The Spelling Lessons Covered in Second Grade Address the State Standard 1.5.3F

Second Grade Spelling Lessons

The spelling lessons covered in second grade address the state standard 1.5.3F.

The words in red denote high-frequency words that need to be placed on the classroom word wall.

The categories listed for Word Sorts are suggestions only. There may be others that also work. Also, in many of the sorts suggested, it is understood that there is always a category for “other” words that do not fit into the given categories. You will want to give the students a picture or word with which they can associate the given category, sound, or spelling pattern to be learned when you introduce the word sort. Some suggestions are included.

The following four spelling rules are considered to be consistently applicable and are of value in teaching students to spell. A spelling lesson has been devoted to each rule. 1. change the final y to an i before adding -es (Spelling Lesson 29) 2. drop the final e before adding -ing (Spelling Lesson 30) 3. double a single, final consonant, after a short vowel, before adding an inflectional ending (-ed, -ing, -es) (Spelling Lesson 31) 4. i before e except after c or when sounding like ay as in neighbor and weigh (Spelling Lesson 35) Lesson 1: Focus: Review of short vowels

camp, ask, bed, net, win, him, not, fox, sun, cut end, tell, put, very, live

Word Sorts: short vowel sounds (anchor words may be a-apple, e- Eddie, i-itchy, o-octopus, u-umbrella), CVC pattern, three- and four-letter words

Other resources: Rhyme poster A1 “Leroy’s Lunch” and A2 “Juice Pop Drip Drops”

Lesson 2: Focus: Review of long vowels (silent “e”)

made, lake, same, side, mine, nice, note, rope, cube, cute

1/9/2018 use, like, give, because, name

Word Sorts: long vowel sounds

Other resources: Rhyme poster A3 “Jake”

Lesson 3: Focus: r-controlled vowels

yard, dark, perch, bird, dirt, girl, porch, corn, turn, hurt car, her, every, after, form Word Sorts: r-controlled vowel sounds (/ar/ like car, /er/ like her, /or/ like for) , spelling patterns (ar, er, ir, or, ur)

Other resources: Rhyme poster D1 “Hardy Har Har” , D2 “Bird Alert”, and F1 “Airfare”

Lesson 4: Focus: Single final vowels

maybe, she, we, also, hello, ago, sky, fly, cry, dry why, try, again, animals, said

Word Sorts: one- and two-syllable words, long vowel sounds

Other resources: Rhyme poster A4 “Lucky Me” (only addresses “e”)

Lesson 5: Focus: Beginning blends ( “r” blends and “l” blends)

bring, drop, from, grand, print, trim, clip, flag, glad, slip place, plants, close, trees, great

Word Sorts: “r”blends and “l”blends, CCVC and CCVCC pattern, vowel sounds

Other resources: Rhyme poster B1 “Sly Sleuth” (only addresses “sl”)

Lesson 6: Focus: Beginning blends (other blends)

scan, skim, skin, skunk, smash, snap, spend, stop, swim, twin small, spell, study, started, story

1/9/2018 Word Sorts: vowel sounds, CCVC and CCVCC pattern

Lesson 7: Focus: Three letter blends (scr, spr, str, spl)

scrap, scream, spread, spring, sprout, street, string, strong, splash, split, say, still, such, does, same

Word Sorts: sort by blend (scr, spr, str, spl), short vowels and long vowels

Other resources: Rhyme poster B6 “Scroungers” (only addresses “scr”)

Lesson 8: Focus: Initial digraphs (ch, sh, th, wh, ph)

chin, chunk, shut, shop, thank, those, there, when, which, phone, show, what, think, three, where

Word Sorts: sort by digraph (anchor words may be ch-chin, sh-shhh, th- thumb, wh-whistle, ph-phone), vowel sounds

Other resources: Rhyme poster B3 “Charlie’s Chickens” (only addresses “ch”), and B5 “Pitchers and Catchers” (addresses medial “ch”)

Lesson 9: Focus: Three letter clusters (thr, shr, squ)

thread, throat, threw, throw, shrink, shred, shrug, squint, squid, squish, school, change, through, under, help

Word Sorts: sort by cluster (thr, shr, squ), things (nouns) and actions (verbs)

Lesson 10: Focus: Final consonant blends (ft, lt, mp, nd, nk)

gift, left, felt, tilt, stamp, bump, send, stand, drink, trunk, around, land, old, kind, hand

