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Grade 2 Book 1 Unit 1           Spelling                      Vocabulary

Lesson 1:
Ann's First Day

*Spelling ABC Order

*Spelling Quiz

Words with short vowels

still
best
bat
mom
just

desk
clock
hut
fit
plant

carrots
crawl
homework
hurry
lucky
shy

Lesson 2

Henry & Mudge

*Spelling ABC Order

*Vocabulary Quiz

Long vowels a, i, o, u with silent e

same
fine
take
alone
used

mine
joke
late
broke
bike

different
hundred
parents
searched
weighed
worry

Lesson 3

Vocabulary Quiz: Luka's Quilt

Long a spelled ai, ay
Long e spelled ea, ee, ie

stay
plain
seat
green
keep

chief
mail
dream
clay
mean

answered
grandmother
idea
remember
serious
garden

Lesson 4: Roundup  at Rio Ranch

Spelling ABC Order

Long o spelled oa, oe, ow, and o
Long i spelled i, y, and igh

tow
slow
old
mind
by

follow
dry
load
row
sigh

broken
carefully
cattle
gently
safety
fence

Lesson 5: Welcome to a New Museum

Long/Short Vowel Quiz

Spelling ABC Order

Words from Social Studies

time
place
flags
slave
vote

speech
peace
tax
law
trade

artist
body
famous
hour
visit
life

 

 

 

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Grade 2 Book 1 Unit 2             Spelling                 Vocabulary

Lesson 6

Lemonade for Sale

/ü/ spelled oo, ue, ew

true
too
new
room
blew

tool
clue
boot
few
school

announced
empty
poured
squeezed
wrong
melted

Lesson 7

A Letter to Amy

/ou/ spelled ou, ow
/oi/ spelled oi, oy

down
out
point
joy
house

now
coin
loud
brown
cowboy

candles
glanced
repeated
special
wild
corner

Lesson 8

Best Friends Club

/âr/ spelled are, /ôr/ spelled or, ore
/îr/ spelled ear

porch
care
dear
more
short

bare
tore
year
corn
shore

allowed
leaned
president
promise
rules
whispered

Lesson 9

Jamaica Tag-Along

/är/ spelled ar
/ûr/spelled ir, er, ur

arm
birthday
her
fur
turned

curl
farm
hard
dirt
herd

building
busy
edge
giant
repair
form

Lesson 10

Under Attack

Words from Science

animals
head
river
nets
fin

wave
senses
shark
seals
tide

afraid
danger
lesson
trouble
understand
chew

 

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Grade 2 Book 1 Unit 3             Spelling                  Vocabulary

Lesson 11

Arthur Writes a Story

Silent letters l, b, k, w

high
know
half
wrote
thumb

lamb
knee
right
know
write

decided
important
library
planet
proud
float

Lesson 12

Best Wishes, Ed

/ûr/ spelled er

* Guess the Mystery Word
* ABC Order at quia.com

water
other
over
corner
letter

driver
winter
never
farmer
father

climbed
couple
drifted
message
notice
half

Lesson 13

The Pony Express

Short e spelled ea

leather
bread
weather
spread
breakfast

ready
meant
feather
instead
meadow

arrive
early
finish
record
success
rush

Lesson 14

Nine-in-One, Grr!

Long e spelled y, ey

many
money
every
happy
tiny

baby
key
penny
party
lady

forget
lonely
memory
mountain
wonderful
earth

Lesson 15

Change for a Quarter

Words from Math

dollar
cost
exact
buy
cent

dime
price
quarter
sum
nickel

collect
honor
order
pocket
worth
join

 

 

 



Grade 2 Book 2:  Units 1, 2, 3

Grade 2 Book 2 Unit 1          Spelling                      Vocabulary

Lesson 16

Charlie Anderson

/u/ spelled oo

wood
book
stood
foot
wool

brook
hood
hook
shook
cook

chocolate
clothes
middle
offered
upstairs
roof

Lesson 17

Fernando's Gift

Soft c and soft g

dance
age
rice
mice
charge

race
space
cage
large
page

diving
explains
harm
soil
village
noisy

Lesson 18

Best Vacation Ever

/ô / spelled a, aw

paw
caught
because
talk
straw

hawk
salt
lawn
taught
fault

guess
museum
practice
vacation
wonder
brave

Lesson 19

Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats

Final ph, tch, ch

phone
catch
each
patch
sandwich

touch
match
graph
pitch
beach

disturb
explore
nature
object
several
fact

Lesson 20

Going Batty for Bats

Words from Science

sleep
wing
fly
caves
nest

leaves
insects
blood
sight
den

breath
crops
darkness
scary
study
cover

 

 


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Grade 2 Book 2 Unit 2          Spelling                      Vocabulary

Lesson 21

Bremen Town Musicians

Words with c, k, ck

come
act
work
luck
like

kind
wake
bake
sick
cover

daughter
music
third
voice
whistle
scare

Lesson 22

Our Soccer League

Initial bl, br, dr, pl, and tr

try
blue
play
brag
drag

brass
plan
blow
draw
trap

coaches
field
score
stretches
throws
touch

Lesson 23

The Wednesday Surprise

Initial sl, sm, sp, st, sw

sweet
slide
story
smart
speak

start
slip
spot
swim
smooth

chance
favorite
heavy
nervous
office
wrapped

Lesson 24

Fossils Tell of Long Ago

Final nk, nd, ft, st

ground
left
hand
past
sank

bank
end
chest
soft
test

buried
creatures
fossil
layers
millions
fresh

Lesson 25

Time for Kids:
Are You a Fossil Fan?

Words from Social Studies

hill
stone
bone
land
oil

deep
ocean
drill
remains
digging

change
glue
hunt
magazine
tooth
piece

 

 

 

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Grade 2 Book 2 Unit 3          Spelling                      Vocabulary

Lesson 26

Officer
Buckle &
Gloria

Words with ll, dd, ss, gg

call
add
egg
sell
kiss

tell
odd
fill
press
well

accidents
audience
cheered
station
wipe
slips

Lesson 27

Tomas & the Library Lady

Words with initial sh, ch

shift
chair
check
shoe
children

shared
shining
shape
chase
cheek

desert
evenings
midnight
package
shoulder
borrow

Lesson 28

Princess Pooh

Words with final th and sh

with
push
both
rush
bath

mouth
brush
teeth
dash
fish

cousins
golden
princess
restaurant
world
crowded

Lesson 29

Swimmy

Words with final th and wh

there
wheel
than
whale
whimper

thought
whirl
whisper
through
them

escaped
fierce
hidden
machine
swift
swaying

Lesson 30

Plants are in Danger

Words from Science

seed
roses
bushes
flower
bloom

cactus
root
stem
petal
bud

clear
disappear
forever
problem
warn
save

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