Second Grade Spelling Lists

Unit 1- Help! A Story of

Friendship

1. has

2. wag

3. bad

4. six

5. will

6. sat

7. had

8. fix

9. him

10. if

11. can

12. hit

13. why

14. for

15. help

16. bug

17. black

18. than

19. then

20. spill

My dog will sit and wag his tail.

Unit 2 – Big Red Lollipop

1. went

2. tell

3. pet

4. job

5. fog

6. not

7. tug

8. hut

9. tub

10. bun

11. fix

12. has

13. one

14. or

15. see

16. clock

17. kicked

18. snap

19. them

20. truck

My job is to feed my pet.

Unit 3 – Not Norman

1. grass

2. trips

3. crack

4. still

5. west

6. mask

7. clap

8. plans

9. milk

10. belt

11. fog

12. tub

13. by

14. he

15. she

16. city

17. joke

18. many

19. nice

20. use

She plans a trip to the city.

Unit 4 – Lola and Tiva: An Unlikely Friendship

1. bag

2. cap

3. ham

4. bake

5. ate

6. mad

7. back

8. cape

9. made

10. rake

11. still

12. belt

13. into

14. done

15. your

16. about

17. before

18. because

19. really

20. sister

Dad and I will bake ham today.

Unit 5 – Families Working Together

1. did

2. fin

3. pick

4. line

5. pipe

6. tip

7. mix

8. five

9. side

10. hike

11. cape

12. made

13. all

14. any

15. says

16. again

17. caught

18. gym

19. girl

Did the girl hike five miles?

Unit 6 – Sled Dogs Run

1. box

2. fox

3. dog

4. lock

5. pot

6. cone

7. home

8. nose

9. poke

10. rope

11. side

12. line

13. have

14. off

15. took

16. outside

17. sometimes

18. every

19. favorite

20. two

The dog poked the box with its nose.

Unit 7 – Wolf! Wolf!

1. mule

2. fuse

3. plum

4. use

5. dug

6. cub

7. hum

8. huge

9. must

10. fun

11. rope

12. nose

13. look

14. yes

15. their

16. drink

17. friends

18. pretty

19. skate

20. small

The mule must eat a small plum.

Unit 8 – Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out!

1. trace

2. place

3. badge

4. cage

5. space

6. ice

7. bulge

8. range

9. barge

10. mice

11. mule

12. huge

13. out

14. wash

15. saw

16. best

17. first

18. hurt

19. sports

20. went

I went to space and saw a huge planet.

Unit 9 – Baby Bears

1. chop

2. catch

3. shape

4. trash

5. phone

6. that

7. sting

8. thin

9. bring

10. while

11. place

12. badge

13. seven

14. isn’t

15. early

16. children

17. shook

18. there

19. what

20. where

What will seven children create with trash?

Unit 10 - Beetles

1. scratch

2. scrape

3. spring

4. throne

5. stripe

6. strange

7. shred

8. shrub

9. splash

10. split

11. catch

12. sting

13. far

14. flower

15. until

16. crash

17. thing

18. with

19. other

20. thank

I laid a flower with stripes on the throne.

Unit 11 – I Fall Down

1. nail

2. train

3. main

4. hay

5. stay

6. break

7. steak

8. weigh

9. sleigh

10. prey

11. scrape

12. strange

13. good

14. often

15. two

16. brothers

17. little

18. after

19. people

20. they

You may pay for your train ride.

Unit 12 – Mr. Putter and Tabby See the Stars

1. light

2. sight

3. mind

4. cry

5. tie

6. high

7. wild

8. dry

9. try

10. lie

11. hay

12. steak

13. begin

14. those

15. apart

16. crashes

17. float

18. played

19. school

20. slow

Why did the child begin to cry?

Unit 13 - Biblioburro

1. told

2. most

3. float

4. coat

5. toast

6. grow

7. mow

8. show

9. Joe

10. toe

11. light

12. mind

13. only

14. our

15. who

16. mail

17. rain

18. beautiful

19. name

20. make

Who will help Joe grow tomatoes?

Unit 14 – Wild Weather

1. we

2. bee

3. need

4. queen

5. mean

6. leaf

7. thief

8. chief

9. pony

10. keys

11. grow

12. toe

13. after

14. every

15. special

16. house

17. our

18. quit

19. those

20. very

We need keys to get into our house.

Unit 15 – Many Ways to Enjoy Music

1. cute

2. cube

3. fumes

4. music

5. unit

6. menu

7. few

8. pew

9. fuel

10. cues

11. pony

12. queen

13. began

14. come

15. give

16. eating

17.green

18. here

19. were

20.tell

The queen plays music on her flute.

Unit 16 – Rain Forests

1. comb

2. crumb

3. scene

4. scent

5. gnat

6. sign

7. knife

8. know

9. wrist

10. writing

11. cube

12. music

13. don’t

14. eat

15. very

16. into

17. line

18. ride

19. right

20. write

The gnat flew right into a sign.