Word Sorts: sort by final blend, sort by single beginning consonant or beginning blend, sort by short vowels

1/9/2018 Lesson 11: Focus: Final consonant blends (sk, sp, st, nt, pt)

desk, mask, crisp, wasp, first, best, sent, spent, slept, wept, want, different, most, last, hard

Word Sorts: sort by final blend, sort into CVCC and CCVCC

Other resources: Rhyme poster B2 “Dragon Guest” (only addresses “st”)

Lesson 12: Focus: Final digraphs (ch, sh, th, ph, ng)

inch, rich, fish, wish, trash, bath, graph, song, swing, bang, much, with, earth, things, beginning

Word Sorts: sort by final digraph

Other resources: Rhyme poster B4 “Hogwash” (only addresses “sh”), and B5 “ Pitchers and Catchers” (addresses medial “ch”)

Lesson 13: Focus: Final digraphs (tch, ck, nk)

catch, watch, scratch, stitch, lock, duck, trick, bank, sink, blank, back, take, asked, because, said

Word Sorts: sort by final digraph, sort by things (nouns) and actions (verbs)

Lesson 14: Focus: Medial double consonants

ladder, middle, happy, hammer, mitten, dinner, giggle, sorry, dresser, muffin, little, letters, following, every, again

Word Sorts: sort words by beginning sound, sort by ending sounds

Lesson 15: Focus: Long a (ai, ay)

rain, brain, paint, mail, trail, spray, stray, may, way, tray, air, American, any, play, very

1/9/2018 Word Sorts: sort by spelling pattern (ai, ay), sort by beginning single consonants or blends

Other resources: Rhyme poster C1 “Afraidy Day” and F1 “Airfare” (only addresses “ai”)

Lesson 16: Focus: Long e (ee, ea)

street, free, cheese, week, green, beach, weak, dream, leaf, clean, keep, near, between, seemed, great

Word Sorts: sort by spelling pattern (ee, ea), sort by single beginning consonant or blends

Other resources: Rhyme poster C2 “Busy Beaver Creed”

Lesson 17: Focus: Long i (ie, igh, i)

tried, flies, pie, bright, delight, fight, wind, find, child, mind, right, high, light, might, while

Word Sorts: sort by spelling pattern (ie, igh, i)

Other resources: Rhyme poster C3 “Light Pie Delight”

Lesson 18: Focus: Long o (oa, oe, ow)

toad, toast, float, poem, hoe, toe, snow, show, window, slow, know, own, close, through, open

Word Sorts: sort by spelling pattern (oa, oe, ow), sort by word ending ( vowel digraph or consonants)

Other resources: Rhyme poster C4 “Tree Toad” and E6 “Snowplow Tow” (uses variable sounds of ow)

1/9/2018 Lesson 19: Focus: Dipthongs (oi, oy)

coin, soil, joint, moist, noisy, toy, enjoy, cowboy, royal, annoy, point, boy, off, would, should

Word Sorts: sort by spelling pattern (oi, oy), anchor words can be oi-oil, oy-boy

Other resources: Rhyme poster E5 “Joyce’s Toys”

Lesson 20: Focus: Dipthongs (ou, ow)

shout, loud, round, mouth, cloud, frown, growl, crown, owl, plow, sound, country, house, our, around

Word Sorts: sort by spelling pattern (ou, ow) and anchor words can be ou-out and ow-how, combine lesson 18 and lesson 20 words and sort by vowel sound

Other resources: Rhyme poster E3 “Howie’s Ride” , E4 “Bug Thoughts” and E6 “Snowplow Tow” (variable sounds of “ow”)

Lesson 21: Focus: Less Common Vowel Sounds (aw, oo, au)

draw, straw, hawk, spoon, hood, stood, cool, wood, taught, cause, good, too, food, father, school

Word Sorts: sort by vowel sound (/o/, /oo/, /oo/)

Other resources: Rhyme poster E1 “Whoop Whoop Ball” (variable sounds for oo) and E2 “Awesome Augie Auk” (sounds of “au” and “aw”)

Lesson 22: Focus: Contractions (is, not)

what’s, there’s, it’s, that’s, she’s, doesn’t, isn’t, won’t, couldn’t, can’t, don’t, us, open, little, want

