2nd Grade English Language Arts

Framework

Goals and Objectives
Reading
  • Using the information in text to determine the characters, setting, or plot.
  • Identifying the meaning of words and phrases in appropriately-leveled text based on contextual cues
  • Anticipating, making inferences, and recognizing the author’s point of view of a story
Writing
  • Learn to gather information from sources to answer a question.
  • Writing for different purposes and audiences such as creative, informational/expository, and persuasive forms
  • Creating written drafts that will be revised and edited, with guidance from a teacher
Grammar
  • Distinguishing between complete and incomplete sentences
  • Identifying and correctly using parts of speech including nouns and verbs
  • Using quotation marks correctly
  • Spelling frequently used, but irregular words correctly (e.g.:  was, were, says, said)

2nd Grade Fluency

2nd Grade Writing

2nd Grade Decoding

28-Week Spelling Words List

These themed Grade 2 spelling words will help make spelling a little more interesting for your second grader

Week 1

Back to School
  1. study
  2. learn
  3. teach
  4. work
  5. done
  6. test
  7. answer
  8. desk
  9. tape
  10. glue

Week 2

ER, IR & OR R-Controlled Vowel sound
    1. birth
    2. born
    3. corn
    4. form
    5. over
    6. short
    7. sir
    8. under
    9. very
    10. world 

Week 3

 Long E Sound.
  1. beat
  2. eat
  3. feel
  4. keep
  5. near
  6. real
  7. seat
  8. seem
  9. seen
  10. speak

Week 4

Long I Sound
  1. die
  2. drive
  3. lie
  4. line
  5. mine
  6. rise
  7. side
  8. try
  9. why
  10. wire

Week 5

Math
  1. add
  2. count
  3. less
  4. math
  5. minus
  6. plus
  7. subtract
  8. sum
  9. total
  10. wide

Week 6

Numbers
  1. one
  2. two
  3. three
  4. four
  5. five
  6. six
  7. seven
  8. eight
  9. nine
  10. ten

     

Week 7

Long A Sound
  1. came
  2. case
  3. lay
  4. main
  5. name
  6. same
  7. say
  8. stay
  9. take
  10. wait
  • ay
  • ai
  • _a_e

Week 8

Time
  1. week
  2. weekly
  3. months
  4. year
  5. years
  6. before
  7. after
  8. fast
  9. date
  10. last

Week 9

Hard “C” words Part 1

  1. CA words

    • cake
    • calm
    • camel
    • castle
    • car
    • card

    CO words

    • cobra
    • cold
    • comb
    • cone
    • corn
    • cotton

Week 10

Hard “C” words Part 2

CU words

  1. cub
  2. cube
  3. curb
  4. curl
  5. cup
  6. curtain
  7. curve
  8. cut

Week 11

Soft “C” words Part 1

  1. CE words

    • bounce
    • celery
    • cell
    • cement
    • cent
    • cereal
    • cedar
    • ceiling
    • celery
    • cement
    • dance
    • fence
    • ice
    • juice

Week 12

Soft “C” words Part 2

  1. CI words

    • acid
    • cider
    • cinema
    • cinnamon
    • citizen
    • citrus
    • city
    • decide
    • icing
    • pencil
    • recipe

Week 13

Soft “C” words Part 3

  1. CY words

    • cyan
    • emergency
    • fancy
    • icy
    • juicy
    • mercy
    • spicy

 

Week 14

Hard & Soft “C” words
  1. beg
  2. leg
  3. peg
  4. big
  5. dig
  6. fig
  7. pig
  8. wig
  9. water
  10. other

Week 15

Apple Words
  1. apple
  2. cider
  3. core
  4. peel
  5. pick
  6. pie
  7. seeds
  8. stem
  9. tree
  10. worm

Week 16

ILD, OLT, OLD, and UST
  1. colt
  2. hold
  3. jolt
  4. just
  5. mold
  6. must
  7. old
  8. sold
  9. told
  10. wild

Week 17

Family
  1. father
  2. mother
  3. brother
  4. sister
  5. child
  6. baby
  7. son
  8. twin
  9. boy
  10. girl

Week 18

Long “O” Sound
  1. below
  2. hole
  3. hope
  4. pole
  5. rode
  6. rope
  7. row
  8. show
  9. soak
  10. soap
  • oa
  • ow
  • _o_e (silent e at the end of the word)

Week 19

The Face
  1. head
  2. face
  3. eye
  4. eyes
  5. nose
  6. cheek
  7. mouth
  8. tooth
  9. teeth
  10. ears

Week 20

“AR” and “UR”

  1. AR Words

    1. jar
    2. march
    3. park
    4. sharp

    UR Words

    1. burn
    2. curl
    3. hurt
    4. purse
    5. turn
    6. urban

Week 21

Disney
  1. lion
  2. king
  3. bug
  4. life
  5. bolt
  6. car
  7. hero
  8. fox
  9. hound
  10. plane

Week 22

Bread
  1. bread
  2. butter
  3. jam
  4. loaf
  5. slice
  6. roll
  7. toast
  8. crust
  9. bake
  10. dough

Week 23

Long “U” Sound
  1. argue
  2. clue
  3. dew
  4. few
  5. grew
  6. huge
  7. new
  8. sure
  9. tube
  10. value
  • ue
  • ew
  • _u_e (silent e at the end of the word)

Week 24

Colors
  1. color *
  2. black
  3. white
  4. green
  5. yellow
  6. pink
  7. blue
  8. brown
  9. dark
  10. light

Week 25

Pond
  1. pond
  2. fish
  3. frog
  4. eggs
  5. snail
  6. fly
  7. swan
  8. beaver
  9. still
  10. duck

Week 26

The Farm
  1. barn
  2. plow
  3. farm
  4. cows
  5. sheep
  6. grass
  7. hay
  8. goat
  9. food
  10. farmers

Week 27

Summer!!!
  1. beach
  2. heat
  3. sand
  4. camp
  5. fire
  6. lake
  7. hike
  8. pool
  9. bike
  10. summer

Week 28

Vacation
  1. road
  2. trip
  3. pack
  4. went
  5. away
  6. where
  7. drove
  8. bring
  9. yet
  10. fun

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