2nd Grade Words
Many schools do not implement vocabulary instruction in second grade. It typically occurs in either third or fourth grade when teachers provide students with a list of words to learn.
2nd Grade Writing Words
The following words are a great resource to have handy that help a second or third grade elementary student when writing. While vocabulary instruction begins next year, the spelling program is robust in second grade. Its focuses on spelling patterns, chunks and sight words (high frequency). Please consider reviewing our 2nd grade spelling words section.
| a | dress | live | snow |
| about | each | lived | so |
| add | eat | long | something |
| after | eggs | look | sometimes |
| again | every | lot | soon |
| all | eye | love | started |
| along | father | made | stay |
| always | feet | make | store |
| am | fell | man | story |
| an | find | many | street |
| and | fine | me | summer |
| animals | fire | men | sure |
| another | first | milk | table |
| any | fish | miss | take |
| apple | five | more | teacher |
| are | flowers | morning | tell |
| around | food | mother | thank |
| as | for | mother | that |
| ask | found | much | the |
| at | four | my | their |
| ate | friend | name | them |
| aunt | from | named | then |
| away | fun | never | there |
| baby | game | new | they |
| back | gave | night | thing |
| ball | get | no | think |
| be | getting | not | this |
| because | girl | now | thought |
| bed | give | o’clock | three |
| been | glad | of | time |
| before | go | off | to |
| best | going | old | today |
| better | good | on | told |
| big | got | once | too |
| bird | grade | one | took |
| black | great | or | town |
| blue | green | other | toys |
| boat | ground | our | train |
| book | had | out | tree |
| box | hand | over | two |
| boy | happy | pair | under |
| bring | has | paper | up |
| brother | have | party | upon |
| brought | he | people | us |
| brown | head | pet | used |
| but | help | picture | very |
| by | her | play | want |
| call | here | played | wanted |
| came | him | playing | was |
| can | his | please | water |
| candy | home | put | way |
| car | hope | rabbit | we |
| cat | house | rain | week |
| children | horse | ran | well |
| Christmas | how | read | were |
| close | I | red | what |
| cold | ice | ride | when |
| come | if | right | where |
| coming | I’ll | room | while |
| could | I’m | run | white |
| cow | in | said | who |
| daddy | into | saw | why |
| day | is | say | will |
| dear | it | school | winter |
| did | jump | see | wish |
| didn’t | just | sent | with |
| dinner | keep | set | wood |
| do | know | she | work |
| does | last | shoes | would |
| dog | let | should | write |
| doll | letter | show | year |
| don’t | light | sick | yesterday |
| door | liked | sister | you |
| down | little | sleep | your |
Source: Rachel Carson Elementary School