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Spelling Words for 2nd Graders

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30 weekly 2nd grade spelling lists organized by pattern, each with a printable list, six practice pages, a test and a weekly packet, plus a master list and spelling bee words.

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All 30 spelling lists, a blank test and spelling bee words

The whole year on three pages, a blank test page at 2nd grade size, and 120 spelling bee practice words in easy, medium and hard sets.

Week 1: Short a and short i

track, grass, plant, stamp, snack, trick, twig, print, split, drink, plus the tricky words because and gone. Challenge words: blanket, picnic.

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    Writing the missing pattern letters in spelling words with short a and short i, as in track and twig

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Week 2: Short o, u and e

clock, frost, frog, crust, stuck, shrug, dress, spend, shelf, slept, plus the tricky words guess and wolf. Challenge words: pocket, trumpet.

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Week 3: -ck, -tch and -dge

quick, check, stick, fetch, sketch, patch, badge, edge, bridge, judge, plus the tricky words their and wash. Challenge words: kitchen, hedgehog.

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Week 4: Silent e: a_e and i_e

shade, skate, grape, flame, brave, smile, slide, prize, white, shine, plus the tricky words other and both. Challenge words: escape, inside.

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Week 5: Silent e: o_e and u_e

stone, broke, smoke, globe, froze, flute, rule, huge, tune, prune, plus the tricky words done and front. Challenge words: explode, costume.

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Week 6: Long a: ai and ay

train, snail, brain, chain, afraid, stay, gray, clay, tray, away, plus the tricky words says and eight. Challenge words: explain, holiday.

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Week 7: Long e: ee, ea and y

street, sheep, wheel, dream, beach, speak, teach, happy, puppy, funny, plus the tricky words busy and money. Challenge words: between, season.

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    A full week of spelling practice: long e spelled ee, ea and y, as in sheep, beach and happy

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Week 8: Long o: oa, ow and oe

toast, float, goat, coach, blow, glow, bowl, grown, toe, tiptoe, plus the tricky words whole and touch. Challenge words: rowboat, elbow.

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Week 9: Long i: igh, ie and y

bright, flight, tight, might, pie, tie, lie, sky, dry, shy, plus the tricky words built and lose. Challenge words: midnight, butterfly.

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Week 10: ue and ew

glue, true, clue, rescue, new, grew, drew, flew, chew, stew, plus the tricky words through and whose. Challenge words: nephew, statue.

Week 11: oo as in moon and book

food, noon, tooth, zoo, shoot, foot, wool, shook, hook, cookie, plus the tricky words door and floor. Challenge words: balloon, notebook.

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Week 12: ou and ow

house, mouth, sound, proud, count, crown, clown, brown, howl, crowd, plus the tricky words young and country. Challenge words: mountain, flower.

Week 13: oi and oy

point, join, noise, voice, choice, annoy, destroy, oyster, royal, loyal, plus the tricky words answer and sugar. Challenge words: noisy, toilet.

Week 14: au and aw

haul, sauce, launch, pause, autumn, draw, claw, crawl, yawn, straw, plus the tricky words caught and brought. Challenge words: author, strawberry.

Week 15: ar words

chart, smart, sharp, yard, march, start, party, garden, market, carpet, plus the tricky words learn and early. Challenge words: artist, farmer.

Week 16: or, ore and oar

storm, fork, horse, north, more, store, score, snore, board, roar, plus the tricky words world and worm. Challenge words: morning, explore.

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Week 17: er, ir and ur

herd, perch, serve, shirt, skirt, third, dirt, curl, nurse, burst, plus the tricky words heard and earth. Challenge words: thirsty, surprise.

Week 18: air, are and ear

chair, hair, stairs, pair, care, share, scare, square, bear, wear, plus the tricky words half and watch. Challenge words: repair, airplane.

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Week 19: Soft c and soft g

face, rice, city, pencil, dance, page, cage, large, giant, gem, plus the tricky words ocean and special. Challenge words: circle, giraffe.

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Week 20: Three-letter blends: scr, spr, str

screen, scrub, scream, spring, spray, sprout, sprint, string, strong, stripe, plus the tricky words straight and enough. Challenge words: stretch, sprinkle.

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Week 21: Silent letters: kn, wr, mb

knee, knot, knife, knock, wrap, wrist, wrong, lamb, thumb, climb, plus the tricky words listen and often. Challenge words: knuckle, wrinkle.

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    Putting spelling words in ABC order to the second letter

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    Spelling twelve words and a sentence from dictation

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Week 22: Words with -le

table, bubble, pebble, candle, middle, puddle, noodle, apple, simple, maple, plus the tricky words island and hour. Challenge words: puzzle, giggle.

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Week 23: Plurals: -s and -es

hands, games, rocks, birds, kites, boxes, dishes, lunches, glasses, foxes, plus the tricky words children and though. Challenge words: sandwiches, buses.

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    Writing the missing pattern letters in spelling words with the endings -s and -es, as in hands and boxes

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Week 24: Endings: double the last letter

hopping, running, swimming, sitting, clapping, stopped, hugged, dropped, planned, skipped, plus the tricky words thought and above. Challenge words: shopping, wrapped.

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Week 25: Endings: drop the e

baking, riding, hoping, sliding, waving, smiled, saved, named, raced, joked, plus the tricky words glove and son. Challenge words: skating, chased.

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Week 26: Endings: change y to i

babies, puppies, berries, ponies, cried, tried, dried, carried, happier, easier, plus the tricky words piece and break. Challenge words: families, funnier.

