Mr. Hardy's Second Grade Class

Invented Spelling Traditional Spelling SpellingCity

All new spelling words for each week are bolded. Every fifth list is a review list. Review lists are a darker color and have 21 words.

List 1	List 2	List 3	List 4	List 5	Review
a	red	look	this	see	am
the	can	to	his	my	and
I	it	you	that	the	by
see	dog	on	was	is	up
and	is	by	not	like	go
my	up	mom	for	look	not
am	in	dad	they	you	red
at	like	we	had	they	me
cat	go	me	sad	had	can
hat	no	he	bad	was
	the	like	look	this
	my	is	you	that

Students need to score a hundred or miss only one word to pass their tests. If they miss two or more words they remain on the same list. When students take a test they should bring home a note informing the parents how they did.

List 6	List 7	List 8	List 9	List 10	Review
get	her	one	blue	come	your
can't	him	do	want	said	for
all	went	then	did	was	are
here	with	said	will	here	or
down	as	of	your	down	do
are	but	come	from	with	can't
bat	have	sat	man	they	all
or	be	an	thing	have	but
run	she	ran	sing	went	him
fun	was	fan	king	want	sat
they	here	went	with	from
on	down	have	then

All lists except review lists have some words with the same word family. Make sure your child knows the family and later the students will be expected to spell other words with that word family. For example, in list 6 is the -un family with the words run and fun. They should know how to read -un and later will be expected to be able to spell other similar words such as bun, gun, and sun.

List 11	List 12	List 13	List 14	List 15	Review
green	orange	purple	yellow	this	there
don't	some	now	our	they	one
jump	has	if	under	was	goes
when	what	there	so	here	green
how	girl	going	ask	went	from
little	them	goes	good	down	orange
big	take	got	may	have	jump
pig	make	play	bed	then	don't
dig	cake	day	fed	with	blue
said	come	say	led	said
went	want	when	what	when
from	your	some	girl	some

A word about accountability . . .

Kids often think that they only need to know the words for one test, and that as they progress through the lists they forget previous words. This attitude will not be accepted. Students are held accountable for old lists. Surprise tests on old lists will become frequent and students must pass or will be sent back to relearn the words. Parents can really help their child avoid this set back if they are aware of which words cause problems, and keep bringing those words back for review. A simple philosophy with regard to spelling is . . .

"You have to know them for the rest of your life".

List 16	List 17	List 18	List 19	List 20	Review
two	three	four	five	does	ask
mother	boy	black	brown	our	can't
keep	yes	back	long	two	now
made	other	came	very	cold	jump
does	too	about	over	made	bus
eat	just	saw	funny	boy	hold
ring	father	pan	put	father
old	gun	sun	out	about
cold	mad	ride	right	right
hold	us	hide	light	other
our	bus	side	fight	back
under	make	don't	goes	saw
blue	do	play	good	one
take	of	girl	get	may
	how	orange	there	all

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Don't let your child fall into the trap of learning the words for the test, only to forget them the next week.

List 21	List 22	List 23	List 24	List 25	Review
six	seven	eight	nine	could	many
white	pink	gray	fat	eight	who
away	after	home	find	find	were
think	well	wish	many	funny	after
know	tree	would	should	give	did
house	could	who	stop	green	cake
let	were	zoo	tall	just
ball	jet	pet	ten	know
call	give	book	men	make
fall	way	rat	hen	orange
very	there	little	play	over
other	are	keep	came	white
black	of	hide	brown	house
eat	purple	does	purple	think
cake	come	yellow	four	home

This completes the first grade words. Below are words that are considered second grade spelling words.

List 26	List 27	List 28	List 29	List 30	Review
time	off	sure	still	any	time
any	before	took	children	again	off
again	love	cry	first	before	one
new	Mr.	Mrs.	something	love	other
game	best	today	these	Mrs.	sure
knew	thank	grand	fast	cry	orange
sit	wing	sand	once	took
glad	pen	hand	coming	still
black	blue	brown	making	there
away	can't	they	purple	these
went	said	long	many	new
down	put	think	who	knew
five	four	three	out	glad
them	would	want	pink	best
right	very	your	ride	thank

It is very important that students continue to review previous word lists. We do not want to forget words from previous lists.

The following lists below are under construction.

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List 31	List 32	List 33	List 34	List 35	Review
which	each	water	please	two	your
try	write	show	only	three	for
tell	school	next	every	four	are
dress	than	must	been	seven	or
bike	part	read	bear	eight	do
bird	horse	need	tan	nine	can't
hit	bee	age	didn't	school	all
their	cook	cut	coat	give	but
name	nut	boat	keep
get	came	fan	goat	want	sat
children	book		girl
first
put	making
side	mother	went	with	from
today	gray	have	then

These lists are under construction

List 36	List 37	List 38	List 39	List 40	Review
green	orange	purple	yellow	this	there
don't	some	now	our	they	one
jump	has	if	under	was	goes
when	what	there	so	here	green
how	girl	going	ask	went	from
little	them	goes	good	down	orange
big	take	got	may	have	jump
pig	make	play	bed	then	don't
dig	cake	day	fed	with	blue
said	come	say	led	said
went	want	when	what	when
from	your	some	girl	some

A word about accountability . . .

"You have to know them for the rest of your life".

List 41	List 42	List 43	List 44	List 45	Review
two	three	four	five	does	ask
mother	boy	black	brown	our	can't
keep	yes	back	long	two	now
made	other	came	very	cold	jump
does	too	about	over	made	bus
eat	just	saw	funny	boy	hold
ring	father	pan	put	father
old	gun	sun	out	about
cold	mad	ride	right	right
hold	us	hide	light	other
our	bus	side	fight	back
under	make	don't	goes	saw
blue	do	play	good	one
take	of	girl	get	may
	how	orange	there	all

Back to Top

Don't let your child fall into the trap of learning the words for the test, only to forget them the next week.

List 46	List 47	List 48	List 49	List 50	Review
six	seven	eight	nine	could	many
white	pink	gray	fat	eight	who
away	after	home	find	find	were
think	well	wish	many	funny	after
know	tree	would	should	give	did
house	could	who	stop	green	cake
let	were	zoo	tall	just
ball	jet	pet	ten	know
call	give	book	men	make
fall	way	rat	hen	orange
very	there	little	play	over
other	are	keep	came	white
black	of	hide	brown	house
eat	purple	does	purple	think
cake	come	yellow	four	home

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