2nd Grade Spelling (Level B)

The first unit in the level-b (2nd grade) spelling series features short a words. The full spelling list includes the words: bats, has, flat, grab, can, ran, last, sat, as, plan.

List B-2 has a set of words with the short e vowel sound, such as wet, went, end, left, else, pen, sent, yes, rest, and legs.

Here's a link to the third unit in the STW spelling series. All words have the short i vowel sound. There are also review words from B-1. New words are digs, trick, did, his, flip, wins, kick, if, is, and slip.

In the fourth unit, students will learn to spell stop, job, not, spot, top, lot, slot, dock, box, and drop. All of the words have the short o vowel. This list also has short e review words from unit B-2.

In this unit, students will practice spelling short u words, such as bugs, until, fun, under, rugs, does, stuck, tub, truck, but, dug, and funny.

Spell long a words, such as rain, made, day, nail, tape, paid, came, play, say, take, snake, and chain.

Long e words are the topic for these lessons: keep, lady, only, deep, because, beak, treat, free, tree, baby, read, and eat.

Long i words are the focus this week. Time, right, dry, sight, eye, sky, nine, kind, high, sides.

Unit 9 has long o words, such as: home, foam, joke, boat, snow, goes, float, own, nose, goal, also, and bowl.

Each of the words in this unit has consonant blends. Word list: crab, sweep, trip, black, grams, fast, snap, flame, brush, fact.

In unit 11, students will spell words with TH, WH, SH, and CH. List: chair, sheep, why, who, when, both, chart, they, this, crash.

In this unit, your class will learn to spell words with -ed and -ing suffixes. Clapping, planned, worrying, sitting, getting, shipped, trapped, tagged, stopping, patted, carried, running.

On these worksheets, children will practice spelling singular and plural nouns, such as: mess, messes, desk, desks, kitten, kittens, map, maps, fly, flies, lunch, and lunches.

The sounds /g/ and /j/ are the focus of this word list. Game, gold, buggy, huge, jacket, gym, danger, page, just.

These words all end with /k/. Duck, leak, steak, cheek, comic, magic, music, back, check, mistake, chalk, and track.

This week, students will learn to spell homophones. Word list includes to/two/too, here/hear, bye/buy/by, where/wear, and no/know.

These words all have the /s/ sound. Six, since, fence, city, soft, face, ice, price, ask, and slice. Star Words are place and circle.

Here's a unit with words ending in -ng, -nk, and -nd. Bank, stand, lungs, string, thank, band, blink, sang, lend, found, long, and sink.

In this unit, your students can learn to spell words with the short-oo and long-oo sound. Book, pool, took, noon, tool, cookie, stood, loops, good, crook, and spoon.

The focus of this unit is /ow/ words, such as: how, couch, mouth, house, down, cows, brown, now, round, and about.

Contractions are the theme for this week's words. List includes: can't, we'd, don't, wasn't, hasn't, doesn't, you'll, we've, I'll, won't, you'd, and we'll.

Learn to read and spell words with r-controlled vowels. Each word has the /ar/ or /or/ sound. Car, store, jar, fork, hard, cord, more, are, start, and sports.

This week's words have the /aw/ sound. Tall, pause, draw, fault, all, claw, lawn, almost, salt, and yawn.

The words in this unit are compound words. List includes: cupcake, sometime, into, football, maybe, herself, sidewalk, anything, bulldog, butterfly, bedroom, and without.

This unit has words with the long-oo sound, spelled with the letters ue, -u-e, and ew. List includes: suit, drew, blue, fruit, rule, cube, true, new, juice, screw, glue, and flew.

These words have the /oi/ sound. Boy, joy, oil, coin, foil, join, annoy, soil, enjoy, and toy.

The words in this unit all end with the schwa+l sound, spelled le. Bubble, little, middle, marble, apple, puzzle, angle, and simple.

The words on this list all have the schwa+r sound. This is spelled with the letters er, ir, and ur. Bird, after, girl, camper, fur, swirl, hurt, burn, over, and player.

Learn to spell singular nouns and their irregular plurals. Words for this unit include: foot, feet, mouse, mice, woman, women, child, children, tooth, teeth, mouse, and mice.

This is the final unit in the 2nd grade spelling series. Each word on this list has a silent consonant. Write, knock, wrist, thumb, knee, knight, wrestle, plumber, knew, lamb, sign, and wrong.

This set of spelling resources has Halloween words. All words have a witch theme. Witch, kettle, black, broom, fly, wand, night, moon, brew, and charm.

Included on this holiday word list are the words dinner, turkey, pie, roll, family, beans, plate, fork, thank, knife, food, butter, and potato.

This "Santa"-themed holiday unit contains the following words: beard, reindeer, sled, Santa, bag, gift, ho ho ho, boots, candy cane, toys, cookie, milk, North Pole, Mrs. Claus, and red suit.

The Easter list includes the following words: bunny, carrot, egg, ham, spring, color, rabbit, chick, hide, find, hop, candy, and basket.

Here is a baseball-themed spelling unit with the following words: diamond, pitcher, ball, throw, mitt, catch, hit, run, base, runner, slide, safe, batter, field, and out.

This spelling unit includes words that are all about car parts! The words in this unit include: engine, mirror, hood, tires, wheel, gas cap, key, door, air bag, trunk, seat belt, bumper, radio, window, and lock.

Check out the insect-themed words in this spelling unit: beetle, dragonfly, wasp, firefly, ladybug, moth, bee, ant, cricket, butterfly, grasshopper, mantis, bedbug, flea, and wings.

The numbers-themed spelling unit includes the following words: eighteen, eleven, six, three, four, seven, five, two, seventeen, eight, nine, twelve, fifteen, fourteen, and thirteen.

If the Level B spelling lessons are too hard for your students, go on down to the Level A (1st Grade) units.

If the Level B spelling units are too easy for your student, you may want to jump up to Level C (Grade 3).

Here's a link to the 2nd grade worksheets in our old spelling series. It's not nearly as good as our new series, but if you're looking for it... here it is.

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