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

Dolch Second Grade Sight Words – List B

22 words · Dolch Sight Words

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

Fry Sight Words List 10 (Words 226–250)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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

Fry Sight Words List 11 (Words 251–275)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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

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. tree
  5. leave
  6. heat
  7. dream
  8. sleep
  9. see
  10. beach

Long I Patterns (igh, y)

10 words · Common long 'i' words

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

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

AR (R-controlled A) Words

10 words · Common 'ar' sound words

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

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. corn
  7. horse
  8. north
  9. born
  10. storm

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. burn
  5. sir
  6. her
  7. hurt
  8. fur
  9. term
  10. bird

2nd Grade Academic Vocabulary (Tier 2)

75 words · GreatSchools Curriculum

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

2nd Grade Science Vocabulary

12 words · Academic science terms

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

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. bedroom
  4. cupcake
  5. himself
  6. basketball
  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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