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All second graders need to study the Spelling Words & High Frequency Words
for the Spelling Test on Friday. The Vocabulary words are bonus spelling
words.
Also, every student needs to know the Vocabulary Words (not the spelling) and
the meanings of each word for the Vocabulary test on Thursday.
Here are the lists of all of the Spelling and Vocabulary Words for the entire
year!
Unit 1
Spelling Week 1
Words with Short a and Short i
On Level - has, wag, bad, six, will, sat, had, fix, him, if, can, hit, why,
for, help
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. actions Actions are things someone or something does.
2. afraid When you are afraid, you are scared of something.
3. depend When you depend on someone, you need or count on them.
4. nervously When I act nervously, I act in a fearful or restless way.
5. peered Peered means looked hard or looked closely at something.
6. perfectly When something is perfectly wonderful, it is wonderful in the
best possible way.
7. rescue When you rescue something, you save it from danger.
8. secret A secret is something that is private or not known by many people
Spelling Week 2
Words with Short e, o, u
On Level - went, tell, pet, job, fog, not, tug, hut, tub, bun, fix, has, one,
or, see
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. aside - When things are put aside, they are moved to one side.
2. culture People of the same culture share the same way of life at a
certain time in history.
3. fair I am fair when I treat my friends in a just and honest way.
4. invited When people are invited, they are asked in a nice way to do
something or to go somewhere.
5. language Language is the way we speak, read, write, or sign.
6. plead When you plead for something, you beg or argue to get what you
want.
7. scurries When something scurries, it scampers or runs quickly
8. share When I share, I give part of something I have to someone else.
Spelling Week 3
Words with Two-Letter Blends
On Level - grass, trips, crack, still, west, mask, clap, plans, milk, belt,
fog, tub, by, he, she
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. decide When I decide, I make up my mind.
2. different When things are different, they are not the same size.
3. friendship Friendship means being pals and helping one another.
4. glance Glace means to look at quickly.
5. proper When I am proper, I act in a correct way.
6. relationship When you have a relationship, you have a connection with
someone.
7. stares When someone stares, he or she looks at something for a while
with eyes wide open.
8. trade When I trade with someone, I give one thing away to get something
else.
Spelling Week 4
Words with Short a and Long a
On Level - bag, cap, ham, bake, ate, mad, back, cape, made, rake, still,
belt, into, done, your
Vocabulary Week 4-
1. roams When an animal roams, it moves around freely.
2. allowed When you are not allowed to do something, you do not have
permission.
3. care When you care for something, you meet its needs.
4. excited When I am excited, I am all worked up about something that
happened.
5. needs A persons or animals needs are things they must have.
6. safe When I am safe, I am free from harm or danger.
7. wandered During a snowstorm, the animals wandered around looking for
shelter.
8.wildThewildisa place in nature where animals live.
Spelling Week 5
Words with Short i and Long i: i_e
On Level - did, fin, pick, line, pipe, tip, mix, five, side, hike, cape,
made, all, any, says
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. check When you check something, you look at it closely to make sure it
is in good condition.
2. choose When you choose, you decide on one thing rather than another.
3. chores Your chores are
small jobs that you do around the house.
4. cost When you ask about the cost of something, you want to know how much
you have to pay for it.
5. customers Customers are people who buy something from a store or company.
6. jobs Jobs are the work that people do to earn money.
7. spend When you spend, you use money to buy or pay for something.
8. tools Tools are equipment used to make or repair things.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Assess - No Spelling this week
Unit 2
Week 1
Words with Short o and Long o
On Level - box, fox, dog, lock, pot, cone, home, nose, poke, rope, side,
line, have, off, took
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. adapt When something has to adapt to a new place, it must adjust to it.
2. climate The climate of a place is the weather that it usually has.
3. eager When you are eager to do something, you want to do it very much.
4. freedom If you have freedom, you can do what you want and go where you
want.
5. fresh When something is fresh, it is new or not spoiled.
6. sense Sense means a feeling you have about something.
7. shadows Shadows are dark shapes that are made when something is in front
of a light.
8 silence If there is silence, it is still and quiet.
Spelling Week 2
Words with Short u and Long u
On Level - mule, fuse, plum, use, dug, cub, hum, huge, must, fun, rope, nose,
look, yes, their
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. believe If you believe something, you think this is true.
2. delicious The dogs ate all of their food. When food is delicious, it
tastes very good.
3. feast If you feast, you eat a large or fancy meal.
4. fond When you are fond of something, you like it a lot.
5. lessons Lessons are things you can learn ideas or rules from.
6. remarkable If something is remarkable, it is wonderful or outstanding.
7. snatch If you snatch something, you grab it quickly.
8. stories When you tell stories, you tell made- up tales.
Spelling Week 3
Words with Soft c and g
On Level - place, barge, trace, ice, bulge, badge, space, range, mice, cage,
mule, huge, out, wash, saw
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. buried When something is buried, it is covered up or hidden.
2. escape If you escape something, you get out of it or away from it.
3. habitat A habitat is the place where an animal or plant usually lives or
grows.
4. journey A journey is a trip.
5. nature Nature is all the things outdoors not made by people.
6. peeks If a person peeks, they take a quick look.
7. restless If you cannot stay still or quiet, then you are restless.
8. spies If a person spies something, that person watches for something and
sees it.
Spelling Week 4
Words with Consonant Digraphs: ch, tch, sh, ph, th, ng, wh
On Level - chop, catch, shape, trash, phone, that, sting, thin, bring, while,
place, badge, seven, isn't, early
Vocabulary Week 4-
1.adultAnadultisa person or animal that is fully-grown.
2. alive If something is alive, it is living.
3. covered If something is covered, there is something all over it.
4. fur Fur is thick animal hair.
5. giant Something that is giant is very large.
6. groom When animals grooms each other, they clean each other.
7. mammal A mammal is any warm- blooded animal that feeds milk to its
babies.
8. offspring Offspring are children or young people or animals.
Spelling Week 5
Words with Three-Letter Blends: scr, spr, str, thr, spl, shr
On Level - scratch, scrape, spring, throne, stripe, strange, shred, shrub,
splash, split, catch, sting, far,
flower, until
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. behave When you behave, you act in a way that is good or correct.
2. express When you express your feelings, you tell or show how you feel
about something.
3. feathers Feathers are the soft things that cover a birds body.
4. flapping If something if flapping, it is moving up and down.
5.poemApoemisa form of writing that
express imagination or feelings.
6. rhyme When two words rhyme, they have the same ending sounds.
7. rhythm Rhythm is the repeating
accents, or beats, in a poem.
8. word choice Word choice is the use of rich, colorful, exact words.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Assess - No Spelling this week
Unit 3
Spelling Week 1
Words with Long a
On Level - nail, train, main, hay, stay, break, steak, weigh, sleigh, prey,
scrape, strange, good, often, two
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. amazing When something is amazing, it is very surprising or makes you
feel wonder.
2.forceAforceisa push or a pull that can change how something moves.
3. measure If you measure something, you find the size or amount of it.
4. objects Objects are things that you can see and touch.
5. proved If you proved that something is true, you showed that it is true.
6. speed The speed of something is how fast it moves.
7. true If something is true, it is correct.
8. weight The weight of something is how heavy it is.
Spelling Week 2
Words with Long i
On Level - light, sight, mind, cry, tie, high, wild, dry, try, lie, hay,
steak, begin, those, apart
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. adventure If someone likes adventure, they like doing exciting and
unusual things.
