spelling Words
All students should know these sight words by the start of second grade. Please practice these words until you know them by heart -in a snap! Here is the list of words you need to know:
after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, going, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when
Click here for some helpful ideas for practicing sight words at home...
Students also can try these activities:
make flash cards (scroll down to second grade there are 5 sheets of flash cards)
read them in a sentence (scroll down to second grade there are 5 sheets of sentences)
hide them around the house on sticky notes and play "shout it out" when they find one
time themselves reading them as quickly as possible