SPELLING GRADE 2

SOURCE


Print The Lists. Use one list per school week.


Writing Enough Letters
1. pay
2. play
3. for
4. fort
5. sing
6. spring
7. fat
8. flat
9. bed
10. bend
11. cap
12. camp

Challenge
band
brand
dive
drive



Words with c, k, and ck
1. can
2. could
3. kind
4. like
5. book
6. sick
7. second
8. woke
9. took
10. back
11. pack
12. kick

Challenge
bacon
attic
stuck



Beginning br, gr, st, sw
1. bring
2. break
3. grade
4. stand
5. stick
6. sweet
7. brave
8. brother
9. great
10. ground
11. state
12. swing

Challenge
brushed
grain
staring


Ending mp, nd, nt, sk, st
1. jump
2. and
3. friend
4. went
5. ask
6. just
7. bump
8. land
9. hand
10. different
11. desk
12. must

Challenge
campground
elephant
forest



Adding -s and -es
1. boys
2. girls
3. streets
4. lunches
5. dishes
6. boxes
7. rooms
8. lions
9. nights
10. peaches
11. wishes
12. foxes

Challenge
crumbs
holidays
eyelashes


Review
1. camp
2. fat
3. flat
4. for
5. fort
6. play
7. sing
8. book
9. can
10. could
11. like
12. pack
13. second
14. sick
15. brave
16. brother
17. great
18. ground
19. sweet
20. and
21. desk
22. different
23. jump
24. land
25. boxes
26. boys
27. dishes
28. lions
29. nights
30. wishes



Short e
1. when
2. them
3. tell
4. get
5. men
6. let
7. getting
8. leg
9. presents
10. unless
11. wet
12. dress

Challenge
engine
spend
lettuce



Short a and Short o
1. that
2. have
3. sat
4. of
5. job
6. rock
7. bad
8. van
9. sad
10. spot
11. clock
12. doll

Challenge
action
pocket
bottle



Short i and Short u
1. this
2. its
3. if
4. gum
5. mud
6. shut
7. fit
8. into
9. thing
10. rug
11. bug
12. hunt

Challenge
river
twins
bunch



Adding -ed and -ing
1. want
2. wanted
3. look
4. looking
5. call
6. calling
7. pick
8. picked
9. walk
10. walked
11. watch
12. watching

Challenge
punish
punished
borrow
borrowed



More Words with
-ed and -ing
1. trip
2. tripped
3. run
4. running
5. stop
6. stopping
7. drop
8. dropped
9. hug
10. hugged
11. swim
12. swimming

Challenge
brag
bragged
chop
chopped



Review
1. get
2. getting
3. presents
4. tell
5. them
6. when
7. clock
8. have
9. job
10. rock
11. sat
12. spot
13. that
14. bug
15. gum
16. hunt
17. if
18. into
19. mud
20. shut
21. pick
22. walk
23. walked
24. want
25. watch
26. dropped
27. hug
28. running
29. swim
30. swimming


Using Just Enough Letters
1. was
2. going
3. always
4. a lot
5. next
6. also
7. until
8. upon
9. scared
10. lived
11. stayed
12. across

Challenge
hamster
January
square



Long e
1. read
2. each
3. eat
4. see
5. keep
6. teeth
7. team
8. clean
9. Easter
10. feet
11. between
12. feel

Challenge
least
wreath
kneel



Long a
1. way
2. stay
3. rain
4. wait
5. make
6. take
7. may
8. away
9. paint
10. mail
11. ate
12. baseball

Challenge
yesterday
daily
celebrate



Long i and Long o
1. find
2. right
3. light
4. show
5. own
6. boat

7. mind
8. night
9. high
10. throw
11. goat
12. float

Challenge
fighting
grown
throat


Vowel Sound in moon
1. soon
2. too
3. food
4. new
5. chew
6. grew
7. moon
8. zoo
9. room
10. flew
11. knew
12. blew

Challenge
shampoo
classroom
newspaper


Review
1. a lot
2. always
3. going
4. lived
5. scared
6. upon
7. was
8. each
9. feel
10. feet
11. keep
12. read
13. team
14. ate
15. baseball
16. mail
17. make
18. paint
19. stay
20. boat
21. find
22. high
23. mind
24. right
25. throw
26. flew
27. food
28. moon
29. new
30. soon



Words with Double Consonants
1. happy
2. will
3. full
4. follow
5. add
6. better

7. tall
8. Halloween
9. pretty
10. stuff
11. egg
12. carry

Challenge
sudden
princess
soccer



Beginning ch, sh, th, wh
1. check
2. ship
3. the
4. they
5. what
6. where
7. chair
8. child
9. shirt
10. then
11. there
12. white

Challenge
chased
should
thirty


Ending ch, sh, tch, th
1. much
2. push
3. wash
4. catch
5. with
6. both
7. reach
8. inch
9. which
10. crash
11. pitch
12. bath

Challenge
hopscotch
truth
month



Words with ce and se
1. once
2. place
3. house
4. use
5. please
6. because
7. nice
8. dance
9. race
10. horse
11. those
12. these

Challenge
juice
practice
bruise



Adding -es
1. story
2. stories
3. family
4. families
5. baby
6. babies
7. pony
8. ponies
9. bunny
10. bunnies
11. puppy
12. puppies

