Year 2 Spelling Lists & Sight Words Term 1, 2015 Spelling Lists Week

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Sight Words

Sounds Spelling Rule

a and he I in is it of that to

Spelling: * 3 sounds of ‘a’: at, navy & want with a focus on short vowel ‘a’ words. * scr / str

the was all

Spelling: * 2 sounds of ‘e’: egg and me

Rule: ‘q’ is always written with ‘u’ in English words

Circle

Square

Pentagon

cab sad pad wag tap

The class was doing some art in their scrapbook, however at the end the floor was littered with left over scrap. The teacher was very strict about making a mess in the classroom. The glue wasn’t very strong and it was a struggle for the class to keep all their paper on the page.

I heard a loud scream as the screech of the car brakes struggled. I was surprised there was only a scratch on the strong metal, as the strike was powerful. The strict taxi driver tried to strum his guitar. We cut out scrap pictures to glue into his scrapbook.

flag map ham crab stab

scream screech scratch strike strum

Sounds: a, m, s, r, l, h, t

Rule: ‘c’ says ‘s’ when followed

wet pet beg ten fed

The girl gave a shrug as she struggled to get the shrimp out of her throat. Her mum told her it was not a thrill to

stretch screwdriver scribble strength strawberry The shrimp began to shrink and shred as the girl peeled the shells off. Her mum had a sore throat as she sat on her throne and

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as at be but are for had

with a focus on short vowel ‘e’ words * shr / thr

have him his very not on one said so they

Spelling: * 3 sounds of ‘o’: odd, open & do with a focus on short vowel ‘o’ * squ / spr

by ‘e’, ‘i’ or ‘y’ (centre, circus, cyclone)

step men gem shed them

shred shrine thrive throne

Sounds: e, g, w, p, c

Sounds: o, y, n, x, d

see her struggling and to have some water to shrink the shrimp. Yet, after she had had some water there was still a thread of the food stuck.

Rule: ‘c’ says ‘s’ when followed by ‘e’, ‘i’ or ‘y’ (centre, circus, cyclone)

hot dog rod top spot frog pond box from plop

A family was swimming in the ocean on their holiday and suddenly there was a squid in the waters. It started to squirm and squirt ink at them into the water. All the family members started to spread out in the water. Dad tried to squash the squid, the girls decided to sprint out of the water, put strained their ankle in their hast. square spray sprinkle

tried to thread a needle with cotton. Dad wanted to shrug his shoulders because he didn’t know what to do. Nan said to build a shrine to pray; in the hope mum would thrive. thrill shriek shrunken shredding through threaten The squid tried to sprint quickly so that he could win the race. However, he hit a square and became squashed. He tried to squirm out of the hole, but instead he sprained his foot. He spread cream on the sore part and then wanted to sprinkle ice. His mum said to squirt the magic spray. He let out a squeak because it was all better. squeeze spreadable sprinkling sprouted

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we with you come like work came could down her

here no off she up were where which about an

Spelling: * 2 sounds of ‘i’: igloo and icecream with a focus on short vowel i words * all / ell

Rule: ‘g’ says ‘j’ when followed by ‘e’, ‘i’ or ‘y’ (gypsy, giant, germ)

bit wig fin mix win slid crib flick swim skip

Sounds: i, v, j, z, k

Spelling: * 3 sounds of ‘u’: up, uniform & put with a focus on short vowel ‘u’ sound * ill / oll Sounds: u, b, f, qu

Rule: ‘g’ says ‘j’ when followed by ‘e’, ‘i’ or ‘y’ (gypsy, giant, germ)

tug fun mud pup hum shut slug glum club thumb

All the class decided to go to the football to watch their hero’s play. There was a women trying to sell a ball, players warming up and the captain of the team signing jerseys and saying hello to the supporters. After the game some of the students went into the smelly dressing rooms where loudly attempting to retell their fall on the field. waterfall spell My brother had to scroll on the mouse when he was looking on the internet for food from the local shop. They had a grill so it was filled with really yummy food, but they all had silly names. But he only has a dollar so there was not much that he could buy. Only a dollop of pastry or a sausage roll. chill drill troll

All of the football team decided to visit a waterfall to sell balls and jellybeans to raise money for the volleyball team. At nightfall they travelled home with smelly feet. fall spell hello retell smelliest

I needed a million dollars to buy some pillows, scrolls and a drill. The silly troll went to overfill the grill and collect a lunch roll. chill filled dollop collage

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back been before big by call can did do get

take tell than thing after always another black blue don’t

Spelling: * 3 sounds of ‘a’: at, navy & want with a focus on short vowel ‘a’ words. * ull / -ng

Rule: Vowels usually say their name at the end of a syllable (navy, bi-cycle, mu-sic, pretend, o-pen)

flat brag flap glad that snag flag clap slab tax

Sounds: a, m, s, r, l, h, t Spelling: * 2 sounds of ‘e’: egg and me with a focus on short vowel ‘e’ words * -nd / -nk Sounds: e, g, w, p, c

A pirate woke up one morning to discover the beach was full of treasure that did not belong to him. There was a bang on the other side of the beach, the pirate walked over to find a seagull looking through the treasure. The bird was looking at one particular thing; the pirated watched the seagull pull a skull with out from under a chest.

The seagull lay peacefully as she listened to a lullaby. The she felt a sudden thing which stung her leg early in the morning. It sounded like a bang! Her leg dangled in the jungle as she tried to pull a bullet out. full belong awfully

bullet stung

Rule: Vowels usually say their name at the end of a syllable (navy, bi-cycle, mu-sic, pretend, o-pen)

sled step when shell neck deck bread dress twenty swell

A girl went to the park one hot day as she wanted to play in the sand, A boy got there before her and she saw him bend down to touch the sand. “Ouch”, the boy said “I think this hand is too hot to play on,” The girl was upset as all she wanted to do was play in the sand. She went over to her mother to get her drink and drank the cold water in her bottle. He mother

The police had to apprehend the thief from a rectangular environment. As the police began to expand the prism shape they made around the thief, he began to shrink. The police gave a blank look as they tried to comprehend what had happened. pyramid

then send her home with the promise that they would try again tomorrow. She didn’t mind, as long as the sand wasn’t going to be that hot tomorrow.

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every far fell five four found jump keep know less

Spelling: * 3 sounds of ‘o’: odd, open & do with a focus on short vowel ‘o’ * -ft Sounds: o, y, n, x, d

Rule: The letter ‘y’ not ‘i’ is used at the end of an English word

trot spot shop lock rock clock floss cross stop knock

offend stink thank It was almost Christmas and mum had just finished wrapping Melanie’s gift and placed it under the tree. The tree was decorated with bits of craft that she had done at school, even though she had left some in her desk. Her dad had had to lift and shift the Christmas tree many times before it was in the right place. As it got closer to bedtime the night before Christmas Melanie could feel the draft of the soft breeze coming from the chimney. She hoped that Santa would make a swift enter with all her presents. drift theft

The spacecraft and aircraft flew in a diagonal line as they ascended into the sky. Meanwhile, the forklift can drive vertical and horizontal. shoplift chairlift dimensional