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Grade 2 Spelling Word Lists - Free Practice

329 spelling words across 20 lists

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Grade 2 spelling lists feature vowel teams, word families, and expanded vocabulary for second graders (ages 7-8). These lists include more complex phonics patterns, compound words, and academic vocabulary to support reading comprehension and writing skills.

Dolch Second Grade Sight Words – List A

24 words · Dolch Sight Words

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  1. cold
  2. gave
  3. around
  4. because
  5. first
  6. been
  7. always
  8. goes
  9. made
  10. does
  11. fast
  12. before
  13. green
  14. buy
  15. found
  16. many
  17. or
  18. five
  19. off
  20. best
  21. its
  22. don't
  23. both
  24. call

Dolch Second Grade Sight Words – List B

22 words · Dolch Sight Words

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  1. right
  2. write
  3. why
  4. upon
  5. would
  6. these
  7. sleep
  8. use
  9. pull
  10. sit
  11. very
  12. sing
  13. read
  14. which
  15. those
  16. their
  17. tell
  18. your
  19. work
  20. us
  21. wish
  22. wash

Fry Sight Words List 9 (Words 201–225)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. above
  2. cut
  3. along
  4. earth
  5. add
  6. began
  7. below
  8. book
  9. both
  10. eat
  11. children
  12. enough
  13. carry
  14. almost
  15. example
  16. always
  17. being
  18. don't
  19. every
  20. country
  21. car
  22. close
  23. city
  24. begin
  25. between

Fry Sight Words List 10 (Words 226–250)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. family
  2. head
  3. father
  4. got
  5. four
  6. food
  7. leave
  8. few
  9. group
  10. it's
  11. Indian
  12. idea
  13. feet
  14. girl
  15. late
  16. important
  17. high
  18. last
  19. hard
  20. keep
  21. far
  22. face
  23. eyes
  24. hear
  25. grow

Fry Sight Words List 11 (Words 251–275)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. sea
  2. let
  3. mile
  4. list
  5. mountains
  6. own
  7. paper
  8. saw
  9. near
  10. plant
  11. miss
  12. school
  13. next
  14. night
  15. never
  16. run
  17. light
  18. river
  19. life
  20. open
  21. once
  22. often
  23. real
  24. left
  25. might

Fry Sight Words List 12 (Words 276–300)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. tree
  2. white
  3. those
  4. walk
  5. side
  6. start
  7. took
  8. seem
  9. talk
  10. state
  11. under
  12. while
  13. watch
  14. without
  15. together
  16. sometimes
  17. stop
  18. something
  19. story
  20. young
  21. until
  22. soon
  23. thought
  24. song
  25. second

Long A Vowel Teams (ai, ay)

10 words · Common long 'a' vowel team words

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  1. always
  2. day
  3. stay
  4. tray
  5. wait
  6. gray
  7. play
  8. train
  9. sail
  10. rain

Long E Vowel Teams (ee, ea)

10 words · Common long 'e' vowel team words

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  1. green
  2. seat
  3. each
  4. dream
  5. tree
  6. leave
  7. heat
  8. sleep
  9. see
  10. beach

Long I Patterns (igh, y)

10 words · Common long 'i' words

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  1. reply
  2. sky
  3. light
  4. night
  5. high
  6. try
  7. fly
  8. sight
  9. shy
  10. cry

Long O Vowel Teams (oa, ow)

10 words · Common long 'o' vowel team words

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  1. grow
  2. yellow
  3. coat
  4. snow
  5. throw
  6. show
  7. boat
  8. road
  9. toad
  10. below

Long "oo" Sound Words

10 words · Common long /oo/ sound words

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  1. moon
  2. food
  3. noon
  4. cool
  5. school
  6. boot
  7. broom
  8. room
  9. pool
  10. soon

AR (R-controlled A) Words

10 words · Common 'ar' sound words

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  1. art
  2. car
  3. star
  4. dark
  5. yard
  6. farm
  7. park
  8. hard
  9. far
  10. sharp

OR (R-controlled O) Words

10 words · Common 'or' sound words

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  1. fork
  2. morning
  3. for
  4. short
  5. sport
  6. horse
  7. north
  8. born
  9. storm
  10. corn

ER/IR/UR (R-controlled) Words

10 words · Common 'er/ir/ur' sound words

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  1. turn
  2. first
  3. girl
  4. sir
  5. her
  6. hurt
  7. fur
  8. burn
  9. term
  10. bird

2nd Grade Academic Vocabulary (Tier 2)

75 words · GreatSchools Curriculum

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  1. difference
  2. analyze
  3. shivered
  4. steaming
  5. plan
  6. different
  7. sway
  8. march
  9. peeking
  10. diagram
  11. data
  12. famous
  13. records
  14. enormous
  15. swoop
  16. gust
  17. noticed
  18. amaze
  19. cycle
  20. living
  21. insist
  22. estimate
  23. edit
  24. observed
  25. exercise
  26. similar
  27. cooperation
  28. publish
  29. classify
  30. escape
  31. matter
  32. revise
  33. effect
  34. helpful
  35. continue
  36. necessary
  37. curious
  38. describe
  39. annoy
  40. amusing
  41. discover
  42. cause
  43. sum
  44. expect
  45. frighten
  46. poke
  47. flock
  48. non-living
  49. detail
  50. separate
  51. volunteer
  52. arranged
  53. predict
  54. investigate
  55. prefer
  56. conclusion
  57. frown
  58. stormy
  59. opinion
  60. process
  61. suppose
  62. moist
  63. leaned
  64. connection
  65. vanish
  66. label
  67. energy
  68. avoid
  69. drowsy
  70. gather
  71. include
  72. gasp
  73. community
  74. friendly
  75. treasure

2nd Grade Math Vocabulary (Common Core)

15 words · Granite School District – 2nd Grade Math{index=43}...

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  1. angle
  2. equal
  3. cent
  4. number
  5. subtract
  6. estimate
  7. triangle
  8. meter
  9. foot
  10. centimeter
  11. inch
  12. dollar
  13. sum
  14. equation
  15. array

2nd Grade Science Vocabulary

12 words · Academic science terms

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  1. fossil
  2. light
  3. melt
  4. temperature
  5. life cycle
  6. model
  7. matter
  8. infer
  9. balance
  10. shadow
  11. soil
  12. object

Common Homophones

11 words · Basic homophone pairs taught in Grade 2

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  1. too
  2. blew
  3. one
  4. see
  5. blue
  6. won
  7. to
  8. sea
  9. two
  10. hear
  11. here

Common Prefix Words (un-, re-, dis-)

10 words · Grade 2 Vocabulary – known prefixes

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  1. unhappy
  2. discover
  3. rewrite
  4. undo
  5. untie
  6. disconnect
  7. redo
  8. untold
  9. reuse
  10. dislike

Compound Words

10 words · Common compound words

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  1. sunshine
  2. airplane
  3. basketball
  4. bedroom
  5. cupcake
  6. himself
  7. sandbox
  8. playground
  9. toothbrush
  10. rainbow

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Word SearchHidden words in a letter grid
Spelling TestNumbered blank lines
FlashcardsCut-out study cards
Scrambled WordsUnscramble the letters
ABC OrderAlphabetical sorting
Fill in the BlankComplete the sentences
HandwritingTrace and write
LCWCLook, cover, write, check
MatchingMatch words to definitions
BingoClassroom bingo cards
CrosswordCrossword puzzle
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