2nd Grade Word Study Grading Period 1 Dates

Focus

Aug. 31Sept. 4

Short a and e

Word Bank Short a: that, brat, chat, flat, glad, mad, than, plan, clan, scan, slap, clap, flap, slap, trap, crab, scab, stab, slam, clam, gram, cram, hand, strand, stand, stack, track, crack, stamp, cramp, champ, past, fast, blast, plant, slant, snatch, scratch, match Short e: fret, met, yet, men, when, then, bled, fled, shred, spell, smell, dwell, beg, peg, leg, press, stress, guess, check, fleck, speck, nest, rest, best, spend, blend, mend, spent, went, tent, stretch, fetch

Sept. 8-12

Short i, o and u

Short i: quit, spit, slit, slid, skid, hid, spin, grin, twin, thrill, chill, grill, swim, trim, slim, drip, skip, chip, click, thick, quick, hint, mint, switch, pitch, print Short o: not, spot, plot, snob, throb, glob, frog, log, jog, plop, stop, shop, shock, clock, sock, strong, long, song

Sept. 14-18

Short a, e, i, o and u

Sept. 21-25

-er

Short u: shut, strut, but, club, grub, scrub, plug, snug, shrug, drum, strum, trust, rust, spun, stun, stud, cluck, stuck, yuck, slump, stump, grump, slung, stung, flung

-er: her, fern, herd, term, germ, stern, per, perk, perch, clerk, nerve, verse, swerve, over, freezer, border, shower, finger, blister, powder, never, crater, counter

Assessment: September 25th

The Word Bank is not a spelling list. It is a list of words based on a pattern which students can use to practice with at home. KISD 2015-2016

2nd Grade Word Study Grading Period 1 Dates

Focus

Word Bank -th: this, that, then, with, math, bath, path, worth, birth, think, thin, thank, tooth, booth, youth, mouth, forth, thick

Sept. 28Oct. 2

th/ch

-ch: much, chunk, chin, chat, chap, chop, chip, which, rich, touch, pouch, slouch, such, punch, lunch, bunch, crunch, brunch, inch

-sh: ship, shot, shack, sharp, shell, wish, dish, fish, swish, splash, crash, dash, bash, lash, wash, shut, shun, shin, shrug, brush Oct. 5-9

sh/ck

-ck: duck, pluck, tick, stock, sock, block, rock, mock, flock, lock, jock, pack, back, sack, track, smack, tack, crack, stack, lack, lick, luck, stick, brick, sick, trick, tuck, puck, buck, black Assessment: October 9th

The Word Bank is not a spelling list. It is a list of words based on a pattern which students can use to practice with at home. KISD 2015-2016

2nd Grade Word Study Grading Period 2 Dates Oct. 13-16 (Grading Period 1)

Oct. 19-23

Focus Common Vowel Patterns: i

Word Bank -ide: ride, side, slide, glide, wide, pride, tide, stride, hide -ise: wise, rise

i_e Common Vowel Patterns: i

-ive: dive, drive, strive, alive, thrive, five, hive -ite: kite, site, polite, write, bite, white

i_e Common Vowel Patterns: i

-ine: line, vine, nine, fine, mine, whine, twine, pine, dine, spine, shine

Oct. 26- 30 i_e, -ight, -ire, ie, -ir

-ike: like, bike, trike, spike, hike, strike -ipe: swipe, stripe, ripe, pipe, wipe, gripe -ime: dime, prime, chime, slime, lime, grime, time -ile: file, mile, pile, smile, tile, vile, while -ice: rice, mice, nice, ice, lice, slice, spice, price, splice -ire: wire, hire, fire, tire

Common Vowel Patterns: i Nov. 2-6

i_e, -ie, -ir, -ight

-ie: lie, pie, die, ties -igh: high, sight, flight, sigh, might, right, night, tight, bright, slight, fright -ir: swirl, birth, firm, chirp, squirt, thirst, twirl, third, skirt, shirt, stir, sir

Assessment: November 6th

The Word Bank is not a spelling list. It is a list of words based on a pattern which students can use to practice with at home. KISD 2015-2016

2nd Grade Word Study Grading Period 2 Dates Nov. 9-13

Nov. 16-20

Nov. 30Dec. 4

Focus

Word Bank

Common Vowel Patterns: a

-ate: ate, gate, hate, date, late, rate, plate, slate, crate, grate, skate -ape: ape, grape, tape, drape, gape, shape, scrape

a_e Common Vowel Patterns: a a_e, -ar Common Vowel Patterns: a

-ace: face, trace, lace, place, pace, space, grace

-ake: take, bake, make, snake, cake, quake, lake, stake, shake -are: care, share, dare, spare, rare, bare, mare, hare, fare

-ai, -ay -ale: sale, pale, whale, tale, male

-ade: made, shade, grade, wade, trade, fade

-ai: sail, mail, snail, rain, pain, tail, rail, nail, trail, gain, main, brain, drain, plain, stain, train, chain, paid, maid, laid, wait, bait, paint, air, pair, chair, stair, grain

Common Vowel Patterns: a

-ay: day, jay, play, may, say, stray, stay, tray, clay, way, gray, sway, spray

Dec. 7-11 a_e, -ay, -ai, -ar

-ame: same, tame, name, game, shame, lame, blame, frame, flame, came

-aste: paste, waste, haste

-ar: shark, sharp, scarf, charm, march, smart, chart, spark, start, partner, harp, part, arm, car, farm, far, dart, yard, hard, card

Assessment: December 11th

The Word Bank is not a spelling list. It is a list of words based on a pattern which students can use to practice with at home. KISD 2015-2016

2nd Grade Word Study Grading Period 3 Dates Dec. 14-18 (Grading Period 2)

