Mrs. Short's Second Grade

Today, your child should have brought home their spelling pretest. Please help your child study these words for the test on Friday. They should have also brought home their spelling homework. This week’s skill is working with “surprise words’ or tricky words. Please make sure your child does one of the activities listed on the sheet with the words. Please sign the top of the paper and return it to school by Friday. If you would like to play some games with this week’s words visit Spelling City, just click on the picture below.

THIS WEEK’S WORDS ARE:  line, set, own, under, read, found

This week we are working on Unit 25 in Spelling. Your child should have brought home their pretest today, please make sure they study for the test on Friday. Spelling homework should have also come home today and is due back to school by Friday. This week’s skill is working with the suffixes s, es, and ing. If you would like to play a game to practice this week’s skill, just click on the picture below.

THIS WEEK’S WORDS ARE:   should, home, big, give, air, different

This week we are working on Unit 24 in Spelling. Today, your child should have brought home their spelling preview. Please make sure that your child studies these 6 words that will be on the test on Friday. Spelling homework should have also come home today, and is due back to school by Friday. This week’s skill is working with long vowel sounds. If you would like to play a game and practice this week’s skill, just click on the picture below.

THIS WEEK’S WORDS ARE: every, found, still, between, name, could

This week we are working on Unit 23 in Spelling. Yesterday, your child should have brought home their spelling pretest. Please help your child study these 6 words that will be on the test on Friday. Your child should have also brought home their spelling homework. This week’s skills is working with plurals and the rules for s, es, and ies. Please remember that spelling homework is due back to school by Friday. If you would like to practice this week’s skill, just click on the picture below to play a game.

THIS WEEK’S WORDS ARE:  great, tell, men, say, small, around

This week, we are working on Unit 21 in Spelling. Today, your child should have brought home their pretest. Please help your child study for the test on Friday. Spelling homework also came home today, don’t forget that it is due back by Friday. This week’s skill is working with putting words in alphabetical order. If you would like to practice this week’s skill, please click on the picture below.

THIS WEEK’S SPELLING WORDS:  why, help, put, different, away, because

This week we are working on Unit 17 in Spelling. Today, your child should have brought home their pretest and homework sheet. Please remember that spelling homework is due back by Friday each week. If you would like to have your child practice their spelling words, have them visit Spelling City to play some games with them. You can click on the picture below to get to the website.

THIS WEEK’S SPELLING WORDS: right, look, think, also, around, through

This week we are working on Unit 16 in Spelling. Today, your child should have brought home their pretest and homework sheet. Please remember that spelling homework is due back by Friday each week. This week’s skill is working with compound words. If you would like to practice this week’s skill, just click on the picture below, and it will take you to a game.

THIS WEEK’S WORDS ARE: man, too, any, day, same, write

This week we are working on Unit 15 in Spelling. Today your child should have brought home their pretest and homework paper. This week’s skill is working with homophones. Homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled different and have different meanings. I found a homophone matching game to help you practice this week’s skill. If you would like to play, just click on the picture below.

THIS WEEK’S WORDS ARE:  good, new, write, our, people, words

This week we will be working on Unit 13 in Spelling. Today, your child should have brought home their pretest along with the homework paper. Please help your child review these words for our test on Friday. Spelling homework is due back to school by Friday. This week’s skill is working with silent letters. I found this really fun game to play to help your practice this skill. If you would like to play, just click on the picture below. Start out with level 1 and make sure that your sound is turned on.

THIS WEEK’S SPELLING WORDS:  called, just, where, most, know, use

This week we are working on Unit 12 in Spelling. Today, your child should have brought home their spelling pretest along with the homework paper for the week. Homework is due back to school by Friday. This week’s skill is working with the suffixes ing, ed, er and est. Please remember to visit Spelling City to play some games with this week’s words. Just click on the picture below to get to the website.

THIS WEEK”S SPELLING WORDS ARE:   long, little, very, after, word, people