Week 23 of 36 · 10 words · ages 7–8

2nd Grade spelling words, week 23: doubling + ed

When a short word ends in one vowel and one consonant, double the last letter before adding ed.
hopped
Jumped on one foot, in the past.
shopped
Bought things, in the past.
stopped
Came to a halt, in the past.
clapped
Hit your hands together, in the past.
planned
Thought ahead about what to do, in the past.
dropped
Let something fall, in the past.
grabbed
Took hold of something fast, in the past.
skipped
Moved with a step and a bounce, in the past.
tripped
Caught your foot and almost fell, in the past.
hugged
Held someone close in your arms, in the past.

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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