Spelling

Spelling tests will typically be on Fridays with one spelling unit done every week or every other week. The lists begin with first grade review words and progressively get more challenging. Spelling lists will be sent home on spelling weeks, but all words are listed below for your convenience. The purpose of the tests are to track each student's understanding of phonics/spelling patterns. If there should be a change in spelling for a particular week, it will be noted in your child's Homework Folder.  

Although some students and parents believe spelling is a subject of the past due to being able to use technology such as spell check and google, the truth is... students still need to be able to spell. Most importantly on their college entrance exams such as the SATs and ACTs where no technology is permitted, students must be able to spell independently.  This time seems to be a very long way off from second grade, but from the first day of kindergarten, the goal of educators is to get students "college" ready.  With this in mind, we will do our best to help your second graders in this subject area. However, to be completely successful, practice must take place in school AND at home. Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.

Units 1 and 2 (short vowel review)-practice test only

Tricky Words 1: Sight words-1st test!

were their over under first what how why because was said

Unit 3 

cake mine plate size ate grape prize wipe line pile rake gave bike race while mistake

Unit 4

doze nose use rose pole close cute woke rode role tune home joke wrote ice cube mule

Unit 5

spin clap grade swim place last test skin drag glide just stage slip drive climb price

Unit 6

next end camp sank sing drink hunt stand long stamp pond bring young friend jump left

Unit 7

rock black trick kick full dress neck add spell stuck class doll off will across pocket

Unit 8

dish than chest such thin push shine chase white while these flash which then catch thumb

Unit 9

liked using riding chased spilled making closed hoping baked hiding standing asked teasing knocking mixed sleeping

Tricky Words 1: Sight words

were their over under first what how why because was said

Unit 10

I'm don't isn't can't we'll it's I've didn't you're that's wasn't you've they're  wouldn't them us

Unit 11

hens eggs ducks bikes boxes wishes dresses names bells stamps dishes grapes jets frogs stitches fences

"Tricky Words"-2

 they where really  girl  went your maybe favorite several together before great themselves either very

Unit 12

pay wait paint train pail clay tray plain stain hay gray away stay day raisin birthday

Unit 13-N/A

Unit 14

float goat flow grow own so both most coach know soap loan swallow ocean loaf throw

Unit 15 

cannot pancake maybe baseball playground someone myself classroom sunshine outside upon nothing into inside nobody everywhere

 PW Spelling Unit 1

smaller traffic battle tennis middle blossom lesson tunnel channel happen borrow dinner

PW Spelling-Unit 2

dinner  diner  hopping  hoping  supper  super  tapping  taping  starring  staring  better  penny

PW Spelling-Unit 3

turtle uncle sample wobble stumble waddle rattle mumble freckle noodle puddle dribble    scribble scramble

Shape Spelling List:

prism,cylinder,sphere,pyramid,cube,cone,rhombus,pentagon,hexagon,quadrilateral,heptagon,nonagon ,decagon

PW Spelling-Unit 5

judge hedge fudge ledge edge badge bridge change cage page huge age

PW Spelling-Unit 6

brick quick thick stick lick trick music comic traffic public panic sonic