No Excuse Words

These are the expected "No Excuse Words" for students to master by the end of second 
grade.  Students should have "no excuse" to spell these words incorrectly.  Some of them 
will be challenging but they are the most commonly written words and will be vital for 
for students to master.  

Some ideas to practice learning these words:

Rainbow Writing, Air Writing, practice manipulating the words, using the words in 
paragraphs or stories, word games...

a, about, after, all, also, an, and, another, any, are, around, as, at
back, be, because, been, but, by, called, came, can, come, could
day, did, do, does, down, each, even, find, first, for, from
get, go, good, had, has, have, he, her, here, him, his, how
I, if, in, into, is, it, its, just, know, like, little, long, look
made, make, man, many, may, me, more, most, much, must, my
new, no, not, now, of, on, one, only, or, other, our, out, over
part, people, place, right, said, same, see, she, so, some, such
take, than, that, the, their, them, then, there, these, they, think, this, three, through, time,
to, too, two, up, use, very, was, water, way, we, well, were, what, when, where, which, who, will, with, word, work, would, write, you, your