Students use the relationships between letters and sounds, spelling patterns, and morphological analysis to decode written English. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly more complex texts.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
2.2.A*
decode multisyllabic words in context and independent of context by applying common letter-sound correspondences including:
(i) single letters (consonants and vowels);
(ii) consonant blends (e.g., thr, spl);
(iii) consonant digraphs (e.g., ng, ck, ph); and
(iv) vowel digraphs (e.g., ie, ue, ew) and diphthongs (e.g., oi, ou)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
2.2.B*
use common syllabication patterns to decode words including:
(i) closed syllable (CVC) (e.g., pic-nic, mon-ster);
(ii) open syllable (CV) (e.g., ti-ger);
(iii) final stable syllable (e.g., sta-tion, tum-ble);
(iv) vowel-consonant-silent "e" words (VCe) (e.g., in-vite, cape);
(v) r-controlled vowels (e.g., per-fect, cor-ner); and
(vi) vowel digraphs and diphthongs (e.g., boy-hood, oat-meal)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
2.2.C*
decode words by applying knowledge of common spelling patterns (e.g., -ight, -ant)
2nd Grade Reading - Spelling and Syllabication Lesson
Spelling
Spelling words correctly is writing the letters in a word in the right order. It is an important part of knowing and using a language.
Spelling Patterns
There are some words in which the letters have a pattern, or an order in which they are written.
Some letters can be in the middle or the end but not in the beginning
Examples: “ck” in bracket and back
Sounding a word can help you spell it. words that end with a long “I” sound are often spelled with a “y” at the end
Examples: dry, reply
The vowels “ei” come together in many words, especially after the letter “C,” to make a long "e" sound. The vowels “ie” come together in many words to make a long “i” sound.
Examples: receive, quiet
Words can also be broken up into by syllables to make spelling them easier.
Examples: ear-ly, the syllables “Ear” and “ly” make up the word "early"
for-got-ten. the syllables "for," "got," and "ten" make up the word "forgotten"