Spelling made fun! Teach your second grader or your second-grade class spelling with this fun and engaging spelling curriculum. Each lesson is a weekly planned unit. Every lesson covers a spelling rule or pattern with a list of words to accompany the rule/pattern. Included in most every list are 2 sight words. A few of the lists do not contain sight words. The first 7 Lessons contain 10 spelling words. Lessons 8-38 contain 12 spelling words and additional pages. Each weekly packet contains worksheets for your child to use with the spelling list. You will also receive flashcards and a homework sheet.

Here is what you get!

38 Weekly Unit Packets. Each packet includes:

Lessons 1-7
Packet Cover-Spelling Rule or Pattern-1 page
Spelling List-1 page
3 Times Each-1 page
Rainbow Writing-1 page
Dot It Up-1 page
Box It Up-1 page
Color It In-1 page
Make It Dotty-1 page
Sentence Writing-2 pages
Trial Test-1 page
Test-1 page
Flashcards-2 pages, 10 flashcards and 1 cover card
Homework-Tic Tac Toe Spelling Words-1 page

Lessons 8-38
Packet Cover-Spelling Rule or Pattern-1 page
3 Times Each-2 pages
Rainbow Writing-1 page
Dot It Up-1 page
Box It Up-1 page
Color It In-1 page
Make It Dotty-1 page
Sentence Writing-3 pages
Trial Test-1 page
Test-1 page
Flashcards-3 pages, 12 flashcards and 1 cover card
Homework-Tic Tac Toe Spelling Words-1 page

Spelling Rules/Patterns:

Lesson 1: Special Sounds /O/ sounds like /ŭ/ This often happens before v, n or th. /A/ sounds like /ŭ/. When you hear a short /u/ sound it is a syllable by itself, write it with a. /o/ in shovel /a/ in banana

Lesson 2: Spelling Patterns /ear/ sounds like /ēr/ /ear/ sounds like /ār/ /ear/ sounds like /ŭr/ ear in ear ear in bear ear in earth

Lesson 3: Spelling Patterns-sounds like /ār/ /air/ /are/ /err/ /arr/

Lesson 4: Spelling Patterns-sounds like /ēr/ /ere/ /eer/

Lesson 5: Silent Letters-When k or g come before an ‘n’, they are silent. /kn/ /gn/

Lesson 6: Silent Letters-When ‘w’ comes before ‘r’, the ‘w’ is silent. When ‘b’ comes after ‘m’, the ‘b’ is silent. /wr/ /mb/

Lesson 7: Spelling Patterns /dge/ is used to spell the /j/ sound at the end of a word or syllable directly after a short vowel. /eigh/ says /ā/ /dge/ /eigh/

Lesson 8: Spelling Patterns-OUGH has six sounds, and is found in only twenty-two common base words. /ough/ sounds like /ō/, /ŏ/ /oo/, /ow/, /ŭf/ and / ŏf/

Lesson 9: Final Syllable-URE sounds like /yur/ TURE sounds like /chur/ /ure/ /ture/

Lesson 10: Suffixes -The suffixes “-tion” and “-sion” are both used to create nouns from verbs. /tion/ sounds like /shun/ /sion/ sounds like /zhun/

Lesson 11: Suffixes -Add –ed to a verb to change it to the past tense. When a word ends in ‘e’, drop the ‘e’ and add ‘ed’. When a word ends in ‘y’, change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ed. When a word ends in a vowel + ‘y’, add ed. When a word ends in a vowel + consonant, double the consonant and add ed. /ed/ can say ‘d’, ‘t’, and ‘ed’.

Lesson 12: Plural Nouns-‘S’ and ‘ES’ -To make a regular noun plural, add ‘s’. If the singular noun ends in ‘s’, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, or -z, add ‑es. Singular nouns ending in -s or -z, require that you double the -s or -z prior to adding the –es. /s/ /es/

Lesson 13: Plural Nouns-words ending in ‘Y’-If the singular noun ends in ‘y’ and the letter before the ‘y’ is a vowel, add an ‘s’. If a singular noun ends in ‘y’ and the letter before the ‘y’ is a consonant, change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ‘es’. /s/ /es/

Lesson 14: Plural Nouns-words ending in ‘F’ -If the word ends with ‘f’ or ‘fe’, the f is often changed to ‘ve’ before adding the ‘s’. There are a few words that are exceptions to the rule. Those you add ‘s’. /ves/ /s/

Lesson 15: Irregular Plural Words-Some English nouns are identical in both the singular and the plural forms. Many of these are names for animals. Some words change their form completely.

