Grade 2 Word Study Scope and Sequence First Nine Weeks For students with very strong spelling skills, consider providing optional challenge words as spelling words for the week. For most students, though, vowel team spellings will be more difficult to master than vowel team decoding. can his box glad pick get rule bus Review VCE trade mine close came drive here safe rule Week 1 replace refuse polite comment prepare complicated focus disappointed resolve had did dog hug fish him lick Review VCE face like home huge bite ice time Week 2 propose remake revise promote lonely understanding comfortable distracted commitment a/ace/ar Week 3 trash stand stamp face place trace star park shark remark harden surface market jealous impress irritate selfish distracted cooperate
trick think quick bill i/ice/ir side hide drive Week 4 skirt shirt first advice skirmish spider refill relationships opportunity creative motivated horse sport Week 5 (or, ar, er, ur, ir) Same Sound, Different harm park spurt hurt perch fern bird dirt surface merchant plural mural amphibian tadpole predator prey competition snag span Week 6 (short a, ace, AY) scrape shape paste strange clay play may gray replay payment graceful shaping hibernate hatch trait sequence Week 7 (short a, _ai_, _ay) crack spam land mate pay lay hail drain snail mailman, hailstorm, grateful, relay insect develop butterfly pupa opinion
eggs rest Week 8 (short e, _ea_, _ee_) reach leaves eat feed asleep trees creature greeting dreaming sincere migration monarch return season Second Nine Weeks Same Sound, Different spread dead head felt shelter Week 1 (short e, short ea, ee, ea) Same Sound, Different creep steep beet feast beast yeast neat Word kneed deepen leaven mislead breaded culture prince kaleidoscope react Week 2 short i, i_e, y, igh blink crisp slice pride glide cry fly try high height flight fight rely flight plight delight widen kidnapping investigate resolution twist grip bring Week 3 Short i, i_e, igh, icc drive price fright light mild wild exchange competition
bite might night child polite smile delight lighten childish persistent smog prom chop Week 4 o, o_e, oa rope wrote hope spoke toad road boat toast soap roasted coaching goalie explode twist observation conclusion imitate Stomp drop flop Week 5 short o, o_e, oa, ow choke phone rose loan moan boast flow blow shown notebook boathouse, crowbar snowfall owner native mesa buffalo crop shot Week 6 short o, o_e, ow, occ broke chose joke owe slow show known comb scold both almost poster coaster unload lonely tradition culture religion government
much skunk Week 7 short u, u_e, ue, ui huge prune flute tube cue clue fruit suit snuggle uncle excuse jungle amuse decorate ceremony council leader cub bump Week 8 short u, u_e, ue, ew mule rule tune due glue true brew chew knew screw include perfume salute newsprint buttermilk settler warrior symbols celebrate recreation Third Nine Weeks sharp parch sparse Week 1 (ar, ace, ai, are) place plane made pane plain maid trait spare share repair, complain, remark, compare story map problem decision resolution Week 2 ar, are, ai, air
starch march stark stare glare square mail chain grain hair chair clair market beware refrain upstairs competition create complicated endangered inspiration head deaf wear bear Week 3 er, ea, ee, ear Same Sound, Different herd perch clerk earth Same Sound, Different team streak cheek creek rehearse converse repeat person habitat motivation jealousy creative cooperation perk germ term Week 4 er, ee, ear, eer Same Sound, Same Different, Different Sound bleed cheese creep sneer cheer sheer clear smear swear repeal German engineer unclear teamwork teamwork biography prejudice judge birth firm chirp Week 5 ir, i_e, igh, ire spine whine crime thigh tight light spire shire fire combine height tonight require emancipate biography jealous conflict Week 6 or, o_e, oa, ore
porch horn scorch shore score chore choke globe phone float moan cloak report lifeboat explore restore determined risk curiosity narrow escape wilderness quick quirk quack squash square squeak Week 7 qu, squ, th, thr think theft thorn threw thrash threat thought thrifty squander quality challenge unexpected motivate preacher character stark stamp stack strong strap strand Week 8 st, str, sp, spl speak spoke sport spleen splash splint stretch strengthen straighten splendid sportsmanship unusual popular evidence Fourth Nine Weeks Short Vowels, Different catch stitch scratch stretch bench branch Week 1 (vvch, Cch, tch) starch porch coach peach roach speech kitchen approach purchase pitcher mummy Pharoah ancient afterlife god goddess x- ray Week 2
(dge, vge, cge) Short Vowels, Different fudge bridge wedge edge grudge hinge cringe cage rage stage range change knowledge misjudge emerge usage stomp frost crop Week 3 (short o, oy, oi) spoil coil moist choice boy coy joy annoy destroy avoid appoint exhibit grimace synonym antonym artifact publicity pooch zoom room Week 4 (oo, ow, ou) sound hound shout cow bow now plow boomerang amount announce brownie sensation description invitation escape stamp prance Week 5 (short a, au, aw, al) caught fraud sauce saw crawl law claw walk stalk hall awkward awful applaud alter prologue legend weave force
scholar Week 6 wall- walls gate- gates garden- gardens coach- coaches beach- beaches watch- watches brush- brushes bush- bushes Ends in sh, ch, s,x class- classes kiss- kisses fox- foxes adventure- adventures scholar- scholars emperor- emperors ancestor bury panic solution explain Week 7 Irregular Plurals person- people child- children man- men woman- women foot- feet wife- wives life- lives mouse- mice mythology clever desperate mortal Pantheon Week 8 y- ie army- armies body- bodies buddy- buddies bully- bullies diary- diaries distract bribe doomed brilliant cooperation
lady- ladies ninety- nineties party- parties trophy- trophies fairy- fairies