spelling

2009-2010 Spelling Lists

This year grade we'll use Scott Foresman Reading Street for Language Arts. Second grade spelling lists will be different from previous years. Listed below are the tentative lists; sometimes words from content areas are added.

Spelling City has online games for spelling practice. Another teacher has entered the second grade Scott Foresman spelling lists. Look for the title of the story we are currently reading.

http://www.scottsboro.org/~flewis/SF%20Reading%20Street/SC%202nd%20Grade.htm

We pretest on Thursdays for the following week.

Each week 10 - 12 words are tested.

The spelling lists go home on Mondays on the weekly homework assignment sheet in the Blue Homework folder.

1.1 Iris and Walter

Rule: Short Vowels

1.drum

2.rock

3.list

4.desk

5.job

6.sad

7.shop

8.sack

9.tag

10. rib

11. mess

12. dust

13. pocket

14. lettuce

15. engine

with, have, them, some

1.2 Exploring Space with

an Astronaut

Rule: Long Vowels VCVe

1.tune

2.page

3.nose

4.space

5.size

6.fine

7.mice

8.late

9.cube

10.blaze

11.home

12.vote

13.erase

14.spice

15.confuse

nice, like, baseball

1.3 Henry and Mudge

and the Starry Night

Rule: Consonant Blends

1.stop

2.strap

3.nest

4.hand

5.brave

6.ask

7.clip

8.stream

9.mask

10.twin

11.breeze

12.state

13.browse

14.straight

15.skeleton

brother, and, went

1.4 A Walk in the Desert

Rule: Inflected Endings

1.talked

2.talking

3.dropped

4.dropping

5.excited

6.exciting

7.lifted

8.lifting

9.hugged

10.hugging

11.smiled

12.smiling

13.dragging

14.amazed

15.danced

scared, swimming

2.1 Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends

Rule: r-controlled ar, or, and ore

1.part

2.hard

3.born

4.horse

5.before

6.more

7.smart

8.farm

9.porch

10.corn

11.chore

12.score

13.* cardinal

14.* therefore

15.* morning

started, before

2.2 Ronald Morgan Goes

to Bat

Rule: Contractions

1.I'll

2.wasn't

3.it's

4.he's

5.I'm

6.didn't

7.who's

8.she's

9.we'll

10.isn't

11.hasn't

12.hadn't

13.* wouldn't

14.* shouldn't

15.* where's

2.3 Turtle's Race with Beaver

Rule: r-controlled er, ir, ur

1.her

2.person

3.nurse

4.dirt

5.turn

6.birth

7.serve

8.curb

9.curl

10.skirt

11.purse

12.turtle

13.*hamburger

14.*surface

15.*perfect

another, other, heard, were

1.5 The Strongest One

Rule: Consonant Digraphs

1.bunch

2.that

3.wish

4.patch

5.when

6.what

7.math

8.them

9.shape

10.whale

11.itch

12.chase

13.whiskers

14.switch

15.shrimp

when, watch, where

2.4 The Bremen Town

Musicians

Rule: Plurals -s, -es, -ies

1.note

2.notes

3.lunch

4.lunches

5.story

6.stories

7.tune

8.tunes

9.switch

10.switches

11.baby

12.babies

13.* crumbs

14.* supplies

15.* centuries

friends, presents

2.5 A Turkey for

Thanksgiving

Rule: Long a: a, ai, ay

1.tail

2.main

3.wait

4.say

5.away

6.play

7.raise

8.brain

9.paint

10.stay

11.today

12.tray

13.* holiday

14.* daily

15.* raisin

favorite, they

3.1 Pearl and

Wagner: Two

Good Friends

Rule: Long e

1.read

2.feel

3.easy

4.deep

5.seat

6.party

7.wheel

8.leave

9.windy

10.sleep

11.teeth

12.team

13.* wreath

14.* season

15.* eagle

because, Easter

3.2 Dear Juno

Rule: Long o: o, oa, ow

1.goat

2.hold

3.show

4.most

5.bowl

6.float

7.toast

8.ago

9.open

10.told

11.toad

12.slow

13.* almost

14.* throat

15.* hollow

Halloween, know

3.3 Anansi Goes Fishing

Rule: Compound Words

1.basketball

2.someone

3.weekend

4.something

5.birthday

6.riverbank

7.bathtub

8.backyard

9.driveway

10.bedtime

11.raindrop

12.mailbox

13.* grandparent

14.* rattlesnake

15.* earthquake

outside, everybody, sometimes, baseball

3.4 Rosa and Blanca

Rule: Long i: i, igh, y

1.find

2.child

3.sky

4.bright

5.wild

6.fly

7.right

8.flight

9.spider

10.cry

11.blind

12.myself

13.* frighten

14.* arrival

15.* identify

might, I

3.5 A Week is a Flower

Rule: Comparative Endings

1.sooner

2.soonest

3.hotter

4.hottest

5.busier

6.busiest

7.happier

8.happiest

9.smaller

10.smallest

11.fatter

12.fattest

13.* angrier

14.* angriest

15.* straighter

16.* straightest

there, their

4.1 The Quilt Story