Challenge
hobby
hobbies
army
armies



Review
1. egg
2. follow
3. Halloween
4. pretty
5. stuff
6. chair
7. check
8. child
9. ship
10. shirt
11. the
12. they
13. white
14. bath
15. both
16. crash
17. inch
18. much
19. with
20. because
21. horse
22. house
23. once
24. race
25. use
26. bunnies
27. family
28. ponies
29. puppy
30. stories



Including All the Letters
1. very
2. some
3. you
4. their
5. every
6. give
7. before
8. would
9. favorite
10. really
11. through
12. whole

Challenge
February
interesting
remember



Vowel Sound in out
1. out
2. about
3. our
4. found
5. now
6. down
7. mouse
8. round
9. sound
10. town
11. clown
12. how

Challenge
mountain
shower
crowded



Vowel Sound with r
1. far
2. part
3. hard
4. started
5. dark
6. farm
7. arm
8. cart
9. march
10. bark
11. party
12. barn

Challenge
alarm
carve
garbage



More Vowels with r
1. learn
2. first
3. turn
4. hurt
5. her
6. were
7. heard
8. bird
9. girl
10. turtle
11. burn
12. person

Challenge
church
hamburger
perfect



Words That Sound Alike
1. no
2. know
3. to
4. two
5. I
6. eye
7. here
8. hear
9. by
10. buy
11. one
12. won

Challenge
bear
bare
plain
plane



Review
1. before
2. every
3. favorite
4. some
5. through
6. very
7. whole
8. would
9. you
10. about
11. down
12. how
13. out
14. sound
15. town
16. bark
17. hard
18. part
19. started
20. first
21. person
22. were
23. buy
24. by
25. know
26. no
27. one
28. to
29. two
30. won



Compound Words
airplane
myself
birthday
everything
something
outside

bathtub
playground
sunshine
everybody
sometimes
inside

Challenge
spaceship
girlfriend
seashore



Contractions
1. don’t
2. didn’t
3. it’s
4. that’s
5. I’m
6. can’t

7. isn’t
8. wasn’t
9. here’s
10. there’s
11. we’re
12. they’re

Challenge
I’d
would’ve
they’ll



Vowel Sound in ball
1. all
2. small
3. fall
4. thought
5. saw
6. draw

7. ball
8. hall
9. bought
10. brought
11. awful
12. crawl

Challenge
walnut
fought
yawn



Vowel Sound with r and l
1. over
2. after
3. under
4. other
5. people
6. little

7. ever
8. flower
9. another
10. apple
11. purple
12. table

Challenge
number
trouble
gentle



Getting Letters in Correct Order
1. said
2. who
3. again
4. children
5. tried
6. friends

7. goes
8. beautiful
9. aunt
10. special
11. Christmas
12. caught

Challenge
April
cereal
quiet



Review
1. airplane
2. birthday
3. everything
4. inside
5. outside
6. playground
7. sunshine
8. can’t
9. don’t
10. I’m
11. wasn’t
12. we’re
13. ball
14. bought
15. draw
16. saw
17. thought
18. after
19. another
20. flower
21. little
22. people
23. table
24. again
25. beautiful
26. caught
27. friends
28. goes
29. said
30. tried





Cross-Curricular Lessons

Social Studies: Citizenship
rule
safe
agree
obey
fair

Social Studies: Communities
stores
homes
community
neighborhood
schools


Social Studies: Geography
oceans
Earth
globe
continents
map


Social Studies: Transportation
car
bus
airplane
boat
train


Social Studies: Thanksgiving
Indians
Thanksgiving
feast
holiday
Pilgrims


Social Studies: Plains Indians
hunters
village
fields
hides
farmers


Health: Your Body
bones
joints
muscles
brain
nerves


Health: Food for You
energy
fruit
cereal
healthy
vegetable


Health: Keeping Fit
stretch
lungs
climb
exercise
heart


Health: Your Safety
fire alarm
bandage
traffic signal
poisons
accident


Science: Animals
mammal
bird
amphibian
fish
insect


Science: Dinosaurs
flying reptile
meat eater
dinosaur
plant eater
fossils


Science: Matter
matter
solid
liquid
gas
properties


Science: What’s in Space?
sun
star
planet
orbits
moon


Reading: Family and Friends
friend
homesick
hugged
laughing
relatives


Reading: Imagination
giants
sandcastles
jungle
frightened
dragon


Reading: Telling Stories
comics
crayons
mystery
trouble
clever


Reading: Learning About the World
dinosaurs
fingerprints
librarian
sign language
storyteller


Reading: Words for Success
challenge
practice
strength
important
excited


Reading: Words of Adventure
expedition
backpacks
emergency
life jacket
adventures


Mathematics: Addition
add
sum
fact
count on
plus


Mathematics: Subtraction
subtract
difference
minus
count back
equals


Mathematics: Comparing
compare
greater than
less than
fewer
more


Mathematics: Money
penny
nickel
dime
quarter
dollar


Mathematics: Fractions
fraction
fourths
halves
equal parts
thirds


Mathematics: Geometry
shape
circle
square
triangle
rectangle


Work and Play: Firefighter
hoses
alarm
rescue
axes
engine


Work and Play: Doctor
doctor
office
checkup
sick
healthy


Work and Play: Riding Bikes

coast
brakes
handlebars
steer
pedals


Work and Play: Singing

music
voices
solo
chorus
harmony