2. delighted If you feel delighted, you feel very pleased about something.
3. dreamed If you dreamed about something you want to have happen, you
imagined it happening.
4. enjoyed If you enjoyed doing something, you liked doing it.
5. grumbled If something grumbled, it made a low rumbling sound.
6. moonlight Moonlight is the moons glow that you often see at night.
7. neighbor A neighbor is a person who lives near you.
8. nighttime Nighttime is the dark part of the day.
Spelling Week 3
Words with Long o:o, oa, ow, oe
On Level - told, most, float, coat, toast, grow, mow, show, Joe, toe, light,
mind, only, our, who
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. across If people go across something, they go from one side of it to
another.
2. borrow If you borrow something, you take it and agree to return it
later.
3. countryside The countryside is land that is away from cities or large
towns.
4.ideaAnideaisa thought or a plan you have for something.
5. insists If someone insists on something, they say firmly that it must be
done.
6. lonely A lonely place is one that very few people visit.
7. solution A solution is a way to answer a question.
8. villages Villages are very small towns in the country.
Spelling Week 4
Words with Long e
On Level - we, bee, need, queen, mean, leaf, thief, chief, pony, keys, grow,
toe, after, every, special
Vocabulary Week 4-
1. damage Damage is injury or harm that happens to something.
2. dangerous If something is dangerous, it is not safe and could harm you.
3. destroy If you destroy something, you break it so it cannot be used
anymore
4. event An event is something that happens.
5. harsh If something is harsh, it is difficult and does not feel good.
6. prevent If you prevent something, you stop it from happening.
7. warning A warning is something that lets people know that something
dangerous may happen.
8. weather The weather is what the air is like at a certain place and time.
Spelling Week 5
Words with Long u:u_e, ew, ue, u
On Level - cute, cube, fumes, music, unit, menu, few, pew, fuel, cues, pony,
queen, began, come, give
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. cheered Cheered means shouted with happiness or praise.
2. concert A concert is a musical performance played by a number of
musicians.
3. instruments Musical instruments are tools used to make music.
4. movements Movements are the ways of moving.
5. music Music is the pleasing sounds made by a singer or musical
instrument, such as a piano or guitar.
6. rhythm Rhythm is the repeating of sounds or movements to create a beat.
7. sounds Sounds are noises that can be heard.
8. understood when you understood something, you know what it means.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Access - No Spelling this week
Unit 4
Spelling Week 1
Words with Silent Letters wr, kn, gn, mb, sc
On Level - comb, crumb, scene, scent, gnat, sign, knife, know, wrist,
writing, cube, music, very, eat, don't
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. eerie If something is eerie, it is strange in a way that makes you feel
afraid or nervous.
2. growth A growth is something that grows or has grown.
3. layers If something has layers, it is made up of different parts or
levels sitting on top of one another.
4. lively Something that is lively is active and full of life and energy.
5. location A location is a place.
6. region A region is a large part of the surface of Earth.
7. seasons The seasons are the four parts of the year that each have their
own kind of weather.
8. temperate A temperate place is a place that is never very hot or very
cold.
Spelling Week 2
Words with r-Controlled Vowels er, ir, ur, or
On Level - clerk, herd, first, skirt, stir, churn, hurt, burst, work, worse,
know, wrist, found, from, today
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. active When something is active, it is lively.
2. earth The earth is the ground or land we walk on.
3. explode When things explode, they burst loudly and with a lot of force.
4. island An island is land that has water all around it.
5. local Something that is local is nearby.
6. properties The properties of something are the different ways it looks
and acts.
7. solid Something that is solid is firm and hard and keeps its shape.
8. steep Something that is steep has a very sharp slope.
Spelling Week 3
Words with or, ore, oar, ar
On Level - port, north, more, store, oar, roar, board, part, start, park,
first, hurt, ago, carry, people
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. common If something is common to two or more people, it is owned or
shared by all of them.
2. costume A costume is clothing you wear to look like something or someone
else.
3. customs Customs are ways of acting or events that a group of people has
done over and over again.
4. favorite Your favorite thing is something you like the best.
5. parades Parades are large groups of people, including bands, moving
through a public place for a
special event.
6. surrounded If something is surrounded by something else, the first thing
is closed in on all sides by the
second thing.
7. travels If something travels over or through a place, it goes over or
through there.
8. wonder If you wonder about something, you think about it because you are
curious about it.
Spelling Week 4
Words with eer, ere, ear
On Level - deer, cheers, steer, here, jeer, near, ear, dear, clear, spear,
store, north, again, house, inside
Vocabulary Week 4-
1. ashamed If someone feels ashamed, they feel embarrassed or sorry about
something.
2. boast If you boast about something, you brag about it.
3. dash If you dash somewhere, you go there quickly and suddenly.
4. holler If you holler, you yell or shout.
5. plenty If there is plenty of something, there is a lot of it so you have
enough.
6. similarities If there are similarities between two things, they are much
the same in certain ways.
7. victory A victory is winning a contest or game.
8. wisdom Wisdom is knowing what is right and using what you know to make
smart choices.
Spelling Week 5
Words with are, air, ear, ere
On Level - dare, stare, fare, hair, pair, chair, bear, pear, where, there,
dear, cheers, knew, never, talk
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. pale Something that is pale is very light color.
2. excite- Things that excite make a person feel happy or eager.
3. outdoors When something is outdoors, it is outside and not inside a
building.
4. drops- Drops are small amounts of liquid that fall in a round shape.
5. alliteration I like to read a poem with alliteration because I like to
say the same beginning sound in
words.
6. free verse In free verse, the words do not need to rhyme.
7. repetition Poets who repeat words or phrases in a poem are using
repetition.
8. simile Bill was as fast as a cricket is an example of a simile. It
uses the word as to compare two
unlike things.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Assess - No Spelling this week
Unit 5
Spelling Week 1
Words with Diphthongs ou, ow
On Level - sound, mound, cloud, shout, pound, clown, brown, crown, howl,
growl, chair, where, been,
myself, pushed
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. champion A champion is a person who has won a contest.
2. determined If you determined something, you decided it.
3. issues Issues are important problems or topics that people are talking
or arguing about.
4. promises Promises are things you tell people you will definitely do.
5. responsibility If you have a responsibility to do something, it is your
duty to do it.
6. rights Your rights are the things the law says you can do or have.
7. volunteered If you volunteered to do something, you offered to do it.
8. votes If something has votes, people chose it over something else.
Spelling Week 2
Words with Diphthongs oy, oi
On Level - soil, broil, moist, point, toil, oil, toy, joy, coin, noise,
crown, mound, I'll, laugh, maybe
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. amused If something amused you, it made you smile or laugh.
2. cooperate If you cooperate with someone, you work together on something.
3. describe If you describe something, you tell about it in words.
4. entertained If something entertained you, it pleased or interested you.
5. imagination Your imagination is your ability to make up ideas and form
pictures in your mind.
6. interact When people or things interact, they act on and affect each
other.
7. patient When you are patient, you can calmly wait for something.
8. peaceful A peaceful place is calm and quiet.
Spelling Week 3
Words with Variant Vowels /u/
On Level - room, flu, June, new, glue, fruit, crook, could, full, push,
point, coin, along, ever, strong
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. agree If people agree, they say that something is true or that they will
do something.
2. challenging If something is challenging, it is difficult and take effort
to do.
3. discover If you discover something, you find it or find out about it.
4. heroes- Heroes are people who have done brave things.
5. interest- If you have an interest in something, you like it and want to
learn more about it.
