Year 2 Spelling

24 March 2017

Posted on Thursday 23 March 2017 by Mr Wilks

The words this week all contain the short vowel o sound (hot) which is spelled with an a. This is the most common spelling after  w or qu.

wanted
watched
wandering
washing
swamp
quality
squashed
quarrel

17 March 2017

Posted on Saturday 18 March 2017 by Mr Wilks

The spellings this week are homophones and near homophones. Homophones are words which sound the same but have different meanings and often spellings.

sea
see
one
won
quite
quiet
here
hear
blue
blew

 

10 March 2017

Posted on Friday 10 March 2017 by Mr Wilks

The spellings this week all have a double up for a short vowel sound. They also all end with the suffix ed or ing. The root word (eg pat, hop, etc) is also included in the list.

pat            patted
hop           hopped
drop          dropped
trap           trapped
hum          humming
slip            slipping
clap          clapping
grin           grinning

03 March 2017

Posted on Friday 03 March 2017 by Mr Wilks

The spellings this week are all words which contain a silent w.

write
written
wrote
wrong
wrapper
wreck
wriggle
wrinkle

24 February 2017

Posted on Friday 24 February 2017 by Mrs Taylor

The spellings this week all have an ey ending.

What sound does the ey make?

Are there any other words that follow this pattern?

donkey
key
monkey
valley
chimney
honey
money
alley

You may want to do one of the following spelling activities to support your child learning these words.

spelling strats 1

 

 

02 February 2017

Posted on Thursday 02 February 2017 by Mr Wilks

This week, the root words all have suffixes: er, ing or est. All the root words end in e. When adding the suffixes, you have to first drop the e from the root word.
Children could be tested on any of the words.

time    timer      timing
bike     biker      biking
bake    baker      baking
drive   driver      driving
rude    ruder       rudest
wise     wiser      wisest
cute     cuter      cutest
nice     nicer      nicest

27 January 2017

Posted on Friday 27 January 2017 by Mr Wilks

The spellings this week all have an le ending. This is the most common spelling for this ‘ul’ sound at the end of words.

table
apple
bottle
little
middle
people
simple
smile

20 January 2017

Posted on Friday 20 January 2017 by Mr Wilks

The spellings this week are also contracted words. There are four new ones:

  • I am – I’m
  • I have – I’ve
  • I will – I’ll
  • I would – I’d

The children will be tested on these new ones and four from last week’s list.

 

 

13 January 2017

Posted on Sunday 15 January 2017 by Mr Wilks

13.01.17

06 January 2016

Posted on Friday 06 January 2017 by Mr Wilks

I’ve updated the blurb about this week’s spellings as there was a mistake. Sorry for any confusion.

05-01-17-corrected

 

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