Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
2.2.c
demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:
spelling one-syllable and multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;
spelling words with silent letters such as knife and gnat;
spelling compound words, contractions, and common abbreviations;
spelling multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns;
spelling words using knowledge of syllable division patterns, including words with double consonants in the middle of the word; and
spelling words with prefixes, including un-, re-, and dis-, and inflectional endings, including -s, -es, -ed, -ing, -er, and -est;
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
2.11.d
edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
complete sentences with subject-verb agreement;
past, present, and future verb tense;
singular, plural, common, and proper nouns;
adjectives, including articles;
adverbs that convey time and adverbs that convey place;
prepositions and prepositional phrases;
pronouns, including subjective, objective, and possessive cases;
coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects, predicates, and sentences;
capitalization of months, days of the week, and the salutation and conclusion of a letter;
end punctuation, apostrophes in contractions, and commas with items in a series and in dates; and
correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words;
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking:
ELA.2.C.3.1
Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.
2nd Grade Writing - Common & Compound Words Lesson
Sight words, also known as high-frequency words, are words that are often used in reading and writing. These words usually cannot be sounded out, so their spellings need to be memorized.
A list of common sight words is below.
Common Sight Words
about
came
eight
house
made
please
again
caught
face
how
many
quite
another
clean
field
into
might
read
answer
could
find
just
name
right
because
does
first
keep
never
second
become
does
friend
know
often
simple
begin
during
green
large
once
think
better
each
grow
laugh
only
though
break
early
hear
least
page
what
build
easy
heard
listen
people
where
Read and use sight words in a sentence to memorize their spellings more easily.
Example:
I never caught my friend Danny when we were playing tag.
Example:
The movie star would only answer questions during her break.
A compound word is a single word made up of two or more other words. The new combined word has its own unique meaning separate from the meanings of the original words used to make it.
2nd Grade Writing - Common & Compound Words Lesson
