Spelling Words

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 2, Week 1 (Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends)

Please note our spelling test will be on Thursday, due to no school on Friday 

You can support your child’s literacy skills by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and concepts below:

Big Idea/Big Question (This is the theme of our unit in class.)	Question of the Week (This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.)
Working Together:  How can we work together?	How can we help each other in dangerous situations?
Phonics Skills (These are the letters and sounds we are learning in class.)	Spelling Patterns and associated Words (These patterns connect to our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
r-Controlled ar, or, ore, oar	r-Controlled ar, or, ore, oar before   born   chore   corn   farm   hard   horse   more   part   porch   score  smart
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
break   family   heard   listen   once   pull	brave   collar   slipped
Oral Vocabulary (Try using these words in your conversations at home.)	Handwriting Practice (Students can practice the writing of these letters in manuscript this week.)
avalanche   blustery   courageous   fast-paced   hazard   instinct   rescue   skittish	Ii, Uu, Rr and Letter Size