Year 2 Spellings - W/C 21.02.22

 Spellings- Week 1 

Red and Green	Pink and Orange	Yellow and Blue	Grey
our	cold	swimming	painless
put	could	stopping	spotless
said	door	find	careless
has	even	father	dolphin
his	everybody	great	alphabet
house	eye	grass	elephant
		hugging	photograph
		running	phone
		past	knight
			knock

It is vital that your child practice their spellings every day, below are some strategies you can use to help your child learn their new spellings.

1. Encourage children to ‘have a go’ at spelling a new word

Making a first attempt is good for confidence, and it can reinforce spelling patterns and help identify problem areas.

2. Make sure children remember to use their phonics as they try to spell a word

Encouraging children to break the word they want to spell into its individual sounds and then try to match those sounds to the letters of the alphabet 

 

3. Hidden words is a game that you can prepare yourself

Write the words on your child’s spelling list, hidden in a series of letters. Now that they are hidden, ask your child to find them. For example:

sfhplayknc – play

qrubitpdh – bit

nvzbikejfa – bike

Your child could circle the hidden words with colored pens. To raise the challenge, you could set a time limit on the game. For example, how many words can you find in one minute?

 

4. Write a silly sentence using spelling words. The sillier the better! Can you make it funny? Can you make it unbelievable or even scary?

Challenge your child to write a silly sentence, including as many of the words on their spelling list as possible. For example, your child may have to learn ‘room, took, hoop, foot, book’. They could make up a silly sentence such as ‘The boy took his book across the room but got his foot caught in a hoop’. Again they could draw illustrations to go with the sentences.

 

5. Rainbow Spelling

 Using the colors of the rainbow to write out your spelling words.