Lesson 16: The Rabbit Rule -The Rabbit Rule says that if a word has two syllables, the vowel in the first syllable is short and there is only one consonant sound between the vowels, then the medial consonant is doubled

Lesson 17: Contractions-Contractions are a way of using an apostrophe to splice two words into one, eliminating a syllable. ~not

Lesson 18: Contractions-Contractions are a way of using an apostrophe to splice two words into one, eliminating a syllable. ~is/has/are

Lesson 19: Contractions-Contractions are a way of using an apostrophe to splice two words into one, eliminating a syllable. ~have/had/would

Lesson 20: Contractions-Contractions are a way of using an apostrophe to splice two words into one, eliminating a syllable. ~am/us/will

Lesson 21: Prefixes-Prefixes are letters which we add to the beginning of a word to make a new word with a different meaning. Prefix a- means at, in, on, to. Prefix al- means to be. Prefix be- means about, become. a- al- be-

Lesson 22: Prefixes-Prefixes are letters which we add to the beginning of a word to make a new word with a different meaning. Prefix en- means ink, within, make. Prefix un- means remove, reverse, not. en- un-

Lesson 23: Suffixes-Suffixes are letters which we add to the end of a word to make a new word or change the function of the original word. Suffix –ed means in the past; quality, state. Suffix –ing means doing something; quality, state. When adding –ing to a word ending with a vowel and a consonant, double the ending consonant before adding the suffix -ing -ed -ing

Lesson 24 : Suffixes-Suffixes are letters which we add to the end of a word to make a new word or change the function of the original word. Suffix –er means more. Suffix –est means most. -er -est

Lesson 25: Suffixes-Suffixes are letters which we add to the end of a word to make a new word or change the function of the original word. Suffix –ful means full of or notable of. Suffix –less means without something. Suffix –ness means state or quality. -ful -less -ness

Lesson 26: Suffixes-Suffixes are letters which we add to the end of a word to make a new word or change the function of the original word. Suffix –able means can be done. Suffix -en means become. -able -en

Lesson 27: Suffixes-Suffixes are letters which we add to the end of a word to make a new word or change the function of the original word. Suffix –y means characterized by or inclined to. Words that end in ‘e’, take off the ‘e’ and then add ‘y’. Words that end with a short vowel and a consonant, double the final consonant before adding –y. (except words which end with -x). Most other words, just add –y. Suffix -ly means resembling. -y -ly

Lesson 28: Suffixes-The Doubling Up Rule. The doubling up rule states that, when adding a vowel suffix to a single syllable word that ends with one vowel followed by one consonant, we should double the final consonant. Sometimes a ‘y’ is treated as a vowel. Single syllable words that end in a vowel plus “w,” “x” or “y” don’t require doubling the final letter when adding a vowel suffix

Lesson 29: Suffixes-Drop the ‘e’. Drop the 'e' at the end of words when adding a suffix that begins with a vowel. bake+er=baker

Lesson 30: Suffixes-Change the ‘y’ to ‘i’. Any word that ends in a consonant plus ‘y,’ change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add the suffix. Study+i+ed=studied

Lesson 31: Spelling Patterns-/tian/ sounds like /tĕn/ -tian as in mountain /tian/ sounds like /tān/ -tian as in obtain

Lesson 32: Spelling Patterns -old in told -ild in child -ind in find

Lesson 33: Spelling Patterns wor- in worm war- in warm

Lesson 34: Compound Words-A compound word is two words joined together to create a new word.

Lesson 35: Abbreviations-An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase.

Lesson 36: Days of the Week

Lesson 37: Months of the Year

Lesson 38: Seasons and Time

Prints 663 pages total.

This spelling curriculum was designed by Annette Sutherland.