Spellings Checks in Year 2

Each Friday, we will check spellings linked to that week's Rocket Phonics learning, so the sounds/words should be familiar to the children.  Some weeks, the children will also have Year 2 Common Exception Words (CEWs) to learn, see below.  Thank you.

Term 5 Spellings

Week 1: Spellings for Checking on Friday 24th April

Phonemes: /t/ and /d/

Graphemes: t, tt, ed, d, dd

later

butter

stopped (the _ed sounds like /t/)

middle

suddenly (the chn are familiar with the _ly suffix)

Common Exception Words: 

great

again

 

Week 2: Spellings for Checking on Friday 1st May

Phonemes: /n/ and /m/

Graphemes: n, nn, kn, /  m, mm, mb

run

running (short vowel so double the consonant 'n' and +_ing)

know

March

swim

swimming (short vowel so double the consonant 'm' and +_ing)

climb

Common Exception Words: 

people

every

 

Week 3: Spellings for Checking on Friday 8th May

Phonemes: /k/  and /r/

Graphemes: c, k, ck, r, rr, wr

across

cried (change the y in 'cry' to an i and + _ed suffix)

kitchen

checked (past tense _ed)

right 

narrow

write

Common Exception Words: 

n/a 

 

Week 4: Spellings for Checking on Friday 15th May

Phonemes: /l/  and /ul/

Graphemes: l, ll, le, il, el

lorries ('change the y to an i and add _es')

follow

middle

April

squirrel

Common Exception Words: 

because

behind

 

Week 5: Spellings for Checking on Friday 22nd May

Focus: Possessive apostrophes + suffixes (ed, ing, er)

tree's (The tree's leaves are bright green.)

children's (The children's laughter was loud.)

walked

skipped (short vowel so double the 'p' in skip and + _ed)

talking

bigger (short vowel sound so double the 'g' in big and + _er)

Common Exception Words: 

only

both

clothes

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Term 4

Spellings for Checking on Friday 27th February

Phoneme: /eer/

Graphemes: eer, ear, ere

appear

nearly

engineer

cheerful (notice _ful suffix)

persevere

sphere

Common Exception Words: 

move

prove

improve

 

Spellings for Checking on Friday 6th March

Phoneme: /air/

Graphemes: air, are, ear, ere

hairbrush

fairy

aware

careful

pear 

bear

there

somewhere

Common Exception Words: 

move

prove

improve

 

Spellings for Checking on Friday 13th March

Phoneme: /s/

Graphemes: s, ss, c, se, ce, sc, st

gasped

missed

December

century (links to our History topic)

house

office

scientist

listening

Common Exception Words: 

could

would

should

 

Spellings for Checking on Friday 20th March

Phoneme: /j/

Graphemes: j, g, dge, ge

juggled

journey

gymnastics

giant

edge

badge

package

village

Common Exception Words: 

floor

door

 

Spellings for Checking on Friday 27th March

Focus: Homophones 

great

grate

hare

hair

weather

whether

peace

piece

Common Exception Words: 

last

past

There will not be any spellings for checking during the last week of Term 4.

 

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Term 3

Week 1: Spellings for Checking on Friday 9th January

Phoneme: /or/Graphemes: or, au, aw, ar

1. morning
2. stories (NB. "Change the y to an i and + es")
3. Autumn
4. yawning
5. quarter
6. towards

 

Week 2: Spellings for Checking on Friday 16th January

Phoneme: /or/

Graphemes: our, oor, ore, augh

1. fourteen
2. brought
3. wore
4. shore
5. outdoors
6. floor
7. caught
8. taught

Common Exception Words:

1. new
2. who

 

Week 3: Spellings for Checking on Friday 23rd January 

Phoneme: /ur/

Graphemes: ur, er, ir, ear, or

1. purple
2. remember
3. thirteen
4. third
5. pearl
6. earth
7. worm
8. worth
9. working 

Common Exception Words: n/a

 

 

Week 4: Spellings for Checking on Friday 30th January 

Phoneme: /ou/ + /oi/

Graphemes: ou, ow, oi, oy

Note: Lots of these words have the _ing suffix.