6. perform When you perform in a play or movie, you act in it.
7. study When you study something, you read, practice, or think about it so
that you can learn it.
8. succeed If you succeed in doing something, you do it the way you wanted
to
Spelling Week 4
Words with Variant Vowel /o/
On Level - ball, small, paw, jaw, pause, sauce, taught, chalk, walk, sought,
new, fruit, city, own, read
Vocabulary Week 4-
1. curious- If you are curious about something, you want to learn more about
it.
2. distance If something is at a distance from you, it is far away from you.
3. earth resources Earth resources are things found in nature that people
can use.
4. enormous Something that is enormous is very large in size or amount.
5. gently If you do something gently, you do it in a way that is light and
not rough.
6. proudly If you did something proudly, you did it in a way that showed
you were pleased with what you
did.
7. rarely If something happens rarely, it does not happen often.
8. supply A supply of something is an amount of it that is ready to use
when you need it.
Spelling Week 5
Words with Short Vowel Digraphs/e/ ea;/u/ ou;/i/ y
On Level - dead, ahead, lead, thread, bread, breath, touch, trouble, gym,
myth, small, chalk, instead,
whole, words
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. exclaimed If you exclaimed you spoke or shouted suddenly because you
were excited or upset.
2. finally- If something finally happens, it happens after a long time.
3. form When you form something, you make or shape it.
4. history History is the story of what happened in the past.
5. public If something is public, it is for all people to use or visit.
6. rules Rules are directions that tell how to do something or what is
allowed.
7. united- When things are united, they are brought or joined together.
8. writers- Writers are people who write stories, books, and articles.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Assess - No Spelling this week
Unit 6
Spelling Week 1
Words with Open and Closed Syllables
On Level - pencil, magnet, publish, supper, letter, lady, gravy, solo, open,
odor, lead, touch, door, front,
someone
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. appeared If something appeared, it came into sight.
2. crops Crops are large numbers of plants that are grown for food.
3. develop When things develop, they grow and change.
4. edge The edge of something is the line or border where it ends.
5. golden Something that is golden is bright and yellow like gold.
6. rustled If something rustled, it made a soft crackling sound.
7. shining If something is shining, it is giving out light.
8. stages Stages are steps in a process.
Spelling Week 2
Words with CVCe Syllables
On Level - state, replace, nine, ninety, side, sidewalk, face, outside,
these, tadpole, letter, magnet, alone,
beside, round
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. electricity Electricity is the energy that flows through wires and makes
light and machines work.
2. energy Energy is power from things, such as electricity or the Sun, that
can be used to heat things and
make lights and machines work.
3. flows If something flows somewhere, it moves there in a steady stream.
4. haul If you haul something heavy, you carry it.
5. power Power is any kind of energy that can be used to make lights and
machines work.
6. silent Something that is silent is totally quiet and makes no sound.
7. solar Something that is called solar is caused by or related to the Sun.
8. underground Something that is underground is beneath the surface of the
earth.
Spelling Week 3
Words with Consonant + le Syllables
On Level - lit, little, set, settle, rip, ripple, pad, paddle, middle,
bubble, outside, replace, follow, listen,
something
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. exploration Exploration is when people search to learn about new things.
2. important Something that is important matters a lot or is need.
3. machine A machine is a tool made of different parts that is used to do a
kind of work.
4. prepare When you prepare yourself for something, you get ready for it.
5. repair If you repair something that is broken, you fix it.
6. result A result is something that happened because of something else
that happened.
7. scientific If something is scientific, it has to do with science.
8. teamwork Teamwork is when people work together for a goal.
Spelling Week 4
Words with Vowel Team Syllables
On Level - way, away, root, balloon, play, display, reach, enjoy, explain,
meadow, little, middle, complete,
enough, river
Vocabulary Week 4-
1. invented If you invented something, you made something new.
2. money Money is the dollars and cents that you can use to buy things.
3. prices The prices of things are how much you have to pay to buy them.
4. purchase Purchase means to get something by paying money.
5. record If there is a record of something, there are facts written down
about it.
6. system A system is a plan or set of rules for doing something.
7. value The value of something is how much it is worth.
8. worth If something is worth a certain amount of money, it costs that
much money to buy it.
Spelling Week 5
Words with r-Controlled Vowel Syllables
On Level - jumper, higher, star, starry, garden, better, dinner, doctor,
market, hairy, enjoy, display,
afternoon, anyone, everything
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. create When you create something, you make or invent it.
2. dazzling Something that is dazzling is very bright.
3. imagination When you use your imagination, you visualize ideas in your
mind.
4. seconds when you measure something in seconds, it is of a minute.
5. beats The beats of a poem are the syllables that make rhythm in a line
of poetry.
6. message The poet used the poem to share her message about using your
imagination.
7. metaphor Im a swan is a metaphor because it compares two unlike
things.
8. repeated lines Sometimes poets use repeated lines. They include the same
line at least twice in a
poem.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Summative Assessment - No Spelling this week
.
All second graders need to study the Spelling Words & High Frequency Words
for the Spelling Test on Friday. The Vocabulary words are bonus spelling
words.
Also, every student needs to know the Vocabulary Words (not the spelling) and
the meanings of each word for the Vocabulary test on Thursday.
Here are the lists of all of the Spelling and Vocabulary Words for the entire
year!
Unit 1
Spelling Week 1
Words with Short a and Short i
On Level - has, wag, bad, six, will, sat, had, fix, him, if, can, hit, why,
for, help
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. actions Actions are things someone or something does.
2. afraid When you are afraid, you are scared of something.
3. depend When you depend on someone, you need or count on them.
4. nervously When I act nervously, I act in a fearful or restless way.
5. peered Peered means looked hard or looked closely at something.
6. perfectly When something is perfectly wonderful, it is wonderful in the
best possible way.
7. rescue When you rescue something, you save it from danger.
8. secret A secret is something that is private or not known by many people
Spelling Week 2
Words with Short e, o, u
On Level - went, tell, pet, job, fog, not, tug, hut, tub, bun, fix, has, one,
or, see
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. aside - When things are put aside, they are moved to one side.
2. culture People of the same culture share the same way of life at a
certain time in history.
3. fair I am fair when I treat my friends in a just and honest way.
4. invited When people are invited, they are asked in a nice way to do
something or to go somewhere.
5. language Language is the way we speak, read, write, or sign.
6. plead When you plead for something, you beg or argue to get what you
want.
7. scurries When something scurries, it scampers or runs quickly
8. share When I share, I give part of something I have to someone else.
Spelling Week 3
Words with Two-Letter Blends
On Level - grass, trips, crack, still, west, mask, clap, plans, milk, belt,
fog, tub, by, he, she
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. decide When I decide, I make up my mind.
2. different When things are different, they are not the same size.
3. friendship Friendship means being pals and helping one another.
4. glance Glace means to look at quickly.
5. proper When I am proper, I act in a correct way.
6. relationship When you have a relationship, you have a connection with
someone.
7. stares When someone stares, he or she looks at something for a while
with eyes wide open.
8. trade When I trade with someone, I give one thing away to get something
else.
Spelling Week 4
Words with Short a and Long a
On Level - bag, cap, ham, bake, ate, mad, back, cape, made, rake, still,
belt, into, done, your
Vocabulary Week 4-
1. roams When an animal roams, it moves around freely.
2. allowed When you are not allowed to do something, you do not have
permission.
3. care When you care for something, you meet its needs.
4. excited When I am excited, I am all worked up about something that
happened.
