Spelling Words and Activities

This year, I will be running a differentiated spelling program. Each week students will be presented with four words containing some sort of common spelling pattern (i.e. words containing 'ch' or contractions), they will also have the opportunity to choose one word that they would like to learn how to spell correctly. Often, this word will be taken from their recent writing activities that they needed support with. During the week, students will be given the chance in class to practice spelling the words on their individual word lists. At the end of the week, they will take these word lists home for continued practice if needed. I will not be holding weekly spelling quizzes- I will have adequate evaluation of their spelling abilities from their writing assignments. I will be posting some spelling activities that they may wish to use at home to practice any of those tricky words.

The four weekly words that will be chosen for students are taken from the word wall list that is posted in the classroom. I will be including them all here in this section of the blog for your reference (and if there are any keeners that want to start practicing!). Words that are chosen BY the students themselves will be added to their individual spelling dictionaries that they can reference as needed.

Every couple of weeks, students may also be presented with word sorts and activities based on their individual spelling abilities. These activities would be in addition to our weekly word lists and would be chosen to help support individual needs.

I will also regularly introduce a word family (i.e.: king, thing, wing) to help reinforce spelling patterns. Check back soon for information about inventive spelling and how it will be used by your child over the course of the year. 

Grade 2 Alphabetized Word List
These are the words that will be used for our weekly word work and placed on the English word wall for reference during spelling activities. (I apologize that I could not put it in columns. I would suggest cutting and pasting it into a four column word document to be more manageable.)

about after again age all any anytime are as asked beautiful because before best black blue brother brown but by can’t careful caught chair children clock colour come could did didn’t do does down each eating eight every everyone favourite few first fly food for found four friends from funny girl give going good green gym happy has have hear her here him his hour house how I’m I’ve it’s joke just kicked knew know large let’s like line little look love lunch made make many more much my name new next nice not now of off office once  one only or orange other our out pencil people play played please pretty purple quit really recess right said school        she should show sister some something soon stay stop stopping take teacher tell than thankful that that’s the their them then there they they’re thing this those through time to today too two up use very wanted was way went were what when where which white who why will wish without won’t wonderful work would write writing yellow yes you you’re your