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 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')