5. needs A persons or animals needs are things they must have.
6. safe When I am safe, I am free from harm or danger.
7. wandered During a snowstorm, the animals wandered around looking for
shelter.
8.wildThewildisa place in nature where animals live.
Spelling Week 5
Words with Short i and Long i: i_e
On Level - did, fin, pick, line, pipe, tip, mix, five, side, hike, cape,
made, all, any, says
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. check When you check something, you look at it closely to make sure it
is in good condition.
2. choose When you choose, you decide on one thing rather than another.
3. chores Your chores are
small jobs that you do around the house.
4. cost When you ask about the cost of something, you want to know how much
you have to pay for it.
5. customers Customers are people who buy something from a store or company.
6. jobs Jobs are the work that people do to earn money.
7. spend When you spend, you use money to buy or pay for something.
8. tools Tools are equipment used to make or repair things.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Assess - No Spelling this week
Unit 2
Week 1
Words with Short o and Long o
On Level - box, fox, dog, lock, pot, cone, home, nose, poke, rope, side,
line, have, off, took
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. adapt When something has to adapt to a new place, it must adjust to it.
2. climate The climate of a place is the weather that it usually has.
3. eager When you are eager to do something, you want to do it very much.
4. freedom If you have freedom, you can do what you want and go where you
want.
5. fresh When something is fresh, it is new or not spoiled.
6. sense Sense means a feeling you have about something.
7. shadows Shadows are dark shapes that are made when something is in front
of a light.
8 silence If there is silence, it is still and quiet.
Spelling Week 2
Words with Short u and Long u
On Level - mule, fuse, plum, use, dug, cub, hum, huge, must, fun, rope, nose,
look, yes, their
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. believe If you believe something, you think this is true.
2. delicious The dogs ate all of their food. When food is delicious, it
tastes very good.
3. feast If you feast, you eat a large or fancy meal.
4. fond When you are fond of something, you like it a lot.
5. lessons Lessons are things you can learn ideas or rules from.
6. remarkable If something is remarkable, it is wonderful or outstanding.
7. snatch If you snatch something, you grab it quickly.
8. stories When you tell stories, you tell made- up tales.
Spelling Week 3
Words with Soft c and g
On Level - place, barge, trace, ice, bulge, badge, space, range, mice, cage,
mule, huge, out, wash, saw
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. buried When something is buried, it is covered up or hidden.
2. escape If you escape something, you get out of it or away from it.
3. habitat A habitat is the place where an animal or plant usually lives or
grows.
4. journey A journey is a trip.
5. nature Nature is all the things outdoors not made by people.
6. peeks If a person peeks, they take a quick look.
7. restless If you cannot stay still or quiet, then you are restless.
8. spies If a person spies something, that person watches for something and
sees it.
Spelling Week 4
Words with Consonant Digraphs: ch, tch, sh, ph, th, ng, wh
On Level - chop, catch, shape, trash, phone, that, sting, thin, bring, while,
place, badge, seven, isn't, early
Vocabulary Week 4-
1.adultAnadultisa person or animal that is fully-grown.
2. alive If something is alive, it is living.
3. covered If something is covered, there is something all over it.
4. fur Fur is thick animal hair.
5. giant Something that is giant is very large.
6. groom When animals grooms each other, they clean each other.
7. mammal A mammal is any warm- blooded animal that feeds milk to its
babies.
8. offspring Offspring are children or young people or animals.
Spelling Week 5
Words with Three-Letter Blends: scr, spr, str, thr, spl, shr
On Level - scratch, scrape, spring, throne, stripe, strange, shred, shrub,
splash, split, catch, sting, far,
flower, until
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. behave When you behave, you act in a way that is good or correct.
2. express When you express your feelings, you tell or show how you feel
about something.
3. feathers Feathers are the soft things that cover a birds body.
4. flapping If something if flapping, it is moving up and down.
5.poemApoemisa form of writing that
express imagination or feelings.
6. rhyme When two words rhyme, they have the same ending sounds.
7. rhythm Rhythm is the repeating
accents, or beats, in a poem.
8. word choice Word choice is the use of rich, colorful, exact words.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Assess - No Spelling this week
Unit 3
Spelling Week 1
Words with Long a
On Level - nail, train, main, hay, stay, break, steak, weigh, sleigh, prey,
scrape, strange, good, often, two
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. amazing When something is amazing, it is very surprising or makes you
feel wonder.
2.forceAforceisa push or a pull that can change how something moves.
3. measure If you measure something, you find the size or amount of it.
4. objects Objects are things that you can see and touch.
5. proved If you proved that something is true, you showed that it is true.
6. speed The speed of something is how fast it moves.
7. true If something is true, it is correct.
8. weight The weight of something is how heavy it is.
Spelling Week 2
Words with Long i
On Level - light, sight, mind, cry, tie, high, wild, dry, try, lie, hay,
steak, begin, those, apart
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. adventure If someone likes adventure, they like doing exciting and
unusual things.
2. delighted If you feel delighted, you feel very pleased about something.
3. dreamed If you dreamed about something you want to have happen, you
imagined it happening.
4. enjoyed If you enjoyed doing something, you liked doing it.
5. grumbled If something grumbled, it made a low rumbling sound.
6. moonlight Moonlight is the moons glow that you often see at night.
7. neighbor A neighbor is a person who lives near you.
8. nighttime Nighttime is the dark part of the day.
Spelling Week 3
Words with Long o:o, oa, ow, oe
On Level - told, most, float, coat, toast, grow, mow, show, Joe, toe, light,
mind, only, our, who
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. across If people go across something, they go from one side of it to
another.
2. borrow If you borrow something, you take it and agree to return it
later.
3. countryside The countryside is land that is away from cities or large
towns.
4.ideaAnideaisa thought or a plan you have for something.
5. insists If someone insists on something, they say firmly that it must be
done.
6. lonely A lonely place is one that very few people visit.
7. solution A solution is a way to answer a question.
8. villages Villages are very small towns in the country.
Spelling Week 4
Words with Long e
On Level - we, bee, need, queen, mean, leaf, thief, chief, pony, keys, grow,
toe, after, every, special
Vocabulary Week 4-
1. damage Damage is injury or harm that happens to something.
2. dangerous If something is dangerous, it is not safe and could harm you.
3. destroy If you destroy something, you break it so it cannot be used
anymore
4. event An event is something that happens.
5. harsh If something is harsh, it is difficult and does not feel good.
6. prevent If you prevent something, you stop it from happening.
7. warning A warning is something that lets people know that something
dangerous may happen.
8. weather The weather is what the air is like at a certain place and time.
Spelling Week 5
Words with Long u:u_e, ew, ue, u
On Level - cute, cube, fumes, music, unit, menu, few, pew, fuel, cues, pony,
queen, began, come, give
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. cheered Cheered means shouted with happiness or praise.
2. concert A concert is a musical performance played by a number of
musicians.
3. instruments Musical instruments are tools used to make music.
4. movements Movements are the ways of moving.
5. music Music is the pleasing sounds made by a singer or musical
instrument, such as a piano or guitar.
6. rhythm Rhythm is the repeating of sounds or movements to create a beat.
7. sounds Sounds are noises that can be heard.
8. understood when you understood something, you know what it means.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Access - No Spelling this week
Unit 4
Spelling Week 1
Words with Silent Letters wr, kn, gn, mb, sc
On Level - comb, crumb, scene, scent, gnat, sign, knife, know, wrist,
writing, cube, music, very, eat, don't
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. eerie If something is eerie, it is strange in a way that makes you feel
afraid or nervous.
