La Ceiba Bilingual School

2nd Grade
SPELLING
3rd Quarter Study Guide
A. Mixed Vowels( Short and Long Vowel Sound)
Short vowels sounds words have one vowel and one syllable (ah-eh- ih- oh- uh) cat, jet,
ship, dot, bus.
Long vowels sound words have two vowels and can be one or two syllable words. (cake,
deer, kite, note, cube)
• Label words as short or long vowels.
B. Vowel Team OO
Vowel Digraph oo make the long u sound /oo/.
• Identify oo words in sentences.
• Sort oo words.
• Complete words with oo.
C. Floss+Z Double Consonant Words
• Identify if words have -ff -ll -ss -zz
• Sort words with floss+z pattern and not floss+z pattern
• Complete words with -ff -ll -ss -zz.
D. Inflectional Ending Double consonant
Double the last consonant of a one syllable word that has a short vowel and add -ed or -
ing.
1. Plan- planned -planning
2. Jog -jogged -jogging

• Change words to the past and present doubling the last consonant and using -ed and
-ing
F. Spell the following words dictated by the teachers:
1. bat(short a) 16. off
2. bait (long a) 17. cliff
3. pet (short e) 18. full
4. feet(long e) 19. sell
5. sick (short i) 20.kiss
6. ice (long i) 21. pass
7. hot (short o) 22. jazz
8. note(long o) 23. hop -hopped -hopping
9. cup (short u) 24. drip- dripped- dripping
10. cube(long u) 25. hum- hummed -humming
11. scoop 26. skip -skipped -skipping
12. hoof 27. grab -grabbed -grabbing
13. moon 28. mop -mopped -mopping
14. book
15. cook