Spellings
Term 6
I am really so proud of the children's progress and improvements in our daily Letters and Sounds/Spellings Sessions this term. In our sessions over the past two weeks, I have been giving the children 'incorrect sentences' and I'm blown away by how they identify the spelling errors. Thank you for supporting the children at home - it really has made a difference and well done Yellow Class!
This will be our last Spellings Check of the year and, next week, I will send home their Spellings books. Over the summer, if you wish to, you could revisit any of our previous spellings patterns or suffixes. Thank you all. 
Spellings for checking on Friday 16th July
Phase 6/CEW
- sure
- whole
- only
- would
- parent
- ????????
- ????????
+ I will choose a random extra 2 words from the whole of the Year 2 CEW List. We have spent time in class reading and writing these words so it shouldn't be too much of challenge!
There are no Spellings this week for Mrs Willis's Groups. She will be focusing on revising the phonemes for this term.
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Spellings for checking on Friday 9th July
Phase 6
- everybody
- great
- prove
- improve
- hour
- England (with a capital E)
- wanted
Mrs Willis's Groups
Group 1
donkey , hockey, time, slide + your, day
Group 2
teacher, royal, bird, third + from, children
Spellings for checking on Friday 2nd July
Phase 6
For the next few weeks, we will focus on the Year 2 Common Exception Words, as well as some topic-related vocabulary. I will dictate one of these words within a sentence.
- after
- again
- beautiful
- class
- clothes
- equator
- quarter (links to quarter past in Maths0
Mrs Willis's Groups
Group 1
- haul
- August
- automatic
- time
- house
- about
Group 2:
- loud
- found
- read
- seat
- went
- it's
Spellings for checking on Friday 25th June
Phase 6
For the next few weeks, we will focus on the Year 2 Common Exception Words, as well as some topic-related vocabulary. I will dictate one of these words within a sentence.
- behind
- child
- children
- climb
- only
- both
- desert
- living
Mrs Willis's Groups
Group 1
- blew
- nephew
- toes
- goes
- old
- by
Group 2
- play
- stay
- pie
- flies
- one
- some
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Spellings for checking on Friday 18th June
Don't forget, one of these words will be dictated within a sentence that contains some of the CEWs. Thank you.
Phase 6
un_ prefix
- unhappy
- unusual
- unkind
- unwell
- unfold
- uneven
- unlucky
- unfair
Mrs Willis's Groups
Group 1
- wheel
- when
- phonics
- phone
- don’t
- I’m
Group 2
- bench
- spoon
- skip
- tusk
- just
- help
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Spellings for checking on Friday 11th June
Phase 6
Compound Words (The children will be asked to write the compound word, not the ___ + ___ version!)
- tooth + brush = toothbrush
- bath + room = bathroom
- gold + fish = goldfish
- foot + ball = football
- sun + flower = sunflower
- rattle + snake = rattlesnake
Please note: This term, I will ask the children to write 1 of these words within a sentence as part of a 'dictation'. This means that the children will have to write a whole sentence exactly as I 'dictate' it to them. I will also include some of the Year 2 Common Exception Words within this sentence, as well as the main spelling word.
Thank you all for your support in learning our weekly spellings at home - the children have done consistently well in their spelling checks and our daily Letters and Sounds lessons are really successful. This has all been helped, I am sure, by reinforcement at home.
Common Exception Words
It might be worth choosing some of the CEW which your child finds tricky to spell and working on 4-5 of these each week. I am going to be recapping them in school too. Thank you.
Mrs Willis's Groups
Group 1
Group 2
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Term 5
Spellings for checking on Friday 28th May
Phase 6 - Plurals (_s, _es and _ies)
- friends
- classes
- branches
- families
- poppies
- countries
Mrs Willis's Groups
Group 1
- seat
- beach
- royal
- oyster
- there
- help
Group 2
- hurt
- burn
- term
- herb
- her
- now
Spellings for checking on Friday 21st May
Phase 6 - Homophones
- there
- their
- they're
- right
- write
- through
- threw
Mrs Willis's Groups
Group 1
- play
- say
- loud
- pie
- went
- from
Group 2
- her
- farmer
- sister
- kerb
- see
- for
Spellings for checking on Friday 14th May
Phase 6 - Contractions
I will only test you on the contracted word which contains an apostrophe.