Unit 17 - Volcanoes

1. clerk

2. herd

3. first

4. skirt

5. stir

6. churn

7. hurt

8. burst

9. work

10. worse

11. know

12. wrist

13. found

14. from

15. today

16. how

17. wrong

18. stop

19. who

20. why

How did you hurt your wrist?

Unit 18 – Dear Primo

1. port

2. north

3. more

4. store

5. oar

6. roar

7. board

8. part

9. start

10. park

11. first

12. hurt

13. ago

14. carry

15. people

16. can't

17. they’re

18. won't

19. didn't

20. that's

A large storm formed north of the park.

Unit 19 – How the Beetle Got Her Colors

1. deer

2. cheers

3. steer

4. here

5. jeer

6. near

7. ear

8. dear

9. clear

10. spear

11. store

12. north

13. again

14. house

15. inside

16. new

17. one

18. when

19. made

20. sale

Did you see that deer near the house?

Unit 20 – April Rain Song and Rain Poem

1. dare

2. stare

3. fare

4. hair

5. pair

6. chair

7. bear

8. pear

9. where

10. there

11. dear

12. cheers

13. knew

14. never

15. talk

16. writing

17. wanted

18. boy

19. found

20. phone

The boy knew how to repair a chair.

Unit 21 – Grace for President

1. sound

2. mound

3. cloud

4. shout

5. pound

6. clown

7. brown

8. crown

9. howl

10. growl

11. chair

12. where

13. been

14. myself

15. pushed

16. don't

17. have

18. I

19. it's

20. jump

I found a cloud shaped like a crown.

Unit 22 – Once Upon a Baby Brother

1. soil

2. broil

3. moist

4. point

5. toil

6. oil

7. toy

8. joy

9. coin

10. noise

11. crown

12. mound

13. I’ll

14. laugh

15. maybe

16. junk

17. not

18. off

19. said

20. trip

The boy tripped over a mound of soil.

Unit 23 – Brave Bessie

1. room

2. flu

3. June

4. new

5. glue

6. fruit

7. crook

8. could

9. full

10. push

11. point

12. coin

13. along

14. ever

15. strong

16. was

17. saw

18. to

19. too

20. won

Can you push a box full of new books too?

Unit 24 – The Woodcutter’s Gift

1. ball

2. small

3. paw

4. jaw

5. pause

6. sauce

7. taught

8. chalk

9. walk

10. sought

11. new

12. fruit

13. city

14. own

15. read

16. are

17. car

18. or

19. their

20. more

Who taught you how to read?

Unit 25 – Setting the Rules

1. dead

2. ahead

3. lead

4. thread

5. bread

6. breath

7. touch

8. trouble

9. gym

10. myth

11. small

12. chalk

13. instead

14. whole

15. words

16. general

17. journal

18. wear

19. your

20. you're

Can I walk ahead of the class to the small gym?

Unit 26 – The Golden Flower

1. pencil

2. magnet

3. publish

4. supper

5. letter

6. lady

7. gravy

8. solo

9. open

10. odor

11. lead

12. touch

13. door

14. front

15. someone

16. know

17. laughed

18. thought

19. except

20. enough

Can someone open that letter?

Unit 27 – My Light

1. state

2. replace

3. nine

4. ninety

5. side

6. sidewalk

7. face

8. outside

9. these

10. tadpole

11. letter

12. magnet

13. alone

14. beside

15. round

16. another

17. hopeless

18. lovable

19. whole

20. also

Let’s walk outside on the sidewalk.

Unit 28 – Astronaut Handbook

1. lit

2. little

3. set

4. settle

5. rip

6. ripple

7. pad

8. paddle

9. middle

10. bubble

11. outside

12. replace

13. follow

14. listen

15. something

16. almost

17. always

18. hole

19. until

20. probably

I lit candles on the birthday cake.

Unit 29 –Money Madness

1. way

2. away

3. root

4. balloon

5. play

6. display

7. reach

8. enjoy

9. explain

10. meadow

11. little

12. middle

13. complete

14. enough

15. river

16. anyone

17. especially

18. getting

19. threw

20. usually

Can you explain how to play the game?

Unit 30- Books to the Ceiling

1. jumper

2. higher

3. star

4. starry

5. garden

6. better

7. dinner

8. doctor

9. market

10. hairy

11. enjoy

12. display

13. afternoon

14. anyone

15. everything

16. community

17. countries

18. question

19. something

20. trouble

Did you enjoy dinner last night?

Unit 31 - Dinosaurs, Dragonflies and Diamonds

1. air

2. care

3. fare

4. hair

5. parents

6. scared

7. helpless

8. homeless

9. restless

10. sickness

11. goodness

12. useless

13. tried

14. tries

15. cries

16. exciting

17. friendly

18. impossible

19. hidden

20. myself

I tried to walk against the wind, but it was useless.

Unit 32 - The Tub People

1. leader

2. spoken

3. wooden

4. farmer

5. brighten

6. taken

7. hurried

8. carries

9. dried

10. mover

11. fallen

12. whiten

13. hidden

14. darken

15. marries

16. buy

17. discover

18. recycle

19. terrible

20. winner

The bride marries the groom at the wedding.