second grade spelling games & activities by sylvan learning - excerpt
DESCRIPTION
Sylvan’s Second Grade Spelling Games & Activities includes entertaining, grade-appropriate exercises that will help your child improve his or her spelling skills. Rather than using rote memorization as a way to teach spelling, the games and activities in this workbook provide a fun way for kids to get involved in learning and succeed in school. Spelling and language arts in general are crucial subjects in second grade, and the activities in this workbook are a great supplement to your child’s classroom work.TRANSCRIPT
Contents
1 Spell Short Vowels 2
2 Spell Final E Long Vowels 4
3 Beginning Consonant Combos 6
4 Ending Consonant Combos 10
5 Spell Clothing 14
Review 16
6 Beginning Consonant Blends 20
7 Ending Consonant Blends 24
8 Spell Food 28
Review 30
9 Vowels with “R” 34
10 More Vowels with “R” 38
11 What’s the Weather? 42
Review 44
12 The Long “A” Way 48
13 Free with Long “E” 52
14 Try Long “I” 56
15 The Long “O” Show 60
16 The New, True Long “U” 64
Review 68
17 You Old Soft “C”! 72
18 Gee Whiz! 74
19 Spell Special Words 76
Review 78
20 The Edge of “J” 82
21 Very “V” 84
22 Silent as a Lamb 86
23 Commonly Misspelled Words 88
Review 92
24 “-Ed” Added 96
25 The “-Ing” Thing 100
26 “S” Is More 104
27 Odd Men Out 108
28 “-Er” and “-Est” 110
Review 116
Answers 119
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Puzzle PairsFILL IN the two different missing vowels in the word pairs to finish the riddles.
1. This beetle was not small.
He was a b g b g.
2. When I left my cap on the stove, I had a h t h t.
3. I did not sleep well last night. I was on a b d b d.
4. To get pecans out of the tree,
I used a n t n t.
5. The rabbit went h p h p all
the way up the hill.
Spell Short Vowels
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1Criss CrossREAD the clues. FILL IN the boxes with the right word for each clue.
Across 1. This says “meow.” 3. You clean the floor
with this. 6. My cat or my dog
is my . 8. A hole in the ground 10. “You are it!” in the
game of 11. You sleep here.
Down 2. The highest spot 4. A young dog 5. You a ball
with a bat. 7. Wash up in the
bath . 9. One after nine.
1 2
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10 11
7 8 9
3 4
Spell Short Vowels
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Spell Final E Long Vowels
Puzzle PairsFILL IN the missing vowels in the word pairs to finish the sentences. Listen for how the final “-e” changes the vowel sound.
1. When it’s my turn,
I h p I can h p.
2. My sister broke my toy. It m d me m d.
3. Pete is my dog. If you want, you can p t P t .
4. Maya went to the salon and got a c t c t.
5. The shark was a star.
He had a f n f n.
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#2Spell Final E Long Vowels
Not Quite!CIRCLE the words that are misspelled in this story.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
I saw a very cut kitten. I gav him a pok. That mad him hid from me. I hat when that happens! I hop I see him again some tim.
WRITE the circled words correctly.
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Beginning Consonant Combos
Blank OutFILL IN the missing “ch,” “sh,” “wh,” or “th” in these sentences.
SPELLING LIST
chatchickchopshapesshipshopshutthickthinwhatwhenwhite
1. Miguel was ite as a ghost!
2. I always cry when I op onions.
3. Yay! Mom gave me a ick slice of cake!
4. Tom helps his dad op for food.
5. I want to hear about your day.
Let’s have a little at.
6. Bella went for a cruise on a ip.
7. Grandma always feeds me too much.
She says I look in.
8. Close the washer door en
you wash your clothes.
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#3Beginning Consonant
Combos
Match UpDRAW a line to the correct word ending.
ch
en ick
sh
ig ip
sh
apes ogs
sh
op ug
wh
ite ig
ch
an op
1.
4.
2.
5.
3.
6.
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Beginning Consonant Combos
Word ScrambleUNSCRAMBLE each word and write it correctly. LOOK at the word box for help. CROSS OUT each word as you make it.
1. hpis
2. tnih
3. ahtw
4. kichc
5. ithew
6. ohpc
7. thac
8. spesah
9. citkh
10. psoh
thin thick chop chick chat shop ship shapes what white
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Combos
Riddle Me This!UNSCRAMBLE the words in the riddles.
1. Q. Why did the bookworm start eating the
dictionary at T?
A. He wanted to eat through chitk and inht.
2. Q. What do you call talking while eggs hatch?
A. A ccikh thca.
3. Q. Why did the captain build his house like a boat?
A. He liked things isph aphes.
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