/ sound in two-syllable words, and words with vowel y in medial position, producing the short /ĭ/ sound (e.g., fly-my; baby-happy, myth-gym) *; l. words that follow the -ild, -ost, -old, -olt, and -ind patterns (e.g., mild, host, fold, jolt, kind); m. silent letter combinations (e.g., kn, wr, mb, gh, gn) *; n. words with final /f/, /l/, and /s/ sounds in one-syllable base words by doubling the final consonant when it follows a short vowel sound (e.g., cliff, hill, pass); and o. words with final /v/ sound, using knowledge that no English word ends with a v. (e.g. have, give, save).
ELA.K.F.3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding words. (FK -1.3-2.18 LF BR-430)

South Dakota

1.L.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
K.L.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
K.L.2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).

Tennessee

K.FL.WC.4.d — Spell VC (at, in) and CVC (pet, mud) words with short vowels; spell V (a, I) and CV (be, go) words with long vowels.
K.FL.WC.4 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills when encoding words; write legibly.
K.FL.WC.4.b — Write a letter/letters for most consonant and short vowel sounds (phonemes).

Texas

K.2C.i — spelling words with VC, CVC, and CCVC;
K.2C.ii — spelling words using sound-spelling patterns; and
1.2C.iii — spelling words using sound-spelling patterns; and
1.2C.i — spelling words with closed syllables, open syllables, VCe syllables, vowel teams, and r-controlled syllables;

Utah

K.R.3.b — Demonstrate mastery of short vowel sounds (/ă/, /ĕ/, /ĭ/, /ŏ/, /ŭ/) in isolation and in VC and CVC words in singlesyllable words.
K.R.3 — Demonstrate mastery of age-appropriate phonics skills.
1.R.3.b — With prompting and support, identify and begin reading and spelling words with all six syllable types (i.e., open, closed, CVCe, vowel team, vowel-r, consonant -le).

Vermont

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
L.K.2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).

Virginia

1.FFR.3.A — Decode and encode words with short vowels to include blends with digraphs, closed syllables (CVC, CCVC, CVCC, CCVCC).
1.FFW.2.A — Use phoneme-grapheme (sound/symbol) correspondence to encode (spell) single-syllable words containing closed syllables (cvc, ccvc, cvcc, and ccvcc), open syllables (cv, ccv), vowel-consonant-e (cvce, ccvce).
1.LU.2.C — Use conventional spelling of words with commonly taught spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
K.FFW.2.A — Encode (spell) one syllable words with short vowels and one syllable words beginning or ending in a digraph (e.g., ch, sh, th, wh).
1.FFW.2.C — Encode (spell) unfamiliar words by recognizing and applying taught word patterns.

Washington

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
L.K.2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).

Washington, D.C.

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

West Virginia

ELA.1.37.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words. Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.
ELA.K.37.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships
ELA.K.37.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
ELA.K.II.b — Associate common spellings (graphemes) with the five major short vowel sounds.

Wisconsin

ELA.1.L.6.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and draw on phonological awareness and spelling conventions to spell other words phonetically. Related to Reading Foundational standards (RF.1.3).
ELA.1.RF.3.b — Decode and encode regularly spelled one-syllable words (e.g., cat, fox, bet, cup, fit, etc.).
ELA.K.L.6.c — Phonetically spell simple words drawing on knowledge of letter-sound relationships. Related to Reading Foundational standards (RF.K.3).

Wyoming

L.1.2.d — Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.K.2.d — Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
L.K.2.c — Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).