Year 2 Spelling

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

22 June 2012

TThis week’s spellings are words ending in ‘ness’. Your child will be tested on Friday 29 June 2012.

• sadness
• darkness
• cleanness
• dampness
• dullness
• fairness
• fitness
• hugeness
• illness
• tiredness

15 June 2012

This week’s spellings are based on a rule of ‘drop the e for ing’. Children can think of other words that match this spelling pattern if they wish. Your child will be tested on Friday 22 June 2012.

• like
• liking
• ride
• riding
• wave
• waving
• tame
• taming
• smile
• smiling

25 May 2012

This week’s spellings are words beginning with ‘mis’. Your child will be tested on Friday 01 June 2012.

• mistake
• misbehave
• mishear
• misplace
• misread
• misuse
• misfire
• misunderstand
• misspell
• mislead

18 May 2012

This week’s spellings are words ending in ‘ed’ for the past tense. Your child will be tested on Friday 25 May 2012.

• served
• stroked
• refused
• replaced
• dawdled
• included
• grumbled
• surprised
• behaved
• pleased