Spelling practice book grade 2 TM 126p

Iris and Walter

Name

SORT

Short Vowels CVC, CVCC, CCVC
Generalization Short vowels are often spelled a: sad, e: desk, i: rib, o: job,
u: drum.

Sort the list words by the short vowel.
a
o
1.
2.
3.

sad
sack
tag

6.
7.
8.

e
4.
5.

rock
job

chop

desk
mess
list

9.
10.

© Pearson Education

15.

lettuce
engine

2. rock
3. list
4. desk
5. job
6. sad

drum
dust

7. chop
8. sack
9. tag
10. rib
11. mess

12.

Challenge Words
e
13.

1. drum

u

i
11.

Spelling Words

rib
o

14.

pocket

12. dust
Challenge Words

13. pocket
14. lettuce
15. engine

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with short vowels and these consonant/vowel
patterns: CVC, CVCC, CCVC. To practice at home, have your child look at the word, pronounce it,
and then write it.

Spelling Practice Book

Unit 1 Week 1 Day 1

1


Iris and Walter

Name

PRACTICE
PRACTICE

Short Vowels CVC, CVCC, CCVC
Write a list word to finish the rhyme.
1. gum on a

2. Zack in a

drum sack
4. lock on a

5. Tess is a

rock

Spelling Words

3. bag with a

tag
6. fist with a

mess list

drum

chop

rock

sack

list

tag

desk

rib

job

mess

sad

dust

Write a list word to finish the sentence.

job

8. My teacher sits at a

was to set the table.

desk

job
sad

.

chop

chop this apple?
10. Get a rag and dust the bench.
when her dog got lost.
11. Sara was sad
.
12. Andy fell and hurt his rib
9. Will you

rib

desk

Home Activity Your child wrote words with short vowels and these consonant/vowel patterns:
CVC, CVCC, CCVC. Give clues about a word. Say, for example, “You play it in a band. It has a
short u.” Have your child guess and spell the word (drum).

2

Unit 1 Week 1 Day 2

Spelling Practice Book

© Pearson Education

7. Tom’s

dust


Iris and Walter

Name

PROOFREAD
PROOFREAD

Short Vowels CVC, CVCC, CCVC
Read the report Jenny wrote. Circle two
spelling mistakes. Write the words correctly.
Then write Jenny’s last sentence correctly.

1.
3.

Spelling Words
drum

chop

rock

sack

The artist took som clay out of a sak. It looked like

list

tag

a rock. He put it on the desk. He made it into a bird.

desk

rib

The desk was a mess. The bird very pretty.

job

mess

sad

dust

some 2. sack
The bird was very
pretty.

Frequently
Misspelled
Words

with
have
them

© Pearson Education

Circle the word that is spelled correctly. Write it.
4.

dus

dust

5.

drum

drun

6.

chopp

chop

7.

job

jub

8.

list

lis

some

dust
drum
chop
job
list

Home Activity Your child has identified and corrected misspelled words with short vowels and
these consonant/vowel patterns: CVC, CVCC, CCVC. Have your child spell one of the words and

then change a vowel to make another word. For example, the word rib could become rob or rub.

Spelling Practice Book

Unit 1 Week 1 Day 3

3


Iris and Walter

Name

REVIEW

Short Vowels CVC, CVCC, CCVC
Circle the list words in the puzzle. Some words
go across. Some go down. Write each word.
m
e

r
i

s
g

d

t

s

i

a
r

g
b

s

b

o

c

h

o

p

s

s

a

d

s

u

j

Spelling Words
drum

chop

rock

sack

list

tag

desk

rib

job

mess

sad

dust

chop
list

d

u

s

t

m

d

o

e

l

i

s

t

o

b

sad
tag
mess
dust

3.
5.
7.

mess
tag
sad
dust

2.
4.
6.
8.

rib
chop
job
list

job

rib

© Pearson Education

1.

Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words with short vowels and these
consonant/vowel patterns: CVC, CVCC, CCVC. Suggest that your child illustrate some of the
words on the list. Then have your child label the sketches.

4

Unit 1 Week 1 Day 4

Spelling Practice Book


Exploring Space

Name

SORT

Long Vowels CVCe
Generalization Long vowels are often spelled CVCe: page, fine, nose, tune.

Sort the list words by the long vowel spelling.
a
o
1.

2.
3.
4.

page
space
late
blaze

8.
9.
10.

6.
7.

size
fine
mice

u
11.
12.

© Pearson Education

15.

erase
u

confuse

2. page
3. nose
4. space
5. size
6. fine

tune
cube

8. late
9. cube
10. blaze
11. home
12. vote
Challenge Words

Challenge Words
a
13.

1. tune

7. mice

i
5.

nose

home
vote

Spelling Words

i
14.

spice

13. erase
14. spice
15. confuse

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with long vowel sounds (consonant-vowelconsonant-e.) To practice at home, have your child look at the word, say it, spell it and point to the
long vowel sound.

Spelling Practice Book

Unit 1 Week 2 Day 1

5


Exploring Space

Name

PRACTICE

Long Vowels CVCe
Spelling Words

tune

page

nose

space

size

fine

mice

late

cube

blaze

home

vote

Write the list word that makes sense in both phrases.
hum a ___
___ the piano

tune

1.

___ ten shirt
___ it to fit
2.

coming ___
a ___ news bulletin
4.

late

size

turn the ___
get a ___
3.

paid a ___
looks ___
5.

fine

page
outer ___
___ for one more

6.

space

7. note
9. maze
11. rose

vote
blaze
nose

8. dome
10. nice
12. tube

home
mice
cube

Home Activity Your child spelled words that contain long vowels. Ask your child how all the
spelling words are alike. (All have a long vowel sound and end with vowel-consonant-e.)

6

Unit 1 Week 2 Day 2

Spelling Practice Book

© Pearson Education

Write a list word that rhymes.


Exploring Space

Name

PROOFREAD
PROOFREAD

Long Vowels CVCe
Read the note Jeff wrote about his pets.
Circle three spelling mistakes. Write the words
correctly. Then write the last sentence and
add the missing subject.

Spelling Words
tune

mice

page

late

nose

cube

Some people do not lik mice, but I do.

space

blaze

I have two pet mice at hom. One has a black

size

home

knows. Think mice make fine pets.

fine

vote

like 2. nose 3. home
4. I think mice make
fine pets.
1.

Frequently
Misspelled
Words

nice
like

baseball

Circle the word that is spelled correctly. Write it.
5. blaze
blaiz

© Pearson Education

7. hom
home
9. qube
cube

blaze
home
cube

6. voat
vote
8. page
paje
10. space
spase

vote
page
space

Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words with long vowels. Have your child write
a paragraph using some of the spelling words.

Spelling Practice Book

Unit 1 Week 2 Day 3

7


Exploring Space

Name

REVIEW

Long Vowels CVCe
Draw a path through the maze. Follow
the words with long a. Write each word.
cab
page

sack
past

blaze
hand

tune
black

tune

mice

page

late

nose

cube

space

blaze

size

home

fine

vote

late
ran

1.

Spelling Words

page

space

2.

blaze 3. late

4.

space

Cross out the letters p and a. Write a list word by copying the
letters that are left.

home
7. a v a o t p e

vote
9. s a p i z p e a

size

6. a a t u n p e p

tune
8. a f p i p n e

fine
10. p a n o s a e p

nose

Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words with long vowels. Take turns with your
child thinking of and spelling similar words with long vowels.

8

Unit 1 Week 2 Day 4

Spelling Practice Book

© Pearson Education

5. p h o a m e p


Henry and Mudge

Name

SORT

Consonant Blends
Generalization Two or three consonants that are said together are called
blends: stop, ask, strap.

Sort the list words by consonant blends.
sk
st

1.
2.

ask
mask
str

3.
4.

strap
stream
nd

5.

