Second Grade Spelling Words
Here are the Rocket Spelling word lists and level numbers that we think align well with second grade standards. For more background on this, check out this post.
Level 5.1 -ar, -or sounds: for, part, form, large, car, far, farm, stars, born, chart
Level 5.2 -er, -ir, -ur sounds: other, her, first, water, over, turn, bird, girl, third, burn
Level 5.3 oi vs. oy: boy, point, join, enjoy, oil, toys, soil, coin, joy, choice
Level 5.4 ai vs. ay #1: way, day, may, nail, air, pair, rain, hair, stay, gain
Level 5.5 ai vs. ay #2: train, stray, lay, play, raise, afraid, sail, fair, paint, main
Level 5.6 ou vs. ow: how, out, about, now, down, sound, our, around, house, south
Level 5.7 ow as a long o: below, show, grow, own, flow, throw, snow, grown, slow, low
Level 5.8 au vs. aw: saw, draw, straw, law, cause, sauce, pause, launch, dawn, haul
Level 5.9 ew vs. ue vs. oo: new, food, glue, few, soon, room, knew, true, moon, root
Level 5.10 oa vowel pairs: soar, coat, road, coast, boat, board, coach, float, groan, load
Level 5.11 Mixed vowel combos: grew, away, found, team, town, noun, power, count, amount, cows
Level 5.12 Vowel pairs with consonant blends: scream, throat, ground, mouth, cloud, shout, school, spoil, voice, noise
Level 5.13 High frequency list I: before, between, minute, Earth, eyes, begin, easy, color, ever, across
Level 5.14 High frequency list J: since, could, should, maybe, good, fruit, group, again, horse, number
Level 6.1 -ch vs. -tch: watch, each, scratch, itch, catch, patch, beach, teach, reach, stretch
Level 6.2 Long 'i' endings: 'y', 'ie', and 'igh': sky, high, lie, sigh, try, pie, fly, dry, tie, die
Level 6.3 'ight' patterns: right, light, might, night, sight, tight, bright, fight, fright, flight
Level 6.4 Different sounds for 'ough': enough, tough, rough, cough, although, dough, through, doughnut, toughen
Level 6.5 Silent letters: wr, kn: write, know, known, written, wrong, knife, knit, wrestle, knot, knock
Level 6.6 -tion vs -sion: fraction, action, reaction, nation, conclusion, equation, direction, section, mission, tension
Level 6.7 -cher vs. -ture vs. -sure: picture, future, nature, pitcher, pressure, capture, mixture, pleasure, treasure, adventure
Level 6.8 -le vs. -el endings: middle, single, nickel, tunnel, tickle, little, castle, table, channel, towel
Level 6.9 ie vs. ei: piece, field, neighbor, weigh, believe, receive, view, chief, friend, height
Level 6.10 High frequency list K: cannot, probably, animal, answer, world, always, paper, river, almost, family
Level 6.11 High frequency list L: follow, together, person, another, young, area, favorite, awesome, warm, order
Level 7.1 Colors: orange, green, blue, violet, yellow, purple, black, brown, white, pink
Level 7.2 Parts of the body: hand, elbow, finger, arm, ear, foot, head, back, stomach, toe
Level 7.3 Families: mother, father, brother, sister, cousin, grandmother, grandfather, uncle, aunt, daughter
Level 7.4 Days, calendar words: decade, century, month, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Level 7.5 Months : January, February, April, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Level 7.6 Number words #1: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Level 7.7 Number words #2: eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty
Level 7.8 Number words #3: thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, hundred, thousand, million
Level 7.9 Math terms: equal, angle, degrees, decimal, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, sum, difference
Level 7.10 Writing terms: consonant, vowel, paragraph, essay, sentence, assignment, period, comma, verb, adjective
Level 7.11 School words: science, social, studies, music, subject, physical, education, library, history, students
Level 7.12 Jobs: -er and -or endings: teacher, farmer, author, mayor, lawyer, doctor, director, sailor, builder
Level 7.13 Geography terms: America, Africa, Europe, Australia, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Asia, ocean
Level 7.14 High frequency list M: change, finally, example, questions, problem, usually, please, meant, become, measure
Level 7.15 High frequency list N: position, island, correct, common, understand, factor, object, continue, behind, heart
This list contains a whopping 390 words, and it could get to be a bit much, so we'll include the last group of levels (from planet 7) in our third grade spelling word list as well.