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Week 27: Prefixes un- and re-

unlock, unpack, unhappy, untie, unfair, redo, reread, refill, retell, rebuild, plus the tricky words ready and head. Challenge words: unlucky, replace.

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Week 28: Suffixes -ful, -less and -ly

helpful, careful, colorful, hopeless, fearless, spotless, quickly, slowly, loudly, softly, plus the tricky words beautiful and sure. Challenge words: thankful, careless.

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Week 29: Compound words

sunshine, sunflower, sunset, rainbow, raincoat, raindrop, snowman, snowball, snowflake, snowstorm, plus the tricky words together and today. Challenge words: sunglasses, snowplow.

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Week 30: Contractions

isn't, didn't, wasn't, haven't, I'll, we'll, she'll, they're, you're, we're, plus the tricky words month and always. Challenge words: shouldn't, they'll.

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About these spelling words for 2nd graders worksheets

These spelling words for 2nd graders come as 30 weekly lists, one for each week of the school year. Each list has 12 words: 10 that share one spelling pattern and 2 tricky words to learn by heart, plus 2 challenge words for children who are ready for more. Every list prints on its own page with the week number, the pattern, a short spelling tip and a plan for practicing at home.

The lists are organized by pattern in the order most 2nd grade classrooms teach them. Weeks 1 to 3 review short vowels and the endings ck, tch and dge. Weeks 4 to 10 cover long vowels: silent e and the vowel teams ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, ow, igh, ie, ue and ew. Weeks 11 to 14 cover oo and the diphthongs ou, ow, oi, oy, au and aw. Weeks 15 to 18 are r-controlled vowels (ar, or, ore, er, ir, ur, air, are). Weeks 19 to 22 cover soft c and g, three-letter blends, silent letters and words ending in -le. Weeks 23 to 30 move to word parts: plurals, endings that double, drop e or change y to i, the prefixes un- and re-, the suffixes -ful, -less and -ly, compound words and contractions.

Every week has the same seven pages: the list, rainbow write, a word sort, missing letters, ABC order to the second letter, eight fill-in sentences and a test with a dictated sentence. The weekly packet puts all seven pages and the answer keys in one PDF. Need the whole year? The master list shows all 30 lists on three pages, and the spelling bee pages have 120 more words in easy, medium and hard sets. Writing lines are 2nd grade size, and every page prints in black and white on US Letter or A4.

Standards

  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.2.DGeneralize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.2.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.2.3.BKnow spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.2.3.DDecode words with common prefixes and suffixes.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.2.3.EIdentify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.2.3.FRecognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.2.CUse an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.

How to use them

  1. Monday: send home the list page. It shows the 12 words, the challenge words, a tip for the week's pattern and a checklist for each night.
  2. Tuesday to Thursday: use one or two practice pages a day. Rainbow write and missing letters build the spelling, the word sort and ABC order make children look closely at each word, and the sentences page checks meaning.
  3. Friday: give the test. Read each word, say it in a short sentence, then read it again. The teacher page has the words in a mixed order and a sentence to read aloud.
  4. Use the master list to plan the year, and the spelling bee pages for a class bee, extra practice or early finishers.

Teaching tips

  • Teach the pattern first. Show how the ten pattern words share the same letters (train, snail, brain), then let children find the pattern in each word.
  • For the tricky words, point out the part that breaks the rules. In young, only the ou is unexpected; the y and ng are regular.
  • In ABC order, many 2nd grade lists have words with the same first letter. Show children how to look at the second letter: snail comes before stay because n comes before t.
  • A child who writes hopeing for hoping knows the sounds and the base word; teach the drop-the-e rule and practice it again.
  • Twelve words too many? Use the ten pattern words only. Too easy? Add the two challenge words to the test.

Questions teachers and parents ask

What spelling words should a 2nd grader know?

By the end of 2nd grade, most children can spell words with long vowel teams (rain, beach, boat, night), r-controlled vowels (shark, storm, shirt, nurse), the sounds ou, ow, oi, oy, au and aw (house, crown, coin, draw), soft c and g (city, page), and words with endings, prefixes and suffixes (hopping, babies, unlock, helpful). They also spell common tricky words like because, their, though, through and enough.

How are these spelling lists organized?

By spelling pattern, one pattern a week. The year starts with short vowel review, then moves through silent e, vowel teams, oo and the diphthongs, r-controlled vowels, soft c and g, blends and silent letters, and ends with word parts: plurals, endings, prefixes, suffixes, compound words and contractions.

How many spelling words should a 2nd grader have each week?

Most 2nd grade classrooms use 10 to 15 words a week. These lists have 12: 10 pattern words and 2 tricky words, plus 2 challenge words you can add for children who are ready.

Is there a printable list for each week?

Yes. Every week has its own one-page list with the week number, the pattern, all 12 words with the pattern letters in bold, the challenge words, a spelling tip and a home practice checklist. The master list puts all 30 weeks on three pages.

Do you have spelling bee words for 2nd grade?

Yes. The spelling bee pages have 120 practice words at a 2nd grade level, 40 each in easy, medium and hard sets, with check boxes and tips for practicing out loud.

Do the practice pages have answer keys?

Yes. The word sort, missing letters, ABC order and sentences pages have an answer key on page 2, and the test has a teacher page with the words in test order and a sentence to read aloud.

Are these spelling worksheets free?

Yes. Every list and practice page is a free PDF to print at home or school, with no sign-up.