Focus Common Vowel Patterns: e and o -ea (as in eat)

Jan. 5-8

Common Vowel Patterns: e and o -o_e

Jan. 11-15

-o_e: those, drove, globe, role, stole, spoke, tone, shone, phone, lone, stroke, throne, quote, hope, pole, joke, stone, note, hole, whole, home, wrote, choke, chose, close, cone, stove, broke, rode, code, slope, scope

Common Vowel Patterns: e and o -ea, -o_e, -er

Jan. 19-22

Word Bank -ea: read, reach, stream, scream, steam, creak, least, treat, squeak, easy, grease, beach, teach, each, dream, please, real, deal, meal, leap, reach, mean, bean, beat, seat, lead, ear, team, neat, weak, lean, reason, eager, greasy, season, beast, least

-er: germ, stern, perk, perch, nerve, verse, swerve, expert, pester, tender, blender, fender, temper

Common Vowel Patterns: e and o -ea, -o_e, -er

Assessment Week: January 22nd

The Word Bank is not a spelling list. It is a list of words based on a pattern which students can use to practice with at home. KISD 2015-2016

2nd Grade Word Study Grading Period 3 Dates Jan. 25-29

Feb. 1-5

Feb. 8-12

Focus

Word Bank

Common Vowel Patterns: u

-u_e: prune, use, tube ,cube, mute, cute, chute, flute, spruce, dispute, confuse, reduce, exclude, excuse, perfume, salute

u_e Common Vowel Patterns: u

-ue: blue, due, clue, glue, cue, true, fuel, cruel

u_e, -ue Common Vowel Patterns: u

-ure: secure, mature, unsure, sure, endure, obscure, pure, cure, lure, picture, future -ur: burst, burn, churn, lurch, hurl, blurt, hurt, surf, curb, turn, curl, sturdy, further, purple, turtle, spur, blur, fur, hurdle

-ur, -ure Common Vowel Patterns: u Feb. 15-19 u_e, -ue, -ur, -ure

Feb. 22-26

Feb. 29Mar. 4

Assessment: February 19th Common Vowel -ee: see, week, three, tree, sheep, sleep, creep, sweep, teeth, knee, Patterns: o and e wheel, speed, bleed, keen, green, queen, glee, free, need, cheek, greet, sheet, street, cheese, sneeze, freeze, screen, breeze, seem, -ee between, agree, asleep, greedy, steer, steep, fifteen

Common Vowel Patterns: o and e -ou, -or, -ee

-ou (as in out): out, loud, round, sound, ground, house, about, shout, mouth, sprout, pouch, couch, crouch, scout, snout, found, pound -or: worn, short, pork, horn, corn, born, for, fort, nor, storm, porch, horse, force, forth, sport, port, torn, acorn

The Word Bank is not a spelling list. It is a list of words based on a pattern which students can use to practice with at home. KISD 2015-2016

2nd Grade Word Study Grading Period 3 Dates Mar. 7-11

Focus Common Vowel Patterns: o and e -ore, -ow, -o Common Vowel Patterns: o and e

Word Bank -ow: bow, know, show, slow, snow, crow, grow, glow, flow, own, flown, throw, blown, bowl -o: old, gold, cold, hold, told, fold, mold, sold, bold, scold, bolt, colt, jolt, volt, most, host, post, roll, stroll, scroll, both -ore: sore, more, tore, shore, bore, store, score, chore, core, snore

Mar. 21-24 -o, -ou, -ow, -ore, -or, -ee

Assessment: March 24th

The Word Bank is not a spelling list. It is a list of words based on a pattern which students can use to practice with at home. KISD 2015-2016

2nd Grade Word Study Grading Period 4 -oo (as in book): book, look, took, good, wood, hook, stood, hood, brook, hoof, cook, foot, shook Mar. 28Apr. 1

-oo

Apr. 4-8

-oy/-oi

Apr. 11-15

-oa

Apr. 18-22

-aw

-oo (as in fool): too, soon, noon, moon, room, boom, bloom, school, spoon, smooth, proof, stool, spook, boom, gloom, troop, scoop, roof, good, cool -oy: boy, joy, enjoy, soy, ploy, toy -oi: coin, join, oil, soil, boil, point, joint, moist, voice, noise, choice, foil oa: boat, soap, load, moan, groan, float, coach, roach, throat, toast, coast, boast, roast, croak, cloak, goal, coal, toad, road

-aw: saw, paw, draw, claw, lawn, dawn, fawn, hawk, raw, thaw, bawl, drawn, crawl, shawl, sprawl, straw, awe, yawn, lawn

Assessment: April 22nd

The Word Bank is not a spelling list. It is a list of words based on a pattern which students can use to practice with at home. KISD 2015-2016

2nd Grade Word Study Grading Period 4 Dates

Focus

Word Bank un-: undone, unclear, uncover, unfair, unreal, unlike, unwrap, untie, unbroken, unclean

Apr. 25-28

Prefixes: un-/dis-/re-

dis-: discomfort, disorder, displace, dislike, distrust, discolor, disobey re-: recopy, refill, refresh, recharge, relearn, reorder, reprint, review, rewrite, retell, reread

-ly: badly, bravely, closely, loudly, proudly, kindly, nicely, safely, nightly, eagerly May 2-6

Suffixes: -ly/-less/-ful

-less: priceless, spotless, scoreless, endless, helpless, careless, painless, powerless, tasteless -ful: careful, cheerful, colorful, fearful, graceful, hopeful, harmful, peaceful, powerful, respectful, thoughtful, playful, useful

May 9-13

Prefix/Suffix Review Week

Refer to Apr. 27-May 9 word banks Assessment: May 13th

The Word Bank is not a spelling list. It is a list of words based on a pattern which students can use to practice with at home. KISD 2015-2016