Essential Words and Spelling Features
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Spelling Features
Ideas for games at home:
- Write words with finger in sand/shaving cream/rice
- Spell words using Playdoh/clay
- Spell words using magnetic letters
- Rainbow write the words (use a different color for each letter)
- Silly Spelling (write the words with a silly handwriting)
Words from the Essential Word List to work on for Final Sounds:
and eat it room
best end keep still
big find look walk
book first most what
car from next
door if open
down in part
Words from the Essential Word List to work on for Short Vowels:
back dog help let run up
best fast him man sat went
big get his men set will
but got just much tell with
can had last not that yes
did has left ran this
Words from the Essential Word List to work on for Digraphs:
children should the there those
father show their these thought
mother something them they through
other such then think together
Words from the Essential Word List (and some that aren't) to work on for Blends:
first play flag
friend tree frog
great tried star
just glad
last play
must drag slow
place draw skip
Attached you will find the list of words that all students are expected to be able to read and write by the end of 2nd grade. We call the list the Essential Word List.
You can help support your child with these words by creating flash cards with the words on it, playing Go Fish, or Memory with them.
You will find many of these words will be future spelling words