Week 26 of 36 · 10 words · ages 7–8

2nd Grade spelling words, week 26: adding -ed (no change)

Most words need no change at all: just add ed to the end, as in kick and kicked.
wanted
Wished for something, in the past.
kicked
Hit a ball with your foot, in the past.
tossed
Threw something lightly, in the past.
washed
Cleaned with soap and water, in the past.
melted
Turned from solid to liquid with heat, in the past.
landed
Came down from the air to the ground, in the past.
handed
Passed something over to a friend, in the past.
looked
Used your eyes to see, in the past.
picked
Chose one out of many, in the past.
counted
Said numbers in order, 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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