17 free spelling resources for 2nd Grade: 17 worksheets. Answers included.
Spelling lists and patterns by year level. In 2nd Grade, By 2nd grade, students add and subtract two-digit numbers, skip count, meet the 2, 5 and 10 times tables and work with halves and quarters.
Students will practice: adding -ing and -ed to base words; doubling the final consonant before a suffix (hop → hopped); dropping the silent e before -ing (bake → baking); writing words from dictation; making plurals by adding -s; adding -es after words ending in s, x, ch and sh; tracing and copying words; recognizing vowel teams that make one long vowel sound.
Printable practice with an answer sheet.
Choose the right homophone (words that sound the same but are spelled differently) to complete each sentence: to/too/two,…
Find words that rhyme (cat, hat), spot the word that does not rhyme, and hear rhymes with different spellings (blue, shoe). Starts with…
Add a suffix to the end of a word, learn what -ful and -less mean, and spell words where the base word changes (happy → happiness). Starts…
Build words by joining a first sound to a word family (c + at = cat, sh + op = shop) and make new words by changing the first sound.…
Choose the right homophone (words that sound the same but are spelled differently) to complete each sentence: to/too/two,…
Find words that rhyme (cat, hat), spot the word that does not rhyme, and hear rhymes with different spellings (blue, shoe). Expected-level…
Add a suffix to the end of a word, learn what -ful and -less mean, and spell words where the base word changes (happy → happiness).…
Build words by joining a first sound to a word family (c + at = cat, sh + op = shop) and make new words by changing the first sound.…
Choose the right homophone (words that sound the same but are spelled differently) to complete each sentence: to/too/two,…
Find words that rhyme (cat, hat), spot the word that does not rhyme, and hear rhymes with different spellings (blue, shoe). A challenge…
Add a suffix to the end of a word, learn what -ful and -less mean, and spell words where the base word changes (happy → happiness). A…
Build words by joining a first sound to a word family (c + at = cat, sh + op = shop) and make new words by changing the first sound. A…
Word lists with practice activities.
Twelve verbs with the endings -ing and -ed, including words where the last letter is doubled (running, hopped) or the e is dropped…
Twelve plural nouns that end in -s or -es. Your child learns when to add -es (after s, x, ch and sh sounds) and when a plain -s is enough,…
Twelve words with the vowel teams oa (boat), ai (rain) and ay (play). Your child learns that ai usually sits in the middle of a word and…
Twelve words where the letter r changes the vowel sound, such as car, horse, bird and turn. Your child learns that er, ir and ur often…
Twelve two-syllable words that end in -le, such as apple, purple and turtle. Your child learns to hear the "ul" sound at the end and spell…
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Spelling lists and patterns by year level. At 2nd Grade, our resources focus on: adding -ing and -ed to base words; doubling the final consonant before a suffix (hop → hopped); dropping the silent e before -ing (bake → baking); writing words from dictation.
Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.
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