2nd Grade Spelling Words List: Full Year

Use it to plan the year, or send it home at the start of the year so families can see every list. The weekly spelling list packs have the same words, with a take-home list and a test page for each week.

3 pages. Weeks 1 to 12: short a and short e with blends, short i, o and u with blends, digraphs sh, ch, th and wh, endings -tch and -dge, long a and long i with silent e, long o and long u with silent e, long a with ai and ay, long e with ee, ea and ey, long o with oa, ow and oe, long i with igh, ie and y, long u with ue, ew and u-e, words with ar and or. Weeks 13 to 24: words with er, ir and ur, words with ou and ow, words with oi and oy, words with oo, words with au and aw, soft c and soft g, silent letters kn, wr and mb, plurals with -s and -es, plurals: y to i, add -es, irregular plurals, adding -ed, adding -ing. Weeks 25 to 36: suffixes -ful and -less, suffixes -ly and -er, prefixes un- and re-, compound words, contractions, homophones, two-syllable words, words ending in -le, sight words, words with qu and x, days and spring months, number words.

Yes. We made it for 2nd Grade spelling lists, and it works the same at home or at school. Families print it for one child and keep it where they will use it every day. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

10 words a week for 36 weeks, a full school year.

One pattern a week: blends, digraphs, silent e and vowel teams in weeks 1 to 12, r-controlled and other vowel sounds, silent letters and plurals in weeks 13 to 24, then prefixes, suffixes, compound words, contractions and homophones in weeks 25 to 36. The full-year file shows all 36 lists on three pages.

Yes. Every weekly page has the take-home list of 10 2nd grade words at the top and a numbered spelling test below a cut line, ready for Friday.

Send the list home on Monday, practice the pattern in class during the week, and give the test on Friday. Keep a few minutes each day for reading and writing the words in sentences.