11.

hand
brave

© Pearson Education

browse

1. stop

stop
7. nest
8. state

2. strap

6.

3. nest
4. hand
5. brave
6. ask

cl

9.

10.
br
12.

Challenge Words
br
13.

Spelling Words

clip

7. clip
8. stream

tw

9. mask

twin

10. twin
11. breeze

breeze

12. state
Challenge Words

sk

13. browse

14.

skeleton
str

14. straight

15.

straight

15. skeleton

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with consonant blends. To practice at home,
help your child circle the letters that make up the consonant blend. Then ask your child to say
each word.

Spelling Practice Book

Unit 1 Week 3 Day 1

9


Henry and Mudge

Name

PRACTICE

Consonant Blends
Spelling Words
stop

strap

nest

hand

brave

ask

clip

stream

mask

twin

breeze

state

Write a list word to complete each comparison.
1. Green means go. Red means

stop

2. One of three is a triplet. One of two is a
3. A foot is on a leg. A

hand

.

twin

.

is on an arm.

nest .
5. A mitt goes on the hand. A mask goes on the face.
6. Statements tell things. Questions ask
things.
4. A bee lives in a hive. A bird lives in a

clip
9. soft wind breeze
11. small river stream
7. cut off

8. full of courage
10. leather strip
12. part of U.S.A.

brave
strap
state

Home Activity Your child wrote words that contain consonant blends. Ask your child to circle
each blend (st, str, nd, br, sk, cl, tw) and say its sound.

10

Unit 1 Week 3 Day 2

Spelling Practice Book

© Pearson Education

Write the list word that means the same as the phrase.


Henry and Mudge

Name

PROOFREAD

Consonant Blends
Read the notice about the new ducklings.
Find three spelling mistakes. Write the words
correctly. Then write the first sentence with
the missing end mark.

Spelling Words

Have you seen the ducklings? Take
the path an stop at the sream You
can see the nest in the grass near
the twine pine trees.

and 2. stream 3. twin
4. Take the path and
stop at the stream.
1.

stop

clip

strap

stream

nest

mask

hand

twin

brave

breeze

ask

state

Frequently
Misspelled
Words

brother
and
went

© Pearson Education

Fill in the circle to show the correct spelling. Write the word.
5.

brave

brav

bave

6.

stat

state

tate

7.

strap

strape

stap

8.

klip

clipe

clip

brave
state
strap
clip

Home Activity Your child identified misspelled words with the consonant blends st, str, nd, br, sk,
cl, and tw. Take turns thinking of other words with these blends.

Spelling Practice Book

Unit 1 Week 3 Day 3

11


Henry and Mudge

Name

REVIEW

Consonant Blends
Write the rhyming list word.
1. It begins like twice.
It rhymes with win.

2. It begins like stone.
It rhymes with late.
3. It begins like brown.
It rhymes with freeze.
4. It begins like street.
It rhymes with map.
5. It begins like straw.
It rhymes with beam.

Spelling Words

twin
state
breeze
strap
stream

stop

clip

strap

stream

nest

mask

hand

twin

brave

breeze

ask

state

Read the clues. Write the list words.
The words in the boxes will answer the riddle.
What has teeth but can never eat?

7. to trim
8. come to an end
9. a face covering
10. light wind

h a n d
c
s t o
m
b

l i p
p
a s k
r e e z e

Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words with consonant blends. Give your child
a clue about a word and have him or her guess and spell the word.

12

Unit 1 Week 3 Day 4

Spelling Practice Book

© Pearson Education

6. below the wrist


A Walk in the Desert

Name

SORT

Adding -ed and -ing
Generalization Some base words do not change when -ed or -ing is added:
talked, lifting. Others do change: dropped, smiling.

Sort the list words by type of ending.
-ed with no
base word change

talked

2. lifted
1.

