Bishop Reading

List of High Frequency "Word Wall Words"

Grade 2 - 96 Words

    action    addition    again    always    America    animal    answer    August    

    away    beautiful    been    between    bought    breakfast    change

    child    children    city    color    country    couple    cousin    daughter

    done    early    earth    enough    equal    every    eye    family    father

    favorite    February    give    great    house    its    January    knew

    large    laugh    learn    Monday    move    neighbor    none    ocean

    often    once    own    picture    place    please    pretty    ready    really

    reread    rewrite    right    Saturday    says    school    second    sister

    something    sometimes    special    sugar    sure    teacher    than

    their    they're    those    thought    through    Thursday    together    too

    trouble    Tuesday    unlock    until    use    water    Wednesday    which

    while    why    won't    world    write    wrote    young    you're


            Grade 2 Fundations Scope and Sequence

Unit 1
Concept of consonant digraphs, concept of consonant blends, concept of digraph blends, 3 spellings for /k/ sound (c, k, ck), closed syllable type, sample words: quilt, elf, shred, kick, crush

Unit 2
Bonus letter spelling rule: ff, ll, ss, and sometimes zz, glued (welded) sounds: all, am, an, ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk, vowel teams for reading (not writing): ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, sample words: spill, string, stand, toss

Unit 3
Concept of closed syllable exceptions: ild, ind, old, olt, ost, vowel teams for reading (not writing): oi, oy, sample words: wild, find, cold, colt, post

Unit 4
Review suffixes: s, es, ed, ing, comparison suffixes: er, est, additional sounds of –ed  /d/ and /t/, vowel teams for reading (not writing): oa, oe, ow, ou, oo, ue, ew, sample words: stronger, tallest, spilled, passed

Unit 5
Reading and spelling two-syllable words, review syllable concept in multisyllabic words, compound words, syllable division rules for dividing between closed syllables, spelling of  ic at the end of multisyllabic words, new suffixes: ful, ment,  ness, less, able, en, ish, au and aw, sample words: catnip, habit, tonic, mascot, hundred, freshen, boldness

Unit 6
Review vowel-consonant-e syllables, s - /s/and /z/, spelling options procedure, two syllable words with closed and vowel-consonant-e syllables, vowel-consonant-e exception (-ive), suffix – ive, sample words: hope, confuse, reptile, olive, inventive

Unit 7
Open syllable type, y as a vowel, combining open syllables with closed and vowel-consonant-e syllables, new suffixes: y, ly, ty, sample words: no, music, relate, cry, baby, chilly

Unit 8
R-contolled syllable, sounds of ar and or, combining r-controlled syllables with other syllable types, sample words: fort, part, orbit, party

Unit 9
Sound of er, ir, and ur, spelling option procedure for /ər/ sound, combining r-contolled syllables with er, ir, and ur with other syllable types, sample words: burst, termite, dirty

Unit 10
Double vowel syllable type, sounds of ai, and ay, use of spelling option procedure for /ā/ sound, combining all types of syllables, sample words: paint, display

Unit 11
Sounds of ee, ea, ey, use of spelling option procedure for /ē/ sound, sample words: cheap, keep, chimney

Unit 12
Sounds of oi and oy, spelling generalizations of /oi/ sound, sample words: moist, toys, paperboy

Unit 13
The long o sound of oa, oe, and ow, use of spelling option procedure for /ō/ sound review of suffix ending, sample words: road, doe, grown

Unit 14
The /ou/ sound of ou and ow, flexibility in sound choices for reading, spelling generalizations of /ou/ sound, sample words: sample, drown, plow

Unit 15
The /ü/ sound of oo, ou, ue, and ew, the /ū/ sound of ue, use of spelling option procedure for /ü/ and /ū/ sounds, sample words: spoon, soup, overdue, blew, argue

Unit 16
Sounds of au and aw, spelling generalizations for the /o/ sound, sample words: claw, aunt

Unit 17
Consonant-le syllable type, spelling consonant-le words, review of all 6 syllable types, sample words: gobble, tumble, noble