Spelling Words for Class 2

What are Spelling Words?

Spellings refer to arranging letters correctly to create new and meaningful words. It also involves checking that words are spelt correctly.

For example, beach, dream, flow, enough, leather, scooter, weather and so on.

Vowels and Consonants

Vowels: Vowels are the letters in the alphabet that produce open-mouthed sounds. The English language has five primary vowels: a, e, i, o, and u.

Examples: an apple, an elephant, an ice cream, an orange and an umbrella

Consonants: Consonants are the letters in the alphabet that are not vowels. They produce closed-mouthed sounds and are frequently joined with vowels to form words.

Examples: ball, cat, sun, rain, moon, bag, lion

Benefits of Learning Spelling Words

→ It improves reading comprehension skills.
→ It improves vocabulary.
→ It helps to make meaningful sentences.
→ It encourage and boosts confidence in students.

How Phonics Help in Building Spelling Words?

Phonics is a method of teaching students how to read and write by helping them understand the relationship between letters (graphemes) and the sounds (phonemes) they make in words.

1. Letter-Sounds: Phonics teaches students that each letter of the alphabet represents a specific sound or phoneme.

Examples:

→ The letter 'A' makes the "ah" sound, like in "apple".
→ The letter 'B' makes the "buh" sound, like in "balloon".
→ The letter 'C' makes the "ka" sound, like "catch".
→ The letter 'D' makes the "duh" sound, like "dodge".

2. Mixing the Sounds: Students learn how to blend the sounds of individual letters to form words.

Examples:

→ Blend the sounds /r/, /a/, /p/, /i/, /d/ to read the word "rapid".
→ Blend the sounds /b/, /r/, /a/, /k/, /e/ to read the word "brake".
→ Blend the sounds /f/ /l/, /a/, /s/, /h/ to read the word "flash".
→ Blend the sounds /m/, /a/, /k/, /e/ to read the word "make".
→ Blend the sounds /l/, /a/, /k/ to read the word "lake".

3. Breaking Words: They also learn to break words into their sounds.

Examples:

→ In the word "road" they can segment it into /r/, /o/, /a/, /d/.
→ In the word "fish" they can segment it into /f/ /i/ /sh/.
→ In the word "sun" → /s/ /u/ /n/

4. Phonics Rules: Some basic phonics rules are:

→ Silent 'e' rule for the word "cake".
→ The 'sh' sound for the word "shoe".
→ The 'th' sound for the word "this".

5. Word Families: Students might be taught about word families, which are groups of words that share a common phonetic pattern.

6. Sight Words: Sight words are words that are frequently used and often cannot be sounded out phonetically.

Examples:

7. Double Consonants: Some words can have two consonants together. Doubling the consonant can change the pronunciation and meaning of the word.

Examples:

→ Letter
→ Rabbit
→ Zoo
→ Book
→ Feet
→ Tooth
→ Dinner
→ Happen
→ Butter
→ Better

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Examples of Spelling Words

FAQs

1. What are spelling words for class 2?

Answer: Spelling words refer to placing of letters in a word to form the correct sequence.

2. Why is phonics important to learn at an early age?

Answer: Phonics are important because it helps students to read and write by teaching them the sounds of letters and how these sounds can be mixed to form words.

3. How can we help students to learn spelling words?

Answer: Some of the activities that help students to learn spelling words are regular reading practice, motivating them to read the newspapers and magazines, filling in the blanks, solving crossword puzzles, tracing the words, scrabbling and acting out games.