-ing with no
base word change

dropped
4. excited
5. hugged
6. smiled

talking
8. lifting

3. dropped
4. dropping
5. excited

-ing with
base word change

dropping
10. exciting
11. hugging
12. smiling
9.

Challenge Words

© Pearson Education

amazed

6. exciting
7. lifted
8. lifting
9. hugged
10. hugging
11. smiled
12. smiling
Challenge Words

-ed with
base word change

13.

1. talked
2. talking

7.

-ed with
base word change

3.

Spelling Words

-ing with

base word change

13. dragging

dragging
15. bouncing
14.

14. amazed
15. bouncing

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with -ed and -ing. To practice at home, have
your child study the word, noting the ending, and then spell the word with eyes closed.

Spelling Practice Book

Unit 1 Week 4 Day 1

13


A Walk in the Desert

Name

PRACTICE

Adding -ed and -ing
Spelling Words
talked

talking

dropped

dropping

excited

exciting

lifted

lifting

hugged

hugging

smiled

smiling

Write the list word to finish each sentence.
1. Kris is ___ her new kitten.

1.

2. Are you very ___ about the game?

2.

3. Dad ___ when he heard the joke.

3.

4. You are ___ your plate.

4.

5. She ___ the baby into the cart.

5.

6. They ___ about the book.

6.

hugging
excited
smiled
dropping
lifted
talked

Word Clues Write the list words that fit the clues.
It has an -ed ending. It has a double consonant.

dropped

8.

hugged

It has an -ing ending. An e was dropped from the base word.
9.

exciting

10.

smiling

Home Activity Your child wrote words that end with -ed or -ing. Say and spell a list word that has
an -ed ending. Ask your child to spell the corresponding -ing word.

14

Unit 1 Week 4 Day 2

Spelling Practice Book

© Pearson Education

7.


A Walk in the Desert

Name

PROOFREAD

Adding -ed and -ing
Read about Tara’s problem. Circle three
spelling mistakes. Write the words correctly.
Cross out the incorrect end mark and rewrite
the sentence.

Spelling Words

My friend talked to me about taking swiming
exciteing, but now I am scared. Shall I quit.

2.
3.
4.

lifted

talking

lifting

dropped

hugged

dropping hugging

lessons. I smileed and thought it would be

1.

talked

swimming
smiled
exciting
Shall I quit?

excited

smiled

exciting

smiling

Frequently
Misspelled
Words

scared
swimming

Circle the word that is spelled correctly. Write it.

© Pearson Education

5. smiling
smileing
7. huged
hugged
9. lifted
liftted

smiling
hugged
lifted

6. droping
dropping
8. exciting
excitting
10. dropped
droped

dropping
exciting
dropped

Home Activity Your child identified misspelled words that end with -ed or -ing. Ask your child to
explain how the base word changes when -ing is added to smile or excite. (The final e is dropped.)

Spelling Practice Book

Unit 1 Week 4 Day 3

15

A Walk in the Desert

Name

REVIEW

Adding -ed and -ing
Spelling Words
talked

talking

dropped

dropping

excited

exciting

lifted

lifting

hugged

hugging

smiled

smiling

Write a list word that rhymes with the underlined word.

dropped
talking
smiling

3. Tom kept ___ while he was filing
the papers.
Read the clue. Write the list word
that means the opposite.
Across
4. was speechless
8. boring
Down
5. dropping
6. picking up
8.
7. frowned

4.

7.

s
m
e x c i

l
e
d

5.

6.

t a l k e d
r
i
o
f
t
p
i
p
i
t i n g
g
n
g

Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words with -ed and -ing. Have your child circle
the spelling words with double consonants (dropped, dropping, hugged, hugging).

16

Unit 1 Week 4 Day 4

Spelling Practice Book

© Pearson Education

1. Mom popped in the door just as
I ___ the plate.
2. We were just walking and ___.


The Strongest One

Name

SORT

Digraphs ch, tch, sh, th, wh
Generalization Some words have two or three consonants together that are
said as one sound: that, patch.

