Second Grade Spelling Curriculum (Phonics & Sight Word Based) 38 Weeks

Weekly Spelling Packets! Get ready to transform your weekly spelling routines! No more random list of words! This fun, hands-on and engaging 38 Week Spelling Program focuses on phonics and sight words!

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What is Included?

• 38 Weeks of Spelling packets Monday - Thursday practice/ Friday Test
• Home Connection Parent and Friends Letter
• 14 Spelling Menus - one for each new Phonics Skill
• Weekly Packet Covers with the Spelling Rule
• Flashcards for each List
• A variety of Spellings Lists with the Spelling Rule

How are the Word Chosen?

Words 1-8: Phonics Based Spelling

The first 8 words each week are focused on a phonics skill or spelling rule. Like phonics-based reading instruction, phonics-based spelling builds a deep understanding of the patterns in words. As a result, students will not need to learn to spell one word at a time. Instead, they will learn patterns that they can apply to any word. With phonics-based spelling students will systematically and incrementally improve their ability to spell both simple and complex words.

Words 9-12: Sight Words

The final 4 words each week are sight words. Sight words are the most used words in the English language. Being able to fluently write these words is key to students developing effective written communication.

NOTE: Sight words end on week 13. The remaining weeks will only include phonics-based spelling. This packet covers the spelling for 2nd Grade Dolch words. Review weeks do not include sight words.

Mastering these basic words will allow students to focus their writing efforts on formulating ideas and spelling tricky words.

Ways to use this Curriculum:

Traditional Weekly Spelling & Assessments

• Assign students one word list a week.
• Use the provided activities throughout the week for fun hands-on practice.
• Assess your students at the end of the week with one of the provided spelling test templates.

Word Study & Centers

• Practice the words together each day in morning meeting.
• Use the provided activities for centers, morning work, or seat work throughout the week.

Extension or Intervention

• Use this curriculum as an extra challenge for advanced kindergarten students.
• Use this curriculum as intervention for older students in need of extra phonics and sight word practice.

Weekly Breakdown and Overview

Week 1: Spelling Rule: Review and Mixed Practice

• Focus: blends, digraphs, bossy r

Week 2: Spelling Rule: Review and Mixed Practice

• Focus: vowel rules- silent e, vowel teams & y as a vowel

Week 3: Spelling Rule: Review and Mixed Practice

• Focus: diphthongs & special cases

Week 4: Spelling Rule: Compound Words

• Focus: The spelling of the two words does not change

Week 5: Spelling Rule: Silent Letters

• Focus: kn & gn

Week 6: Spelling Rule: Silent Letters

• Focus: wr & mb

Week 7: Spelling Rule: Spelling Patterns

• Focus: dge (/j/ after a short vowel) & eigh (long a)

Week 8: Spelling Rule: Spelling Patterns

• Focus: Non plural /s/ endings (ss, s, se, ce)

Week 9: Spelling Rule: Spelling Patterns

• Focus: /k/ at the beginning (c & k)

Week 10: Spelling Rule: Spelling Patterns

• Focus: /k/ at the end (ck, ke, c, k)

Week 11: Review

Week 12: Plural

• Focus: Plural s and es (ends in ch, c, ss, sh, x, z or consonant + o)

Week 13: Plural

• Focus: Consonant + y= y to i +es, vowel + y= add s F- change f to v and add es, fe- change fe to v and add es

Week 14: Spelling Rule: Contractions: a shorter way to say two words. The first word stays the same, the second word loses some letters. An apostrophe takes their place.

• Focus: will- drop wi, not- drop o, would- drop all but d

Week 15: Spelling Rule: Contractions: a shorter way to say two words. The first word stays the same, the second word loses some letters. An apostrophe takes their place.

• Focus: have- drop ha, had- drop ha, has- drop ha

Week 16: Spelling Rule: Contractions: a shorter way to say two words. The first word stays the same, the second word loses some letters. An apostrophe takes their place.

• Focus: is- drop i, are- drop a, am- drop a, us- drop u

Week 17: Spelling Rule: Rabbit rule

• Focus: If there is one middle consonant after a short vowel in a 2 syllable word the middle consonant is doubled.

Week 18: Spelling Rule: Final stable syllable c+le

• Focus: ble, ple, fle, gle

Week 19: Final stable syllable c+le

• Focus: dle, tle, stle, zle

Week 20: Spelling Rule: Final stable syllable c+le

• Focus: kle, ckle- most 2 syllable words, follows k/ck pattern already covered cle- more common on 3 syllable words

Week 21: Review

Week 22: Spelling Rule: Spelling Patterns

• Focus: ea usually says long e, ea also makes the short e sound

Week 23: Spelling Rule: Spelling Patterns

• Focus: air can be spelled 5 ways: air, are, and ear are the most common, ere is in where, there and eir is in their

Week 24: Spelling Rule: Spelling Patterns

• Focus: ear can be spelled 4 ways: ear (hear), ere (sphere), ier (cashier)

Week 25: Spelling Rule: Spelling Patterns

• Focus: ough can be: short o, long o, oo, uff, off, ow

Week 26: Spelling Rule: Prefixes

• Focus: Just add the prefix- no special spelling rules

Week 27: Spelling Rule: Suffixes (other than s)

• Focus: ed- already happened, ing- happening now, er- more or person who, est- most

Week 28: Spelling Rule:Suffixes (other than s)

• Focus: ful- full of, y- having or being like, ly- how it’s done, less- without, ness- state or condition of, able- capable of being, en- consisting of

Week 29: Review

Week 30: Spelling Rule: Suffix Spelling Rules (double final consonant)

• Focus: If base word has one syllable, one short vowel in the middle and ends with one consonant then double the final consonant before adding a vowel suffix (don’t double x, w, or y)

Week 31: Spelling Rule: Suffix Spelling Rules (drop e)

• Focus:If base word ends in a silent e, drop the e before adding the suffix. If the suffix begins with a consonant keep the e.

Week 32: Spelling Rule: Suffix Spelling Rules (y to i)

• Focus: consonant+y= change y to an i to add a suffix, leave y if suffix starts with an i, vowel + y= just add suffix

Week 33: Spelling Rule: Schwa

• Focus: “uuuh” sound in many unstressed syllable *introduction covered more in third

Week 34: Spelling Rule: Spelling Grammar Rules

• Focus: Possessive pronouns (no apostrophe) and reflexive pronouns

Week 35: Spelling Rule: Spelling Grammar Rules

• Focus: Irregular plural nouns

Week 36: Spelling Rule: Spelling Grammar Rules

• Focus: Irregular past tense verbs

Week 37: Spelling Rule: Spelling Grammar Rules

• Focus: Irregular past tense verbs

Week 38: Review

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