THE GALLOWAY SCHOOL
YEAR-AT-A-GLANCE
“Where Magnificent Minds Thrive!”
SPELLING
1st QUARTER
Text: Houghton Mifflin Spelling and Vocabulary Grade 2
Review Unit
 Pre-test
 Spell review sight words from kindergarten
 Post-test
Unit 1-Short Vowels
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by spelling patterns for short a and i
 Spell words with the short a and i vowel sound
 Identify words that have specific phonetic elements
 Match words with meaning clues
 Supply missing letters in memory words
 Post-test
Unit 2-More Short Vowels
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by spelling patterns for short e, o and u
 Spell words with the short e, o and u vowel sound
 Identify words that rhyme with given words
 Match words with synonyms
 Supply missing letters in memory words
 Post-test
Unit 3-Vowel-Consonant-e
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by spelling patterns for a-consonant-e and i-consonant-e
 Spell words with the a-consonant-e and i-consonant-e
 Classify words by beginning sound and by meaning
 Supply missing letters in memory words
 Post-test
1st
Unit 4-More Vowel-Consonant-e
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by spelling patterns for e-consonant-e, o-consonant-e and oo-consonant-e
 Spell words with the e-consonant-e, o-consonant-e and oo-consonant-e
 Write words that rhyme with given words or match meaning clues
 Write memory words to complete sentences
 Post-test
Unit 5-Short and Long Vowels
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by number and position of consonant cluster
 Spell words with consonant cluster
 Identify words that have specific phonetic elements
 Write words to complete analogies
 Match words with synonyms
 Post-test
Unit 7-Consonant Clusters
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by spelling patterns by short and long vowel sounds
 Spell words with short and long vowel sounds
 Identify words that have specific phonetic elements
 Match words with meaning clues
 Match words with antonyms
 Post-test
Unit 8-Double Final Consonant
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by their final double consonant
 Spell words with final double consonant
 Match words to given words with the same beginning sounds
 Match words to complete analogies
 Match words to complete a paragraph
 Post-test
THE GALLOWAY SCHOOL
YEAR-AT-A-GLANCE
“Where Magnificent Minds Thrive!”
SPELLING
2nd QUARTER
Text: Houghton Mifflin Spelling and Vocabulary Grade 2
Unit 9-Words with sh, ch, th, wh
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by consonant digraphs
 Spell words with sh, ch, th, wh
 Identify words that have specific phonetic elements
 Match words with synonyms
 Identify memory words that have specific phonetic
elements
 Post-test
Unit 10-Words Ending with nd, ng, nk, nt, mp
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by final consonant pairs
 Spell words with nd, ng, nk, nt, mp
 Identify words that have specific phonetic elements
 Match words with meaning clues
 Write words to answer questions
 Post-test
Unit 11-Words Ending with k or ck
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by spelling patterns for k
 Spell words with k or ck
 Classify words by initial sounds
 Write words to complete analogies
 Write words that are related in meaning
 Post-test
1st
Unit 13-More Long a Words
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by long a spelling pattern
 Spell words with long a spelled ay, ai, and a-consonant-e
 Categorize words by initial sound
 Match words with meaning clues
 Identify words that have specific phonetic elements
 Post-test
Unit 14-More Long e Words
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by long e spelling pattern
 Spell words with long e spelled ee and ea
 Identify words that have specific phonetic elements
 Write words that relate in meaning to given words
 Complete a sentence with a memory word
 Post-test
Unit 15-More Long o Words
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by long o spelling pattern
 Spell words with long o spelled o, ow, and oa
 Identify words that have specific phonetic elements
 Write words to complete analogies
 Identify memory words that have specific phonetic elements
 Post-test
Unit 16-More Long i Words
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by long i spelling pattern
 Spell words with long i spelled igh, i, and y
 Write words that begin live given words
 Match words to meaning clues
 Complete sentences with memory words
 Post-test
Unit 17-Homophones
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words into homophone pairs
 Write words that have specific vowel spellings
 Complete analogies with words
 Match words with meaning clues
 Post-test
Unit 19-Words Ending with s or es
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by their plural endings
 Identify words that have specific phonetic elements
 Classify words by meaning
 Supply missing letters in a memory word
 Post-test
THE GALLOWAY SCHOOL
YEAR-AT-A-GLANCE
“Where Magnificent Minds Thrive!”
SPELLING
3rd QUARTER
Text: Houghton Mifflin Spelling and Vocabulary Grade
Unit 20-The Sounds of c and g
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by the k and s sounds for c and the g and j for g
 Identify words that have specific phonetic elements
 Write words to complete a paragraph
 Match words with synonyms
 Post-test
Unit 21-Vowel Sound in tall
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by spelling patterns for the short o sound
 Write words that have the same initial sounds as given
words
 Write words to complete analogies
 Match words with meaning clues
 Post-test
Unit 22-Vowel Sound in boot and took
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by the/ōō/ and the /ŏŏ/ sounds
 Identify words that have specific phonetic elements
 Classify words by meaning
 Complete sentence with memory words
 Post-test
Unit 23-Vowel Sound in cow
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by spelling patterns for /ou/
 Identify words that rhyme with given words
 Match words with meaning clues
 Supply missing letters in memory words
1st
 Post-test
Unit 25-Compound Words
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Write the words and divide then into two shorter words
 Write words that have specific phonetic elements
 Write words to complete a paragraph
 Write words to match synonyms
 Post-test
Unit 26-Contractions
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Write the words and the letters their apostrophe replaces
 Write words that have specific phonetic elements
 Write words that are contractions for given words
 Post-test
Unit 27-Vowel + r Sound in car
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Write the words and identify the letters that spell the vowel + r sound in each word
 Write words that have specific phonetic elements
 Write words to complete analogies
 Write the memory words to compete sentences
 Post-test
Unit 28- Vowel + r Sound in horn
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by spelling patterns for the vowel + r sound in horn
 Write words that have specific phonetic elements
 Write words to complete analogies
 Write the memory words to answer questions
 Post-test
THE GALLOWAY SCHOOL
YEAR-AT-A-GLANCE
“Where Magnificent Minds Thrive!”
SPELLING
4th QUARTER
Text: Houghton Mifflin Spelling and Vocabulary Grade
ITBS Review Week; First and Second week of Quarter Four
ITBS Testing Week; Third week of Quarter Four
Unit 29-Words Ending with er
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Write words and identify the letters that spell the vowel + r sound in each word
 Write words that share the initial sounds of given words
 Match words with meaning clues
 Write words that are antonyms of given words
 Post-test
Unit 31-Words Ending with ed or ing
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by their ending and write the words
 Write words that have specific phonetic elements
 Write words to complete a contest paragraph
 Write words that are synonyms of given words
 Post-test
Unit 32-More Words Ending with ed or ing
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by their ending and write the words
 Write words that have specific phonetic elements
 Write words that fit meaning clues
 Write words that fit in given categories
 Post-test
1st
Unit 33-Final Sound in Happy
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Write words and identify the letter that spells the final long e sound
 Classify words by initial sounds and write the words
 Write words to complete analogies
 Complete and write a memory word
 Post-test
Unit 34-Prefixes re and un
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by prefixes
 Identify words that have specific phonetic elements
 Write words to match given meaning clues
 Write words to match given synonyms
 Post-test
Unit 35-Suffixes ly and ful
 Pre-test
 Learn the spelling principle
 Sort words by suffixes
 Write words that have the same beginning sound as given words
 Write words to complete sentences
 Write words that are antonyms of given words
 Post-test