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