2. growth A growth is something that grows or has grown.
3. layers If something has layers, it is made up of different parts or
levels sitting on top of one another.
4. lively Something that is lively is active and full of life and energy.
5. location A location is a place.
6. region A region is a large part of the surface of Earth.
7. seasons The seasons are the four parts of the year that each have their
own kind of weather.
8. temperate A temperate place is a place that is never very hot or very
cold.
Spelling Week 2
Words with r-Controlled Vowels er, ir, ur, or
On Level - clerk, herd, first, skirt, stir, churn, hurt, burst, work, worse,
know, wrist, found, from, today
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. active When something is active, it is lively.
2. earth The earth is the ground or land we walk on.
3. explode When things explode, they burst loudly and with a lot of force.
4. island An island is land that has water all around it.
5. local Something that is local is nearby.
6. properties The properties of something are the different ways it looks
and acts.
7. solid Something that is solid is firm and hard and keeps its shape.
8. steep Something that is steep has a very sharp slope.
Spelling Week 3
Words with or, ore, oar, ar
On Level - port, north, more, store, oar, roar, board, part, start, park,
first, hurt, ago, carry, people
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. common If something is common to two or more people, it is owned or
shared by all of them.
2. costume A costume is clothing you wear to look like something or someone
else.
3. customs Customs are ways of acting or events that a group of people has
done over and over again.
4. favorite Your favorite thing is something you like the best.
5. parades Parades are large groups of people, including bands, moving
through a public place for a
special event.
6. surrounded If something is surrounded by something else, the first thing
is closed in on all sides by the
second thing.
7. travels If something travels over or through a place, it goes over or
through there.
8. wonder If you wonder about something, you think about it because you are
curious about it.
Spelling Week 4
Words with eer, ere, ear
On Level - deer, cheers, steer, here, jeer, near, ear, dear, clear, spear,
store, north, again, house, inside
Vocabulary Week 4-
1. ashamed If someone feels ashamed, they feel embarrassed or sorry about
something.
2. boast If you boast about something, you brag about it.
3. dash If you dash somewhere, you go there quickly and suddenly.
4. holler If you holler, you yell or shout.
5. plenty If there is plenty of something, there is a lot of it so you have
enough.
6. similarities If there are similarities between two things, they are much
the same in certain ways.
7. victory A victory is winning a contest or game.
8. wisdom Wisdom is knowing what is right and using what you know to make
smart choices.
Spelling Week 5
Words with are, air, ear, ere
On Level - dare, stare, fare, hair, pair, chair, bear, pear, where, there,
dear, cheers, knew, never, talk
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. pale Something that is pale is very light color.
2. excite- Things that excite make a person feel happy or eager.
3. outdoors When something is outdoors, it is outside and not inside a
building.
4. drops- Drops are small amounts of liquid that fall in a round shape.
5. alliteration I like to read a poem with alliteration because I like to
say the same beginning sound in
words.
6. free verse In free verse, the words do not need to rhyme.
7. repetition Poets who repeat words or phrases in a poem are using
repetition.
8. simile Bill was as fast as a cricket is an example of a simile. It
uses the word as to compare two
unlike things.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Assess - No Spelling this week
Unit 5
Spelling Week 1
Words with Diphthongs ou, ow
On Level - sound, mound, cloud, shout, pound, clown, brown, crown, howl,
growl, chair, where, been,
myself, pushed
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. champion A champion is a person who has won a contest.
2. determined If you determined something, you decided it.
3. issues Issues are important problems or topics that people are talking
or arguing about.
4. promises Promises are things you tell people you will definitely do.
5. responsibility If you have a responsibility to do something, it is your
duty to do it.
6. rights Your rights are the things the law says you can do or have.
7. volunteered If you volunteered to do something, you offered to do it.
8. votes If something has votes, people chose it over something else.
Spelling Week 2
Words with Diphthongs oy, oi
On Level - soil, broil, moist, point, toil, oil, toy, joy, coin, noise,
crown, mound, I'll, laugh, maybe
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. amused If something amused you, it made you smile or laugh.
2. cooperate If you cooperate with someone, you work together on something.
3. describe If you describe something, you tell about it in words.
4. entertained If something entertained you, it pleased or interested you.
5. imagination Your imagination is your ability to make up ideas and form
pictures in your mind.
6. interact When people or things interact, they act on and affect each
other.
7. patient When you are patient, you can calmly wait for something.
8. peaceful A peaceful place is calm and quiet.
Spelling Week 3
Words with Variant Vowels /u/
On Level - room, flu, June, new, glue, fruit, crook, could, full, push,
point, coin, along, ever, strong
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. agree If people agree, they say that something is true or that they will
do something.
2. challenging If something is challenging, it is difficult and take effort
to do.
3. discover If you discover something, you find it or find out about it.
4. heroes- Heroes are people who have done brave things.
5. interest- If you have an interest in something, you like it and want to
learn more about it.
6. perform When you perform in a play or movie, you act in it.
7. study When you study something, you read, practice, or think about it so
that you can learn it.
8. succeed If you succeed in doing something, you do it the way you wanted
to
Spelling Week 4
Words with Variant Vowel /o/
On Level - ball, small, paw, jaw, pause, sauce, taught, chalk, walk, sought,
new, fruit, city, own, read
Vocabulary Week 4-
1. curious- If you are curious about something, you want to learn more about
it.
2. distance If something is at a distance from you, it is far away from you.
3. earth resources Earth resources are things found in nature that people
can use.
4. enormous Something that is enormous is very large in size or amount.
5. gently If you do something gently, you do it in a way that is light and
not rough.
6. proudly If you did something proudly, you did it in a way that showed
you were pleased with what you
did.
7. rarely If something happens rarely, it does not happen often.
8. supply A supply of something is an amount of it that is ready to use
when you need it.
Spelling Week 5
Words with Short Vowel Digraphs/e/ ea;/u/ ou;/i/ y
On Level - dead, ahead, lead, thread, bread, breath, touch, trouble, gym,
myth, small, chalk, instead,
whole, words
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. exclaimed If you exclaimed you spoke or shouted suddenly because you
were excited or upset.
2. finally- If something finally happens, it happens after a long time.
3. form When you form something, you make or shape it.
4. history History is the story of what happened in the past.
5. public If something is public, it is for all people to use or visit.
6. rules Rules are directions that tell how to do something or what is
allowed.
7. united- When things are united, they are brought or joined together.
8. writers- Writers are people who write stories, books, and articles.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Assess - No Spelling this week
Unit 6
Spelling Week 1
Words with Open and Closed Syllables
On Level - pencil, magnet, publish, supper, letter, lady, gravy, solo, open,
odor, lead, touch, door, front,
someone
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. appeared If something appeared, it came into sight.
2. crops Crops are large numbers of plants that are grown for food.
3. develop When things develop, they grow and change.
4. edge The edge of something is the line or border where it ends.
5. golden Something that is golden is bright and yellow like gold.
6. rustled If something rustled, it made a soft crackling sound.
7. shining If something is shining, it is giving out light.
8. stages Stages are steps in a process.
Spelling Week 2
Words with CVCe Syllables
On Level - state, replace, nine, ninety, side, sidewalk, face, outside,
these, tadpole, letter, magnet, alone,
beside, round
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. electricity Electricity is the energy that flows through wires and makes
light and machines work.
2. energy Energy is power from things, such as electricity or the Sun, that
can be used to heat things and
make lights and machines work.
