Week 10 of 36 · 10 words · ages 7–8

2nd Grade spelling words, week 10: aw

The letters aw say "aw" as in saw and are used at the end of a word or before l or n.
saw
A tool with teeth for cutting wood.
paw
A cat's or dog's foot.
draw
To make a picture with a pencil or crayon.
claw
A sharp hooked nail on an animal's foot.
straw
A thin tube for sipping, or dried stalks of grain.
yawn
To open your mouth wide when you are sleepy.
lawn
A grassy yard that is cut short.
crawl
To move on your hands and knees.
dawn
The time when the sun comes up.
jaw
The bone of your face that moves when you chew.

Ten minutes a day this week

Short and daily beats long and once. A word met on five separate days is remembered; a word met five times on Thursday night mostly is not.

  1. Monday

    Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.

  2. Tuesday

    Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.

  3. Wednesday

    Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.

  4. Thursday

    Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.

  5. Friday

    The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.

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