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Week 33 of 36 · 10 words · ages 7–8

2nd Grade spelling words, week 33: suffix -ly

Add ly to a word to tell how something is done. Most base words keep their spelling, but y turns to i in happily and le turns to ly in gently.
slowly
In a way that takes a lot of time.
happily
In a glad and cheerful way.
loudly
With lots of noise.
gently
In a soft and careful way.
safely
Without any danger or harm.
sadly
In an unhappy way.
kindly
In a caring way.
softly
In a quiet, tender way.
nearly
Almost but not quite.
badly
In a poor way, not well.

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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