3. flows If something flows somewhere, it moves there in a steady stream.
4. haul If you haul something heavy, you carry it.
5. power Power is any kind of energy that can be used to make lights and
machines work.
6. silent Something that is silent is totally quiet and makes no sound.
7. solar Something that is called solar is caused by or related to the Sun.
8. underground Something that is underground is beneath the surface of the
earth.
Spelling Week 3
Words with Consonant + le Syllables
On Level - lit, little, set, settle, rip, ripple, pad, paddle, middle,
bubble, outside, replace, follow, listen,
something
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. exploration Exploration is when people search to learn about new things.
2. important Something that is important matters a lot or is need.
3. machine A machine is a tool made of different parts that is used to do a
kind of work.
4. prepare When you prepare yourself for something, you get ready for it.
5. repair If you repair something that is broken, you fix it.
6. result A result is something that happened because of something else
that happened.
7. scientific If something is scientific, it has to do with science.
8. teamwork Teamwork is when people work together for a goal.
Spelling Week 4
Words with Vowel Team Syllables
On Level - way, away, root, balloon, play, display, reach, enjoy, explain,
meadow, little, middle, complete,
enough, river
Vocabulary Week 4-
1. invented If you invented something, you made something new.
2. money Money is the dollars and cents that you can use to buy things.
3. prices The prices of things are how much you have to pay to buy them.
4. purchase Purchase means to get something by paying money.
5. record If there is a record of something, there are facts written down
about it.
6. system A system is a plan or set of rules for doing something.
7. value The value of something is how much it is worth.
8. worth If something is worth a certain amount of money, it costs that
much money to buy it.
Spelling Week 5
Words with r-Controlled Vowel Syllables
On Level - jumper, higher, star, starry, garden, better, dinner, doctor,
market, hairy, enjoy, display,
afternoon, anyone, everything
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. create When you create something, you make or invent it.
2. dazzling Something that is dazzling is very bright.
3. imagination When you use your imagination, you visualize ideas in your
mind.
4. seconds when you measure something in seconds, it is of a minute.
5. beats The beats of a poem are the syllables that make rhythm in a line
of poetry.
6. message The poet used the poem to share her message about using your
imagination.
7. metaphor Im a swan is a metaphor because it compares two unlike
things.
8. repeated lines Sometimes poets use repeated lines. They include the same
line at least twice in a
poem.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Summative Assessment - No Spelling this week
.
All second graders need to study the Spelling Words & High Frequency Words
for the Spelling Test on Friday. The Vocabulary words are bonus spelling
words.
Also, every student needs to know the Vocabulary Words (not the spelling) and
the meanings of each word for the Vocabulary test on Thursday.
Here are the lists of all of the Spelling and Vocabulary Words for the entire
year!
Unit 1
Spelling Week 1
Words with Short a and Short i
On Level - has, wag, bad, six, will, sat, had, fix, him, if, can, hit, why,
for, help
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. actions Actions are things someone or something does.
2. afraid When you are afraid, you are scared of something.
3. depend When you depend on someone, you need or count on them.
4. nervously When I act nervously, I act in a fearful or restless way.
5. peered Peered means looked hard or looked closely at something.
6. perfectly When something is perfectly wonderful, it is wonderful in the
best possible way.
7. rescue When you rescue something, you save it from danger.
8. secret A secret is something that is private or not known by many people
Spelling Week 2
Words with Short e, o, u
On Level - went, tell, pet, job, fog, not, tug, hut, tub, bun, fix, has, one,
or, see
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. aside - When things are put aside, they are moved to one side.
2. culture People of the same culture share the same way of life at a
certain time in history.
3. fair I am fair when I treat my friends in a just and honest way.
4. invited When people are invited, they are asked in a nice way to do
something or to go somewhere.
5. language Language is the way we speak, read, write, or sign.
6. plead When you plead for something, you beg or argue to get what you
want.
7. scurries When something scurries, it scampers or runs quickly
8. share When I share, I give part of something I have to someone else.
Spelling Week 3
Words with Two-Letter Blends
On Level - grass, trips, crack, still, west, mask, clap, plans, milk, belt,
fog, tub, by, he, she
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. decide When I decide, I make up my mind.
2. different When things are different, they are not the same size.
3. friendship Friendship means being pals and helping one another.
4. glance Glace means to look at quickly.
5. proper When I am proper, I act in a correct way.
6. relationship When you have a relationship, you have a connection with
someone.
7. stares When someone stares, he or she looks at something for a while
with eyes wide open.
8. trade When I trade with someone, I give one thing away to get something
else.
Spelling Week 4
Words with Short a and Long a
On Level - bag, cap, ham, bake, ate, mad, back, cape, made, rake, still,
belt, into, done, your
Vocabulary Week 4-
1. roams When an animal roams, it moves around freely.
2. allowed When you are not allowed to do something, you do not have
permission.
3. care When you care for something, you meet its needs.
4. excited When I am excited, I am all worked up about something that
happened.
5. needs A persons or animals needs are things they must have.
6. safe When I am safe, I am free from harm or danger.
7. wandered During a snowstorm, the animals wandered around looking for
shelter.
8.wildThewildisa place in nature where animals live.
Spelling Week 5
Words with Short i and Long i: i_e
On Level - did, fin, pick, line, pipe, tip, mix, five, side, hike, cape,
made, all, any, says
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. check When you check something, you look at it closely to make sure it
is in good condition.
2. choose When you choose, you decide on one thing rather than another.
3. chores Your chores are
small jobs that you do around the house.
4. cost When you ask about the cost of something, you want to know how much
you have to pay for it.
5. customers Customers are people who buy something from a store or company.
6. jobs Jobs are the work that people do to earn money.
7. spend When you spend, you use money to buy or pay for something.
8. tools Tools are equipment used to make or repair things.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Assess - No Spelling this week
Unit 2
Week 1
Words with Short o and Long o
On Level - box, fox, dog, lock, pot, cone, home, nose, poke, rope, side,
line, have, off, took
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. adapt When something has to adapt to a new place, it must adjust to it.
2. climate The climate of a place is the weather that it usually has.
3. eager When you are eager to do something, you want to do it very much.
4. freedom If you have freedom, you can do what you want and go where you
want.
5. fresh When something is fresh, it is new or not spoiled.
6. sense Sense means a feeling you have about something.
7. shadows Shadows are dark shapes that are made when something is in front
of a light.
8 silence If there is silence, it is still and quiet.
Spelling Week 2
Words with Short u and Long u
On Level - mule, fuse, plum, use, dug, cub, hum, huge, must, fun, rope, nose,
look, yes, their
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. believe If you believe something, you think this is true.
2. delicious The dogs ate all of their food. When food is delicious, it
tastes very good.
3. feast If you feast, you eat a large or fancy meal.
4. fond When you are fond of something, you like it a lot.
5. lessons Lessons are things you can learn ideas or rules from.
6. remarkable If something is remarkable, it is wonderful or outstanding.
7. snatch If you snatch something, you grab it quickly.
8. stories When you tell stories, you tell made- up tales.
Spelling Week 3
Words with Soft c and g
On Level - place, barge, trace, ice, bulge, badge, space, range, mice, cage,
mule, huge, out, wash, saw
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. buried When something is buried, it is covered up or hidden.
2. escape If you escape something, you get out of it or away from it.
3. habitat A habitat is the place where an animal or plant usually lives or
grows.
4. journey A journey is a trip.
5. nature Nature is all the things outdoors not made by people.
