Year 2 Homework - Spellings

1 year 2 Homework - Spellings spelling is taught throughout year 2 primarily through the use and application of phonics. Children are given a weekly list of words to take home and learn. These words are then tested in class the following week to assess how well children have learned them. They are taught in ability sets across their year group. The number of words a child is given varies according to the set they are placed in. Children will have between 5 and 15 words each week to learn. spelling in year 2 is taught through a variety of strategies including the use of the Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check method, mnemonics and rhymes. Children are encouraged to look closely at the word in order to spot any recurring phonic patterns and try and remember these patterns. They then say the word, cover it and write the word in order to aid their ability to remember the word.

2 They are then encouraged to apply the word by writing it in a sentence in order to further consolidate their learning. Your child will learn to spell the following high frequency words during their time in either year 1 or year 2. They will bring home the Tricky words which they are unable to spell from the lists below. Phase 5 Tricky Words don t old I m by time house about your day made came make here saw very put oh their people Mr Mrs looked called asked could High Frequency Words Water away good want over how did man going where would or took school think home who didn t ran know bear can t again cat long things new after wanted eat everyone our two has yes play take thought dog well find more I ll round tree magic shouted us other food fox through way been stop must red door right sea these began boy animals never next first work lots need that s baby fish gave mouse something bed may still found live say soon night narrator small car couldn t three head king town I ve around every garden fast only many laughed let s much suddenly told another great why cried keep room last jumped because even am before gran clothes tell key fun place mother sat boat

3 Window sleep feet morning queen each book its green different let girl which inside run any under hat snow air trees bad tea top eyes fell friends box dark grandad there s looking end than best better hot sun across gone hard floppy really wind wish eggs once please thing stopped ever miss most cold park lived birds duck horse rabbit white coming he s river liked giant looks use along plants dragon pulled We re fly grow As well as spelling tricky words your child will learn common suffixes such as: -s and -es: added to nouns and verbs, as in cats, runs, bushes, catches; -ed and -ing: added to verbs, as in hopped, hopping, hoped, hoping; -ful: added to nouns, as in careful, painful, playful, restful, mouthful; -er: added to verbs to denote the person doing the action and to adjectives to give the comparative form, as in runner, reader, writer, bigger, slower; -est: added to adjectives, as in biggest, slowest, happiest, latest; -ly: added to adjectives to form adverbs, as in sadly, happily, brightly, lately; -ment: added to verbs to form nouns, as in payment, advertisement, development; - ness: added to adjectives to form nouns, as in darkness, happiness, sadness; -y: added to nouns to form adjectives, as in funny, smoky, sandy.

4 And common prefixes such as: dis: meaning not, as in dislike, disagree, disappear mis: meaning wrong, as in mistake, mishear, misjudge un: meaning not or without, as in unknown, unsafe, unhappy ex: meaning out of, as in exhale, export, extract During the year they will also be taught other Spellings such as: Common words with rare or irregular Spellings ( they, there, said) Words which contain apostrophes Confusions between common words such as there and their Words relating to current topics Days of the week Months of the year Adjectives and adverbs which will enhance their writing