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 5/6: '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 2 things:

1. We will avoid calling these lists 'easier/harder' spellings.  

2. Please discuss with your child which list they would like to learn for a particular week and ensure that they know which words they have learnt. This will help your child to take more ownership over their learning and also build independence.

Thank you, as always, for your support.

Spellings for Checking on Friday 25th 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 2nd May

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 9th 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 16th 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 23rd 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

Term 4

Spellings for Checking on Friday 28th 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 7th 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 14th 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 21st 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 28th 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.

Term 3

Spellings for Checking on Friday 10th January 2025

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 17th January 2025

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 24th January 2025

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 31st January 2025

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 7th February 2025

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 14th February 2025

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 8th November 

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

Week 2: Spellings for Checking on Friday 15th November

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

Week 3: Spellings for Checking on Friday 22nd November

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

Week 4: Spellings for Checking on Friday 29th 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 6th December

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 13th 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 Wednesday 18th 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 13th September 2024

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 20th 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 27th 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 4th 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 11th 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 18th 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')