Spelling Strategies Worksheet
A Grade 2 ELA worksheet focused on common spelling strategies to help students improve their spelling skills.
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. This worksheet will help you practice different ways to spell words correctly!
Sometimes, big words have smaller words inside them. Find the small word to help you spell the big word!
1. The word 'teacher' has the word ' ' inside it.
2. The word 'bedroom' has the word ' ' and ' ' inside it.
3. The word 'sunflower' has the word ' ' and ' ' inside it.
Match each word with the correct number of syllables. Clap out the syllables to help you!
1. banana
a. 1 syllable
2. cat
b. 2 syllables
3. elephant
c. 3 syllables
4. happy
d. 4 syllables
Rhyming words often have similar spellings. Choose the word that rhymes with the first word and is spelled correctly.
1. What word rhymes with 'tree'?
bee
tea
see
all of the above
2. What word rhymes with 'cat'?
hat
mat
sat
all of the above
When you don't know how to spell a word, you can look it up! Pretend you have a dictionary. How would you find these words?
1. If you wanted to spell the word 'friend', what letter would you look for first in the dictionary?
2. If you wanted to spell the word 'beautiful', what letter would you look for first?
Decide if each statement about spelling is true or false.
1. The letter 'q' is almost always followed by the letter 'u'.
True
False
2. When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking.
True
False
Think about all the ways you can learn to spell new words. What is your favorite spelling strategy? Write a few sentences explaining why it helps you.