6. peeks If a person peeks, they take a quick look.
7. restless If you cannot stay still or quiet, then you are restless.
8. spies If a person spies something, that person watches for something and
sees it.
Spelling Week 4
Words with Consonant Digraphs: ch, tch, sh, ph, th, ng, wh
On Level - chop, catch, shape, trash, phone, that, sting, thin, bring, while,
place, badge, seven, isn't, early
Vocabulary Week 4-
1.adultAnadultisa person or animal that is fully-grown.
2. alive If something is alive, it is living.
3. covered If something is covered, there is something all over it.
4. fur Fur is thick animal hair.
5. giant Something that is giant is very large.
6. groom When animals grooms each other, they clean each other.
7. mammal A mammal is any warm- blooded animal that feeds milk to its
babies.
8. offspring Offspring are children or young people or animals.
Spelling Week 5
Words with Three-Letter Blends: scr, spr, str, thr, spl, shr
On Level - scratch, scrape, spring, throne, stripe, strange, shred, shrub,
splash, split, catch, sting, far,
flower, until
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. behave When you behave, you act in a way that is good or correct.
2. express When you express your feelings, you tell or show how you feel
about something.
3. feathers Feathers are the soft things that cover a birds body.
4. flapping If something if flapping, it is moving up and down.
5.poemApoemisa form of writing that
express imagination or feelings.
6. rhyme When two words rhyme, they have the same ending sounds.
7. rhythm Rhythm is the repeating
accents, or beats, in a poem.
8. word choice Word choice is the use of rich, colorful, exact words.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Assess - No Spelling this week
Unit 3
Spelling Week 1
Words with Long a
On Level - nail, train, main, hay, stay, break, steak, weigh, sleigh, prey,
scrape, strange, good, often, two
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. amazing When something is amazing, it is very surprising or makes you
feel wonder.
2.forceAforceisa push or a pull that can change how something moves.
3. measure If you measure something, you find the size or amount of it.
4. objects Objects are things that you can see and touch.
5. proved If you proved that something is true, you showed that it is true.
6. speed The speed of something is how fast it moves.
7. true If something is true, it is correct.
8. weight The weight of something is how heavy it is.
Spelling Week 2
Words with Long i
On Level - light, sight, mind, cry, tie, high, wild, dry, try, lie, hay,
steak, begin, those, apart
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. adventure If someone likes adventure, they like doing exciting and
unusual things.
2. delighted If you feel delighted, you feel very pleased about something.
3. dreamed If you dreamed about something you want to have happen, you
imagined it happening.
4. enjoyed If you enjoyed doing something, you liked doing it.
5. grumbled If something grumbled, it made a low rumbling sound.
6. moonlight Moonlight is the moons glow that you often see at night.
7. neighbor A neighbor is a person who lives near you.
8. nighttime Nighttime is the dark part of the day.
Spelling Week 3
Words with Long o:o, oa, ow, oe
On Level - told, most, float, coat, toast, grow, mow, show, Joe, toe, light,
mind, only, our, who
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. across If people go across something, they go from one side of it to
another.
2. borrow If you borrow something, you take it and agree to return it
later.
3. countryside The countryside is land that is away from cities or large
towns.
4.ideaAnideaisa thought or a plan you have for something.
5. insists If someone insists on something, they say firmly that it must be
done.
6. lonely A lonely place is one that very few people visit.
7. solution A solution is a way to answer a question.
8. villages Villages are very small towns in the country.
Spelling Week 4
Words with Long e
On Level - we, bee, need, queen, mean, leaf, thief, chief, pony, keys, grow,
toe, after, every, special
Vocabulary Week 4-
1. damage Damage is injury or harm that happens to something.
2. dangerous If something is dangerous, it is not safe and could harm you.
3. destroy If you destroy something, you break it so it cannot be used
anymore
4. event An event is something that happens.
5. harsh If something is harsh, it is difficult and does not feel good.
6. prevent If you prevent something, you stop it from happening.
7. warning A warning is something that lets people know that something
dangerous may happen.
8. weather The weather is what the air is like at a certain place and time.
Spelling Week 5
Words with Long u:u_e, ew, ue, u
On Level - cute, cube, fumes, music, unit, menu, few, pew, fuel, cues, pony,
queen, began, come, give
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. cheered Cheered means shouted with happiness or praise.
2. concert A concert is a musical performance played by a number of
musicians.
3. instruments Musical instruments are tools used to make music.
4. movements Movements are the ways of moving.
5. music Music is the pleasing sounds made by a singer or musical
instrument, such as a piano or guitar.
6. rhythm Rhythm is the repeating of sounds or movements to create a beat.
7. sounds Sounds are noises that can be heard.
8. understood when you understood something, you know what it means.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Access - No Spelling this week
Unit 4
Spelling Week 1
Words with Silent Letters wr, kn, gn, mb, sc
On Level - comb, crumb, scene, scent, gnat, sign, knife, know, wrist,
writing, cube, music, very, eat, don't
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. eerie If something is eerie, it is strange in a way that makes you feel
afraid or nervous.
2. growth A growth is something that grows or has grown.
3. layers If something has layers, it is made up of different parts or
levels sitting on top of one another.
4. lively Something that is lively is active and full of life and energy.
5. location A location is a place.
6. region A region is a large part of the surface of Earth.
7. seasons The seasons are the four parts of the year that each have their
own kind of weather.
8. temperate A temperate place is a place that is never very hot or very
cold.
Spelling Week 2
Words with r-Controlled Vowels er, ir, ur, or
On Level - clerk, herd, first, skirt, stir, churn, hurt, burst, work, worse,
know, wrist, found, from, today
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. active When something is active, it is lively.
2. earth The earth is the ground or land we walk on.
3. explode When things explode, they burst loudly and with a lot of force.
4. island An island is land that has water all around it.
5. local Something that is local is nearby.
6. properties The properties of something are the different ways it looks
and acts.
7. solid Something that is solid is firm and hard and keeps its shape.
8. steep Something that is steep has a very sharp slope.
Spelling Week 3
Words with or, ore, oar, ar
On Level - port, north, more, store, oar, roar, board, part, start, park,
first, hurt, ago, carry, people
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. common If something is common to two or more people, it is owned or
shared by all of them.
2. costume A costume is clothing you wear to look like something or someone
else.
3. customs Customs are ways of acting or events that a group of people has
done over and over again.
4. favorite Your favorite thing is something you like the best.
5. parades Parades are large groups of people, including bands, moving
through a public place for a
special event.
6. surrounded If something is surrounded by something else, the first thing
is closed in on all sides by the
second thing.
7. travels If something travels over or through a place, it goes over or
through there.
8. wonder If you wonder about something, you think about it because you are
curious about it.
Spelling Week 4
Words with eer, ere, ear
On Level - deer, cheers, steer, here, jeer, near, ear, dear, clear, spear,
store, north, again, house, inside
Vocabulary Week 4-
1. ashamed If someone feels ashamed, they feel embarrassed or sorry about
something.
2. boast If you boast about something, you brag about it.
3. dash If you dash somewhere, you go there quickly and suddenly.
4. holler If you holler, you yell or shout.
5. plenty If there is plenty of something, there is a lot of it so you have
enough.
6. similarities If there are similarities between two things, they are much
the same in certain ways.
7. victory A victory is winning a contest or game.
8. wisdom Wisdom is knowing what is right and using what you know to make
smart choices.