Sort the list words by ch, tch, sh, th, and wh.
tch
th
1.
2.

patch
itch

7.
8.

ch
3.
4.

bunch
chase

9.

10.

sh
5.
6.

wish
shape

11.
12.

15.

© Pearson Education

switch
sh
shrimp

1. bunch
2. that
3. wish
4. patch
5. when
6. what

wh

7. math

when
what
whale

8. them
9. shape
10. whale
11. itch
12. chase
Challenge Words

Challenge Words
tch
13.

that
math
them

Spelling Words

13. whiskers

wh
14.

whiskers

14. switch
15. shrimp

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with ch, tch, sh, th, and wh. To practice at
home, have your child look at the word, pronounce it, write it, and then check it.

Spelling Practice Book

Unit 1 Week 5 Day 1

17


The Strongest One

Name

PRACTICE

Digraphs ch, tch, sh, th, wh
Spelling Words

bunch

that

wish

patch

when

what

math

them

shape

whale

itch

chase

Write a list word that rhymes.

wish
3. male whale
5. base chase
7. stem them

1. fish

shape
4. lunch bunch
6. bath math
8. pen when

2. cape

when

what

what he said?
10. Does that bug bite itch
?
11. He has a patch on his eye.
12. I saw that
movie.

itch

patch

that

them

9. Did you hear

© Pearson Education

Write the missing words.

Home Activity Your child spelled words with ch, tch, sh, th, and wh. Have your child circle these
letter combinations in the spelling words.

18

Unit 1 Week 5 Day 2

Spelling Practice Book


The Strongest One

Name

PROOFREAD

Digraphs ch, tch, sh, th, wh
Read Mike’s note. Circle three spelling
mistakes. Write the words correctly.
Then write the aunt’s name correctly.

Spelling Words

Dear aunt peg,
I whish you were here. We saw a whale. It had a
white patch behind each eye. You can tell the male

whale from the female whale by the shap of the fin.
It was fun to wach.
Love, Mike

bunch

math

that

them

wish

shape

patch

whale

when

itch

what

chase

Frequently
Misspelled

Words

1.
3.

wish
watch

2.
4.

shape
Aunt Peg

© Pearson Education

Fill in the circle to show the correct spelling.
Write the word.
5.

ich

itch

itche

6.

what

whath

waht

7.

chas

shaze

chase

8.

buntch

bunsh

bunch

when
watch
where

itch
what
chase
bunch

Home Activity Your child identified misspelled words with ch, tch, sh, th, and wh. Have your child

write a pretend postcard using some of the words.

Spelling Practice Book

Unit 1 Week 5 Day 3

19


The Strongest One

Name

REVIEW

Digraphs ch, tch, sh, th, wh
Unscramble the letters. Write the word.
1. p e s a h
2. c a s h e
3. n e w h
4. t a h m
5. h i s w
6. h l e w a
7. c t h i

Spelling Words

shape
chase
when

math
wish
whale
itch

bunch

math

that

them

wish

shape

patch

whale

when

itch

what

chase

Write list words to complete the tongue twisters.

bunch of big beans.
thin thief thank them
9. Did that
10. Please patch pant pockets.

?

Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words with ch, tch, sh, th, and wh. Help your
child look for these letter combinations in the words on a calendar.

20

Unit 1 Week 5 Day 4

Spelling Practice Book

© Pearson Education

8. Bev bought the best


Tara and Tiree

Name

SORT

Words with ar, or, ore
Generalization The vowel sound /är/ is spelled ar: part. The vowel sound

/ôr/ can be spelled or and ore: born, more.

Sort the list words by ar, or, and ore.
ar
ore
1.
2.
3.
4.

part
hard
smart
farm

5.
6.
7.
8.

Spelling Words

1. part

before
more
chore
score

or

9.
11.

born
porch

10.
12.

Challenge Words
ar

cardinal
ore
15. therefore

© Pearson Education

13.

