Year 2 Spelling

09 November 2012

This week’s spellings are a recap of split digraphs (a-e, i-e, o-e and u-e). The ‘e’ at the end of the word indicates the word has a longer vowel-sound in the middle – think about the difference between hop and hope, for example.

Your child will be tested on Wednesday 14 November 2012.

• make
• take
• spike
• broke
• smoke
• snake
• brake
• like
• huge
• came

19 October 2012

This week’s spellings begin with ‘th’. Your child will be tested on Friday 26 October 2012.

• three
• throat
• throne
• thigh
• thin
• thing
• thick
• throw
• threw
• think

12 October 2012

This week’s spellings are words ending in ‘ed’ for the past tense. Your child will be tested on Friday 19 October 2012.

• walked
• talked
• helped
• played
• climbed
• asked
• looked
• wished
• picked
• fixed

05 October 2012

This week’s spellings are words ending in ‘ck’. Your child will be tested on Friday 12 October 2012.

• shock
• stuck
• trick
• track
• back
• lick
• click
• pick
• lock
• flick

28 September 2012

This week’s spellings are words containing ‘oa’. Your child will be tested on Friday 05 October.

• load
• road
• loaf
• soak
• boat
• coat
• float
• goat
• throat
• soap

21 September 2012

This week’s spellings are words containing ‘ou’. These spellings will be tested on Friday 28 September 2012.

• cloud
• around
• found
• round
• sound
• pound
• count
• house
• mouse
• mouth

14 September 2012

This week’s spellings are words containing ‘ea’. Your child will be tested on Friday 21 September 2012.

• speak
• steal
• cream
• dream
• team
• mean
• please
• ear
• near
• easy

07 September 2012

This week’s spellings are words using ‘oi’ and ‘oy’. A useful way to remember which to use is ‘oi’ is usually in the middle of a word and ‘oy’ is usually at the end. These spellings will be tested on Friday 14 September.

• coin
• foil
• join
• oil
• point
• joy
• toy
• enjoy
• destroy
• employ

06 July 2012

This week’s spellings end in ‘tion’. Encourage splitting the word into its syllables to help with the spelling of these words. Your child will be tested on Friday 13^th July 2012.

• action
• option
• addition
• infection
• situation
• creation
• donation
• education
• election
• emotion

29 June 2012

This week’s spellings are verbs in the present and past tense. Your child will be tested on Friday 06 July 2012.

• find
• found
• teach
• taught
• steal
• stole
• buy
• bought
• wear
• wore