Spelling Week 5
Words with are, air, ear, ere
On Level - dare, stare, fare, hair, pair, chair, bear, pear, where, there,
dear, cheers, knew, never, talk
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. pale Something that is pale is very light color.
2. excite- Things that excite make a person feel happy or eager.
3. outdoors When something is outdoors, it is outside and not inside a
building.
4. drops- Drops are small amounts of liquid that fall in a round shape.
5. alliteration I like to read a poem with alliteration because I like to
say the same beginning sound in
words.
6. free verse In free verse, the words do not need to rhyme.
7. repetition Poets who repeat words or phrases in a poem are using
repetition.
8. simile Bill was as fast as a cricket is an example of a simile. It
uses the word as to compare two
unlike things.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Assess - No Spelling this week
Unit 5
Spelling Week 1
Words with Diphthongs ou, ow
On Level - sound, mound, cloud, shout, pound, clown, brown, crown, howl,
growl, chair, where, been,
myself, pushed
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. champion A champion is a person who has won a contest.
2. determined If you determined something, you decided it.
3. issues Issues are important problems or topics that people are talking
or arguing about.
4. promises Promises are things you tell people you will definitely do.
5. responsibility If you have a responsibility to do something, it is your
duty to do it.
6. rights Your rights are the things the law says you can do or have.
7. volunteered If you volunteered to do something, you offered to do it.
8. votes If something has votes, people chose it over something else.
Spelling Week 2
Words with Diphthongs oy, oi
On Level - soil, broil, moist, point, toil, oil, toy, joy, coin, noise,
crown, mound, I'll, laugh, maybe
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. amused If something amused you, it made you smile or laugh.
2. cooperate If you cooperate with someone, you work together on something.
3. describe If you describe something, you tell about it in words.
4. entertained If something entertained you, it pleased or interested you.
5. imagination Your imagination is your ability to make up ideas and form
pictures in your mind.
6. interact When people or things interact, they act on and affect each
other.
7. patient When you are patient, you can calmly wait for something.
8. peaceful A peaceful place is calm and quiet.
Spelling Week 3
Words with Variant Vowels /u/
On Level - room, flu, June, new, glue, fruit, crook, could, full, push,
point, coin, along, ever, strong
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. agree If people agree, they say that something is true or that they will
do something.
2. challenging If something is challenging, it is difficult and take effort
to do.
3. discover If you discover something, you find it or find out about it.
4. heroes- Heroes are people who have done brave things.
5. interest- If you have an interest in something, you like it and want to
learn more about it.
6. perform When you perform in a play or movie, you act in it.
7. study When you study something, you read, practice, or think about it so
that you can learn it.
8. succeed If you succeed in doing something, you do it the way you wanted
to
Spelling Week 4
Words with Variant Vowel /o/
On Level - ball, small, paw, jaw, pause, sauce, taught, chalk, walk, sought,
new, fruit, city, own, read
Vocabulary Week 4-
1. curious- If you are curious about something, you want to learn more about
it.
2. distance If something is at a distance from you, it is far away from you.
3. earth resources Earth resources are things found in nature that people
can use.
4. enormous Something that is enormous is very large in size or amount.
5. gently If you do something gently, you do it in a way that is light and
not rough.
6. proudly If you did something proudly, you did it in a way that showed
you were pleased with what you
did.
7. rarely If something happens rarely, it does not happen often.
8. supply A supply of something is an amount of it that is ready to use
when you need it.
Spelling Week 5
Words with Short Vowel Digraphs/e/ ea;/u/ ou;/i/ y
On Level - dead, ahead, lead, thread, bread, breath, touch, trouble, gym,
myth, small, chalk, instead,
whole, words
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. exclaimed If you exclaimed you spoke or shouted suddenly because you
were excited or upset.
2. finally- If something finally happens, it happens after a long time.
3. form When you form something, you make or shape it.
4. history History is the story of what happened in the past.
5. public If something is public, it is for all people to use or visit.
6. rules Rules are directions that tell how to do something or what is
allowed.
7. united- When things are united, they are brought or joined together.
8. writers- Writers are people who write stories, books, and articles.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Assess - No Spelling this week
Unit 6
Spelling Week 1
Words with Open and Closed Syllables
On Level - pencil, magnet, publish, supper, letter, lady, gravy, solo, open,
odor, lead, touch, door, front,
someone
Vocabulary Week 1-
1. appeared If something appeared, it came into sight.
2. crops Crops are large numbers of plants that are grown for food.
3. develop When things develop, they grow and change.
4. edge The edge of something is the line or border where it ends.
5. golden Something that is golden is bright and yellow like gold.
6. rustled If something rustled, it made a soft crackling sound.
7. shining If something is shining, it is giving out light.
8. stages Stages are steps in a process.
Spelling Week 2
Words with CVCe Syllables
On Level - state, replace, nine, ninety, side, sidewalk, face, outside,
these, tadpole, letter, magnet, alone,
beside, round
Vocabulary Week 2-
1. electricity Electricity is the energy that flows through wires and makes
light and machines work.
2. energy Energy is power from things, such as electricity or the Sun, that
can be used to heat things and
make lights and machines work.
3. flows If something flows somewhere, it moves there in a steady stream.
4. haul If you haul something heavy, you carry it.
5. power Power is any kind of energy that can be used to make lights and
machines work.
6. silent Something that is silent is totally quiet and makes no sound.
7. solar Something that is called solar is caused by or related to the Sun.
8. underground Something that is underground is beneath the surface of the
earth.
Spelling Week 3
Words with Consonant + le Syllables
On Level - lit, little, set, settle, rip, ripple, pad, paddle, middle,
bubble, outside, replace, follow, listen,
something
Vocabulary Week 3-
1. exploration Exploration is when people search to learn about new things.
2. important Something that is important matters a lot or is need.
3. machine A machine is a tool made of different parts that is used to do a
kind of work.
4. prepare When you prepare yourself for something, you get ready for it.
5. repair If you repair something that is broken, you fix it.
6. result A result is something that happened because of something else
that happened.
7. scientific If something is scientific, it has to do with science.
8. teamwork Teamwork is when people work together for a goal.
Spelling Week 4
Words with Vowel Team Syllables
On Level - way, away, root, balloon, play, display, reach, enjoy, explain,
meadow, little, middle, complete,
enough, river
Vocabulary Week 4-
1. invented If you invented something, you made something new.
2. money Money is the dollars and cents that you can use to buy things.
3. prices The prices of things are how much you have to pay to buy them.
4. purchase Purchase means to get something by paying money.
5. record If there is a record of something, there are facts written down
about it.
6. system A system is a plan or set of rules for doing something.
7. value The value of something is how much it is worth.
8. worth If something is worth a certain amount of money, it costs that
much money to buy it.
Spelling Week 5
Words with r-Controlled Vowel Syllables
On Level - jumper, higher, star, starry, garden, better, dinner, doctor,
market, hairy, enjoy, display,
afternoon, anyone, everything
Vocabulary Week 5-
1. create When you create something, you make or invent it.
2. dazzling Something that is dazzling is very bright.
3. imagination When you use your imagination, you visualize ideas in your
mind.
4. seconds when you measure something in seconds, it is of a minute.
5. beats The beats of a poem are the syllables that make rhythm in a line
of poetry.
6. message The poet used the poem to share her message about using your
imagination.
7. metaphor Im a swan is a metaphor because it compares two unlike
things.
8. repeated lines Sometimes poets use repeated lines. They include the same
line at least twice in a
poem.
Spelling Week 6
Review and Summative Assessment - No Spelling this week
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