3. born
4. horse
5. before
6. more
7. smart
8. farm
9. porch

corn
horse

10. corn
11. chore
12. score
Challenge Words

or
14.

2. hard

morning

13. cardinal
14. therefore
15. morning

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words with ar, or, and ore. To practice at home, have
your child look at the word, pronounce it, spell it aloud, and then write it.

Spelling Practice Book

Unit 2 Week 1 Day 1

21


Tara and Tiree

Name

PRACTICE

Words with ar, or, ore
Spelling Words
part

hard

born

horse

before

more

smart

farm

porch

corn

chore

score

Add a list word to each group.

corn
3. bright, clever, smart
5. firm, solid, hard
7. piece, portion, part
1. beans, peas,

farm
4. pig, cow, horse
6. door, roof, porch
8. job, task, chore

2. city, town,

Write the list word to finish each sentence.

10. The

score

before my shoes.
was 21 to 14.

born last week.
more pizza?

11. The kittens were
12. May I have

Home Activity Your child wrote words with ar, or and ore. Take turns with your child spelling the

words and using them in sentences.

22

Unit 2 Week 1 Day 2

Spelling Practice Book

© Pearson Education

9. I put on my socks


Tara and Tiree

Name

PROOFREAD

Words with ar, or, ore
Read Adam’s article. Circle three spelling
mistakes. Write the words correctly. Then write
the sentence that does not belong.

Spelling Words
part

smart

hard

farm

Second Grade News

born

porch

Our Class Trip

horse

corn

Monday our class visited a farm. We fed corne to
a hors. Tim is smart in math. A new colt was born
just befor we got there.

before

chore

more

score

corn 2. horse
3. before
4. Tim is smart in math.

1.

Frequently
Misspelled
Words

started
before

Write the underlined words correctly.
5. a high scor on a test

score
© Pearson Education

7. a partt in the play

part
9. boren last year

born

6. sit on the portch

porch
8. harde as a rock

hard
10. mor than one

more

Home Activity Your child has identified misspelled words with ar, or and ore. Ask your child to
say the sound of each letter combination. (Note: The letter combinations or and ore have the same
sound.)

Spelling Practice Book

Unit 2 Week 1 Day 3

23


Tara and Tiree

Name

REVIEW

Words with ar, or, ore
Spelling Words
part

hard

born

horse

before

more

smart

farm

porch

corn

chore

score

Write a list word that rhymes with each word.
arm
horn
1.

farm

2.

torch
4.

porch

corn

core
3.

store
5.

score
dart

more

6.

part

Write list words in the puzzle.
Down
7. task
9. not dumb

c
h o r
o
r
b e f o
8.

10.

9.

s e
m
a
r e
t

Home Activity Your child has been learning to spell words with ar, or, and ore. Have your child
pronounce the spelling words and underline ar, or, and ore.

24

Unit 2 Week 1 Day 4

Spelling Practice Book

© Pearson Education

Across
8. ride a ___
10. not after

7.


Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat

Name

SORT

Contractions
Generalization In contractions, an apostrophe (’) takes the place of letters
that are left out: I will becomes I’ll.

Sort the list words by the word that has been
shortened.
am
is or has
1.

I’m

7.

not
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

wasn’t
didn’t
isn’t
hasn’t
hadn’t

8.

9.
10.

© Pearson Education

where’s

1. I’ll
2. wasn’t

it’s
he’s
who’s
she’s

3. it’s
4. he’s
5. I’m
6. didn’t
7. who’s
8. she’s
9. we’ll

will
11.
12.

10. isn’t

I’ll

we’ll

11. hasn’t
12. hadn’t
Challenge Words

13. wouldn’t

Challenge Words
is or has
13.

Spelling Words

not

14. shouldn’t

wouldn’t
15.
shouldn’t
14.

15. where’s

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell contractions. To practice at home, have your child
study the word, especially the placement of the apostrophe, and then spell the word.

Spelling Practice Book

Unit 2 Week 2 Day 1

25