1. around
2. mountain
3. counting
4. frowning
5. spoiling
6. joining
7. enjoying
8. annoying

Common Exception Words: n/a

 

 

Week 5: Spellings for Checking on Friday 6th February

Focus: Contractions

1. couldn't 
2. shouldn't
3. wouldn't
4. don't
5. can't
6. that's
7. hasn't
8. you're
9. you've
10. they're

Common Exception Words: n/a

 

Week 6: Spellings for Checking on Friday 13th February 

Focus: suffixes -er, est, ing, ed

1. happier (change the y to an i and add ed)
2. funnier                        
3. happiest (change the y to an i and add ed)
4. funniest
5. flying (just add ing)
6. replying
7. replied (change the y to an i and add ed)
8. tried 

Common Exception Words: n/a

Term 2

 

Week 1: Spellings for Checking on Friday 31st October

Focus: w, wh + f, ff, ph 

(Notice suffixes _ing + _ed below; these are revisited throughout Year 2)

1. walking
2. where
3. whispered
4. from
5. huffed
6. phone

Common Exception Words:

1. behind
2. find

 

Week 2: Spellings for Checking on Friday 7th November

Phoneme: long oo

Graphemes: u_e, ou, ue, ew 

1. afternoon
2. rules
3. group
4. rescue
5. knew

Common Exception Words:

1. mind
2. kind

 

Week 3: Spellings for Checking on Friday 14th November

Phoneme: 'y+oo'

Graphemes: u, u_e, ue, ew

1. unicorn
2. costume
3. few

Common Exception Words:

1. wild
2. child
3. eye
4. climb

 

Week 4: Spellings for Checking on Friday 21st November

Phonemes: short oo + ar

Graphemes: oo, u, oul + ar, a, al

1. football
2. pushed
3. shouldn't
4. couldn't
5. started  (note _ed suffix)
6. sharpened (note _ed suffix)
7. after
8. calm

 

Week 5: Spellings for Checking on Friday 28th November

Focus in class: Possessive Apostrophes (singular)

This week, we will be learning how to use singular possessive apostrophes, eg. The dog's ball.  I have decided not to check the children's understanding of possessive apostrophes; instead, we will focus on spelling some of the Year 2 Common Exception Words.

NB.  Sometimes, when children learn about possessive apostrophes, they start to incorrectly use the apostrophe for a plural (eg. The dog's were running) and this is something which I will teach them this week.  

Spellings

1. most
2. only
3. both
4. clothes
5. old
6. cold
7. gold
8. told
9. hold

 

Week 6: Spellings for Checking on Friday 5th December

Focus: suffix _es

'Change the y to an i and +es'

1. tries
2. replies
3. parties
4. stories
5. hobbies
6. cities

 

Week 7: Spellings for Checking on Friday 12th December 

Revision of Term 2:

1. where
2. wheel
3. blue
4. rescue
5. few
6. football
7. after
8. dolphin
9. Mum's (correct use of the apostrophe + s for possession)
10. cries  (suffix _es)

Term 1

Spellings for Checking on Friday 12th September 2025

Phoneme: /ee/

Graphemes: ee, ea, e_e, ie, y, ey 

1. been
2. beach
3. scene
4. field
5. happy
6. donkey

Common Exception Words:

1. great
2. steak

 

Spellings for Checking on Friday 19th September

Phoneme: /igh/

Graphemes: igh, i, i_e, ie, y

1. light
2. child
3. shine
4. pie
5. why

Common Exception Words:

1. break
2. again

 

Spellings for Checking on Friday 26th September

Phoneme: /oa/

Graphemes: oa, o_e, ow, oe, o

1. float
2. globe
3. flow
4. toe
5. focus

Common Exception Words:

1. any
2. many

 

Spellings for Checking on Friday 3rd October

Focus: Homophones

1. blue
2. blew
3. pair
4. pear
5. here
6. hear

Common Exception Words:

1. money
2. people

 

Spellings for Checking on Friday 10th October

Focus: Suffixes _s and _es 

(If the word ends in ch, sh, s, x, or z then add _es)

1. friends
2. apples
3. glasses
4. boxes
5. matches
6. splashes

Common Exception Words:

1. every
2. everybody

 

Spellings for Checking on Friday 17th October

Focus: Suffixes _ed, _ing and _er 

NB. These suffixes will be revisited several times throughout Year 2 and the children will be expected to start using them correctly in their independent writing.  

1. painted
2. painting
3. looked
4. looking
5. colder
6. taller

Common Exception Words:

1. busy
2. because ('big elephants can always understand small elephants')