SPELLINGS

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

Change to Spellings Lists for Term 5: 'Star Spellings' and 'Shooting Stars'

If your child is finding the 'Star Spellings' tricky for any particular week, please allow them to learn the words from the 'Shooting Stars' list.

On a Friday, we will ask the children which list they have learnt for that week and Mrs Starkey and I will check the spellings in 2 separate sessions. Please note that we will avoid calling these lists 'easier/harder' spellings.

Spellings for Checking on Friday 19th April

Star Spellings

Phonemes: /t/ and /d/

Graphemes: t, tt, ed, d, dd

1. spluttered
2. kettle
3. stopped (the _ed sounds like /t/)
4. middle
5. hidden
6. suddenly

Common Exception Words: 

1. great
2. again

Shooting Stars

Phonemes: /t/ and /d/

Graphemes: t, tt, ed, d, dd

1. butter
2. stopped (the _ed sounds like /t/)
3. middle
4. suddenly (the chn are familiar with the _ly suffix)

Common Exception Words: 

1. great
2. again

Spellings for Checking on Friday 26th April

Star Spellings

Phonemes: /n/ and /m/

Graphemes: n, nn, kn, gn  /  m, mm, mb

1. January
2. running
3. know
4. gnome
5. March
6. swimming
7. climbing

Common Exception Words: 

1. people

2. every

Shooting Stars

Phonemes: /n/ and /m/

Graphemes: n, nn, kn, /  m, mm, mb

1. run
2. running (short vowel so double the consonant 'n' and +_ing)
3. know
4. March
5. swim
6. swimming (short vowel so double the consonant 'm' and +_ing)
7. climb

Common Exception Words: 

1. people

2. every

Spellings for Checking on Friday 3rd May

Star Spellings

Phonemes: /k/  and /r/

Graphemes: c, k, ck, ch, r, rr, wr

1. across
2. cried
3. kitchen
4. monarch
5. checked
6. British
7. narrow
8. written

Common Exception Words: 

n/a 

Shooting Stars

Phonemes: /k/  and /r/

Graphemes: c, k, ck, r, rr, wr

1. across
2. kitchen
3. checked (past tense _ed)
4. right 
5. narrow
6. write

Common Exception Words: 

n/a 

Spellings for Checking on Friday 10th May

Star Spellings

Phonemes: /l/  and /ul/

Graphemes: l, ll, le, il, al, el

1. lorries ('change the y to an i and add _es')
2. followed 
3. middle
4. April
5. natural
6. tunnel
7. squirrel

Common Exception Words: 

1. because
2. behind

Shooting Stars

Phonemes: /l/  and /ul/

Graphemes: l, ll, le, il, el

1. lorries ('change the y to an i and add _es')
2. follow
3. middle
4. April
5. squirrel

Common Exception Words: 

1. because
2. behind

Spellings for Checking on Friday 17th May

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

1. tree's (The tree's leaves are bright green.)
2. children's (The children's laughter was loud.)
3. walked
4. skipped
5. talking
6. running
7. bigger
8. smaller

Common Exception Words: 

1. only
2. both
3. clothes

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

1. tree's (The tree's leaves are bright green.)
2. children's (The children's laughter was loud.)
3. walked
4. skipped (short vowel so double the 'p' in skip)
5. talking
6. bigger (short vowel sound so double the 'g' in big)

Common Exception Words: 

1. only
2. both
3. clothes

Friday 24th May

This week we will assess the children's spellings through dictation exercises.  

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Term 4

Spellings for Checking on Friday 23rd February

Phoneme: /eer/

Graphemes: eer, ear, ere

1. appear
2. nearly
3. engineer
4. cheerful (notice _ful suffix)
5. persevere
6. sphere

Common Exception Words: 

• move
• prove
• improve

Spellings for Checking on Friday 1st March

Phoneme: /air/

Graphemes: air, are, ear, ere

1. hairbrush
2. fairy
3. aware
4. careful
5. pear 
6. bear
7. there
8. somewhere

Common Exception Words: 

• move
• prove
• improve

Spellings for Checking on Friday 8th March

Phoneme: /s/

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

1. gasped
2. missed
3. December
4. century (links to our History topic)
5. house
6. office
7. scientist
8. listening

Common Exception Words: 

• could
• would
• should

Spellings for Checking on Friday 15th March 

Phoneme: /j/

Graphemes: j, g, dge, ge

1. juggled
2. journey
3. gymnastics
4. giant
5. edge
6. badge
7. package
8. village

Common Exception Words: 

• floor
• door

Spellings for Checking on Friday 22nd March

Focus: Homophones 

1. great
2. grate
3. hare
4. hair
5. weather
6. whether
7. peace
8. 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

Spellings for Checking on Friday 5th January 2024

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

Spellings for Checking on Friday 12th January 2024

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:

• new
• who

Spellings for Checking on Friday 19th January 2024

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

Spellings for Checking on Friday 26th January 2024

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

Spellings for Checking on Friday 2nd February 2024

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

Spellings for Checking on Friday 9th February 2024

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

Spellings for Checking on Friday 3rd November 2023

Focus: w, wh + f, ff, ph 

(Notice revision of suffixes _ing + _ed below)

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

Common Exception Words:

1. behind
2. find

Spellings for Checking on Friday 10th November 2023

Phoneme: long oo

Graphemes: u_e, ou, ue, ew 

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

Common Exception Words:

1. mind
2. kind

Spellings for Checking on Friday 17th November 2023

Phoneme: 'y+oo'

Graphemes: u, u_e, ue, ew

1. unicorn
2. costume
3. avenue
4. few

Common Exception Words:

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

Spellings for Checking on Friday 24th November 2023

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

Spellings for Checking on Friday 1st December 2023

Focus in class: Possessive Apostrophes (singular)

This week, we will be learning how to use singular possessive apostrophes, eg. The dog's ball. Through our daily phonics lessons, we will also be revisiting previous graphemes and developing our reading skills.  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.  Thank you.  

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.  

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

Spellings for Checking on Friday 8th December 2023

Revision of Term 2:

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

There will not be any spellings for checking on Friday 15th December. 

This week in class we will be assessing the children's knowledge of Rocket Phonics for Term 2.

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Term 1

Spellings for Checking on Friday 15th September 2023

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 22nd 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 29th 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 6th 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 13th 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 20th 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')