1/9/2018 Word Sorts: sort by contraction, sort by one or two syllable words

Lesson 23: Focus: Silent letters (b, l, t)

climb, lamb, thumb, comb, doubt, palm, calm, castle, whistle, wrestle, answer, picture, along, does, thought

Word Sorts: sort by silent letter (b, l, t)

Lesson 24: Focus: Silent letters (kn, wr, gh)

knight, knot, knife, kneel, wrong, wrap, wrist, though, caught, bought, know, write, light, next, eyes

Word Sorts: sort by silent letters (kn, wr, gh), sort words by long or short vowels

Other resources: Rhyme poster D3 “Fix it Quick” (silent consonants gh, wr, kn, b)

Lesson 25: Focus: Contractions (am, are, had, have, will, would, us)

I’m, we’re, you’re, they’re, she’d, I’ve, they’ve, I’ll, you’ll, let’s, only, world, mother, father, house

Word Sorts: sort by noun or pronoun, sort by number of letters omitted when contraction is made (example “one letter left out” – I’m, “two letters left out” – she’d, I’ll, etc.)

Lesson 26: Focus: Sounds of c and g

corn, candy, city, face, nice, garden, gum, gate, giant, gym, large, page, came, sentence, place

Word Sorts: sort by sound of c (/k/ like cat or /s/ like city) and sound of g (/g/ like go or /j/ like gym), sort by person, place or thing

Other resources: Rhyme poster A6 “Gabby Goose’s Gold” (sounds of g)

1/9/2018 Lesson 27: Focus: Compound words

raindrop, weekend, grandmother, sunshine, afternoon, grandfather, classroom, fingerprint, everything, homework, something, another, below, also, between

Word Sorts: sort by number of syllables, sort by those with a long vowel and those with only short vowels

Lesson 28: Focus: Plural nouns (adding -s or -es)

girls, boys, desks, lunches, foxes, buzzes, wishes, dresses, buses, watches, men, years, head, animals, letters

Word Sorts: sort by –s or –es ending, sort by number of syllables

Lesson 29: Focus: Plural nouns (changing f to v, y to i) *Spelling Rule: change the final y to an i before adding -es

wolves, leaves, calves, elves, halves, babies, cities, flies, cherries, puppies, home, man, set, things, put

Word Sorts: sort by ending (-ves, -ies), sort by people, places, things and animals

Lesson 30: Focus: Adding endings (drop the “e) *Spelling Rule: drop the final e before adding -ing

caring, driving, writing, taking, riding, liked, smiled, shared, stared, graded, turned, read, means, asked, seemed

Word Sorts: sort by –ed and –ing endings

Lesson 31: Focus: Double final consonants before adding endings (-ed, -ing)

1/9/2018 *Spelling Rule: double a single, final consonant before adding an inflectional ending (-ed, -ing, -es)

stepped, planned, rubbed, dropped, stopped, hitting, quitting, winning, hugging, shopping, big, work, move, add, beginning

Word Sorts: mix words from Lesson 30 and Lesson 31 to have students sort by words in which the final consonant is doubled and words in which it is not, sort by vowel sound

Lesson 32: Focus: Prefixes (re- and un-)

reuse, reread, rewrite, review, recycle, untie, unhappy, unfold, unable, unwrap, even, just, form, light, set

Word Sorts: sort words by meaning, those that mean “do again” and those that mean “not”

Lesson 33: Focus: Prefixes (pre- and dis-)

preheat, pretest, preschool, precook, prepay, disagree, dislike, dishonest, disobey, distrust, need, away, well, thought, right

Word Sorts: sort words by meaning, those that mean “before” and those that mean “not”

Lesson 34: Focus: Irregular plurals

deer, sheep, men, feet, teeth, children, geese, mice, monkeys, toys, few, example, man, eyes, picture

Word Sorts: sort into the following categories—words that stay the same for singular or plural, words that change spelling, words that just add –s

Lesson 35: Focus: Less common vowels (ie, ei) Spelling Rule: i before e except after c or when followed by gh as in neighbor and weigh

1/9/2018 chief, field, thief, friend, believe, weigh, neighbor, sleigh, receive, eight, should, left, city, found, learn

Word Sorts: sort by spelling pattern (ie, ei), sort words by vowel sound (long e, short e, long a, other)

Lesson 36: Focus: Review of previously learned words

never, over, before, must, above, line, our, after, below, here, story, under, point, always, there

Word Sorts: sort by opposite pairs

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