Rule: Syllables: Consonant + le

1.ankle

2.title

3.apple

4.cable

5.purple

6.able

7.bugle

8.bundle

9.bubble

10.giggle

11.sparkle

12.tickle

13.* mumble

14.*scramble

15.* twinkle

people, little

4.2 Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

Rule: Vowels oo and u

1.put

2.cook

3.stood

4.full

5.wood

6.July

7.shook

8.push

9.pull

10.brook

11.hook

12.hood

13.* pudding

14.* cushion

15.* footprint

took, a lot

4.3 Frogs

Rule: Diphthongs ou, ow/ou/

1.around

2.about

3.gown

4.sound

5.flower

6.howl

7.ground

8.pound

9.crown

10.south

11.mouse

12.downtown

13.* mountain

14.* boundary

15.* drowsy

found, about, house, our

4.4 I Like Where I Am

Rule: Diphthongs oi, oy

1.joy

2.noise

3.royal

4.moist

5.broil

6.cowboy

7.spoil

8.joint

9.foil

10.enjoy

11.destroy

12.loyal

13.* employee

14.* corduroy

15.* turquoise

one, once, first

4.5 Helen Keller and the Big Storm

Rule: Vowel Patterns for /u/

1.too

2.new

3.fruit

4.blue

5.true

6.cool

7.suit

8.spoon

9.clue

10.juice

11.drew

12.flew

13.* cruise

14.* nephew

15.* shampoo

too, to, two

5.1 Firefighter!

Rule: Suffixes -ly, -ful, -er, -or

1.cheerful

2.visitor

3.slowly

4.weekly

5.teacher

6.helper

7.hardly

8.graceful

9.yearly

10.quickly

11.fighter

12.sailor

13.* gardener

14.* competitor

15.* extremely

beautiful, through

5.2 One Dark Night

Rule: Prefixes un-, re-, pre- dis-

1.unsafe

2.preheat

3.rerun

4.disappear

5.unlock

6.retie

7.rewind

8.unpack

9.unplug

10.regroup

11.preschool

12.disagree

13.* prehistoric

14.* unfortunate

15.* reunion

upon, said, was

5.3 Bad Dog, Dodger!

Rule: Silent consonants

1.knock

2.sign

3.knee

4.wrong

5.write

6.climb

7.wrap

8.wren

9.gnat

10.lamb

11.comb

12.knob

13.* knuckle

14.* plumber

15.* wrestle

knew, would, what

5.4 Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores

Rule: ph, gh /f/

1.phone

2.enough

3.stuff

4.laugh

5.puff

6.giraffe

7.graph

8.tough

9.photo

10.rough

11.cough

12.cliff

13.* dolphin

14.* physical

15.* autograph

different, friend

5.5 The Signmaker's Assistant

Rule: aw, au, augh, al

1.talk

2.because

3.August

4.caught

5.draw

6.walk

7.chalk

8.auto

9.taught

10.thaw

11.fault

12.launch

13.* applause

14.* awkward

15.* audience

thought, caught

6.1 Just Like Josh Gibson

Rule: Contractions

1. we're

2. I've

3. don't

4. can't

5. he'd

6. you're

7. won't

8. they're

9. I'd

10. they'd

11. she'd

12. we've

13. * could've

14. * would've

15. * should've

don't, they're, there's

6.2 Red, White, and Blue: The Story of the American Flag

Rule: Inflected Endings

1.tried

2.trying

3.planned

4.planning

5.liked

6.liking

7.hiked

8.hiking

9.cried

10.crying

11.skipped

12.skipping

13.* danced

14.* dancing

15.* replied

thought, caught

6.3 A Birthday Basket for Tia

Rule: Syllables -tion, -ture

1.mixture

2.nation

3.section

4.future

5.picture

6.action

7.caution

8.station

9.fixture

10.motion

11.nature

12.feature

13.*furniture

14.*adventure

15.*tuition

special, family, really

6.4 Cowboys

Rule: Suffixes

1.kindness

2.careless

3.goodness

4.useless

5.fearless

6.darkness

7.sadness

8.sickness

9.helpless

10. thankless

11. fitness

12.weakness

13.* awareness

14.* eagerness

15.* wireless

again, very, then

6.5 Jingle Dancer

Rule: Prefixes

1.midair

2.misplace

3.mislead

4.midway

5.misprint

6.midday

7.midweek

8.misbehave

9.midyear

10. mismatch

11. misdeed

12. mistake

13.*midstream

14.*midnight

15.*misbehavior

every, whole, could

Number

1. one

2. two

3. three

4. four

5. five

6. six

7. seven

8. eight

9. nine

10. ten

11. eleven

12. twelve

13. thirteen

14. fourteen

15. fifteen

Homophones

1.deer

2.dear

3.here

4.hear

5.meet

6.meat

7.tail

8.tale

9.hour

10.our

11.great

12.grate

13.there

14.their

15.they're

Compound Words

More words

1.notebook

2.flagpole

3.inside

4.myself

5.bedroom

6.football

7.birthday

8.downtown

9.highway

10. cannot

11. outside

12. into

13. homemade

Colors

1. red

2. blue

3. yellow

4. black

5. brown

6. orange

7. green

8. pink

9. purple

10. white

11. ivory

12. rainbow