- you're (you are)
- she's (she is / she has)
- he's (he is / he has)
- they're (they are)
- we're (we are)
- don't (do not)
- wouldn't (would not)
- couldn't (could not)
Mrs Willis's Groups
Group 1
- string
- shelter
- sandpit
- chunk
- have
- what
Group 2
- hear
- near
- stair
- hair
- that
- with
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Spellings for checking on Friday 7th May
Phase 6 - tricky words / mnemonics
- other
- because
- people
- said
- what
- laugh
- through
- want
Mrs Willis's Groups
Group 1
street
scoop
lunchbox
windmill
+when, out
Group 2
boil
soil
join
toilet
+this, my
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Spellings for checking on Friday 30th April
Phase 6 - ful and ly suffixes
helpful
thoughtful
careful
happily
lately
brightly
Mrs Willis's Groups
Group 1
crack
twigs
snail
stamp
+ come & little
Group 2
turn
church
howl
town
+ you & are
Spellings for checking on Friday 23rd April
Phase 6 - adding _er suffix
safer
nicer
later
wiser
earlier
happier
Mrs Willis's Groups
Group 1
stair
fairy
year
pure
like
children
Group 2
farm
park
torch
cork
was
they
Term 4
Please note, I am revising some of the spellings and L&S sessions from lockdown so some of the words may seem familiar.
Spellings for checking on Friday 19th March 2020
Phase 6 - Past Tense (_ed and irregular verbs)
- walked
- looked
- skipped
- hopped
- thought
- saw
Sir Linkalot
- out
- read
Mrs Willis's Groups
Group 1:
Group 2:
Sir Linkalot:
- out
- read
From now on, we will try having 8 spellings per week. There will be an extra 2 words taken from Sir Linkalot and we will start off with the section entitled Key Keats 1.
NB. I will review this next term and it may be that 8 spellings are too many; we will see and I'll adapt according to the needs of the class.
Spellings Term 2 Week 6 11.12.20
To be checked:
Friday 18th December
Year 2 Spelling Rule:
Adding -es to verbs and nouns ending in y
(change the y to an i and add -es)
- flies (fly)
- replies (reply)
- tries (try)
- cries (cry)
Common Exception Words:
- every
- everybody
Sir Linkalot Spellings:
- air
- busy
NOTE: These spellings are not related to SirLinkalot - I will introduce properly next week.
Spellings Term 2, Week 5 (4.12.20)
To be checked: Friday 11th December
Year 2 Spelling Rule: The /igh/sound spelt with ‘y’
- try
- why
- July – note CL!
- multiply
Common Exception Words:
- hold
- told
Spellings Term 2 Week 4 (27.11.20)
To be checked: Friday 4th December
Year 2 Spelling Rule:
The /l/ sound spelt with _il and _al
- pencil
- pupil
- animal
- oval
Common Exception Words:
- cold
- gold
Spellings Term 2 Week 3 (20.11.20)
To be checked: Friday 27th November
Year 2 Spelling Rule:
The sound /l/ spelt with ‘el’
- travel
- camel
- tunnel
- barrel
Common Exception Words:
- behind
- old
Spellings for 13.11.20
To be checked: 20.11.20
Year 2 Spelling Rule:
The sound /l/ spelt with ‘le’
- table
- bottle
- little
- middle
Common Exception Words:
- find
- mind
Spellings Term 2, Week 1 (6.11.20)
To be checked: Friday 13th November
Year 2 Spelling Rule:
The sound /j/ spelt with ‘g’ and ‘j’
- giant
- magic
- jacket
- join
Common Exception Words:
- only
- both
Organisation of Spellings in Year 2
Spellings will be uploaded each Friday and I will also teach that week’s spellings to the children in class.
The National Curriculum lists a set of spelling rules/patterns which children in Year 2 must learn.
Thus, some of the weekly spellings will be based upon these rules. As well as this, the children will be learning to spell 2 words per week from the Year 2 ‘Common Exception Words’ List. These words are displayed in class and the children will be familiar with them through our Spellings lessons.
Children will be tested on Fridays. We will send home Spellings Books at the end of each term for you to have a look at. The spellings will be marked weekly and we will let the children know how they did on a 1:1 basis.
Please remember to make learning spellings fun – little and often is best! Thank you for your support.
Mrs Kelleher
Nb. If your child is finding the spellings too tricky, then we will adapt them accordingly to meet their needs. Thank you.
Spellings Week 4 16.10.20
To be checked: Thursday 22nd October (note, NOT FRIDAY DUE TO INSET)
Year 2 Spelling Rule:
The sound /j/ spelt with
‘-dge’ and ‘-ge’
at the end of words
- edge
- bridge
- huge
- change
Common Exception Words:
- parents
- most
Spellings Week 3 (9.10.20)
To be checked: Friday 16th October
Year 2 Spelling Rule:
The sound /s/ spelt ‘c’
before e, i and y
- race
- cycle
- city
- circle
Common Exception Words:
- children
- climb
Spellings Week 2 2.10.20
To be checked: Friday 9th October
Year 2 Spelling Rule:
The sound /r/ spelt ‘wr’ at the beginning of words
- write
- wrong
- wrote
- wreck
Common Exception Words:
- again
- wild
Spellings Week 1
(25.9.20)
To be checked:
Friday 2nd October
Year 2 Spelling Rule:
The sound /n/ spelt
‘kn’ and ‘gn’ at the
beginning of words
- know
- knee
- knew
- gnaw
Common Exception Words:
door
floor