Grade 2 National Reading Vocabulary

Grade 2
National Reading Vocabulary

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The following Grade 2 Vocabulary List contains the 856 new reading words
that students need to master by the end of 2nd Grade. Students who achieve
this goal consistently score in the top 10% on standardized national reading
tests (i.e. Woodcock-Johnson and Stanford Achievement) and will be reading
at approximately a 3.0 grade level.

A total of 958 words are used in the Grade 2 List
They are arranged as follows:

1st nine weeks – 238 words
2nd nine weeks - 216 words
3rd nine weeks - 252 words
4th nine weeks - 252 words

TOTAL = 958 words

Of the 958 words used in the Grade 2 list, 102 words in the first nine weeks
are review words from the Grade 1 List. This is done because the first
several weeks of Grade 2 should be spent reviewing the more difficult Grade
1 words and primary vowel sounds (students have a very short memory over
the summer).

An excellent “Test” to determine if a student is ready to begin the Grade 2 List
is to ask the student to read the 70 Grade 1 review words listed in Weeks 1
and 2. Students who answer 50% correctly (35 words) will be reading at
approximately a 1.5 grade level (1st Grade 5th month). Students who answer
three-quarters of the words correctly will be reading at approximately a 1.8
level (1st Grade 8th month). Students who answer all 70 words correctly will
be reading above a 2.0 grade level.

Other review words are presented as word #5 for Weeks 2-9. Grade 1 review
words are identified by the letter “R” located to its left.

Intelligent Word Organization

Words are arranged from the "most common" words at the beginning of the
list to the "lesser common" words toward the end of the year. This provides
you the most logical and efficient order for instruction. To further increase
memorization efficiency we have organized words into similar vowel sound
and reading-rule categories. This strategy alone has been shown to
dramatically increase the rate in which a student learns new words by giving
a common sound or rule to use while decoding the words.

Students advancing at the recommended pace of one "Level" per week will
typically score in the top 10% on 2nd grade national standardized tests such
as the Stanford Achievement or Woodcock-Johnson. Upon mastering the
850+ words, a student will be reading at approximately a 3.0 Grade Level.

Difficult Vocabulary Words

The last word in each daily list is what we call our “Word of the Day.” It is
located in the “grayscale” background to separate it from the main list words.
The “Word of the Day” is far more difficult to learn than the other phonics
based words. This difficulty occurs because it is either visually similar to
other words (i.e. went – want) or is not consistent with typical phonics rules
(i.e. does – what). The “Word of the Day” should be given extra practice to
insure its complete memorization as it is also a high priority reading word.
We have excellent additional activities in our program or achieving this.

Because of the fact that Grade 1 words occur with greater mathematical
frequency when reading Grade 2 reading books or tests, it is very helpful to
insure that your student(s) have mastered all words in the Grade 1
Vocabulary List before beginning the Grade 2 Vocabulary.

Richard Pressinger (M.Ed.)
Reading Specialist
TampaReads.com
ReadingKey.com
PH. (919) 806-0157
Email: [email protected]

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GRADE 2 National Reading Vocabulary

Weeks 1 & 2 are “review” words from Grade 1. Red letters next to the word designate a review
word from Grade 1. To determine if students are ready to begin the Grade 2 Vocabulary, first
test the student on the “R” words in Week 1 and 2. If more than 10% are said incorrectly, you

should go back and use our Grade 1 Student Reading Wall (File 18) for achieving mastery
before beginning this new list.

Week 1 Review Grade 1 Vocabulary – Short Vowels 1st Quarter

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

short a short e short i short o short u

R am R red R if R got R up

R and R get R it R top R us

R ran R yes R his R off R run

R has R wet R will R long R jump

R that R went R with R rock R just

R flag R best R this R drop R such

R can’t R never R wish R wrong R thumb

Week 2 Review Grade 1 – Long Vow. – digraphs – diphthongs - R-cont. 1st Quarter

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

ai ee ea oa ay Final-e Rule oo - 2 sounds ou ow oy oi r-controlled

R rain R name R too R out R her

R three R home R food R our R girl

R read R here R soon R house R turn

R road R make R foot R now R were

R say R time R good R know R are

R day R while R look R boy R or

R play R write R took R coin R more

Week 3 Begin Grade 2 Reading Vocabulary 1st Quarter

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
short a short e short i short o - u

add bell fill doll
class cross
grab fell hid hug
shall drum
R have sell kid much

WD wash spell swim

R when R drink R

WD twelve WD busy WD other

Week 4 Grade 2 National Reading Vocabulary 1st Quarter

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
Final-e rule ar or
ai ee oa ie ay (long a)
late
bite tail stay hard
kite
close bee away large
R made
boat always horse
WD eye
tried R say short

R three R says R before

WD-R been WD yesterday WD door

Week 5 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 1st Quarter
ee ea ie
MONDAY THURSDAY
ai seed pie oa
each tie
fair teach tied coat
hair mean cried goat
train R year R lie toad
stairs throat
R again WD knee WD quiet R road

WD great WD toe

Week 6 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 1st Quarter
ow ou oo (2)
MONDAY THURSDAY
ow – long o owl room by ny ry sy
cow school
own cloud book baby
show about cook bunny
grow R our R foot story
window every
R know WD yours WD-R who R pretty
WD-R two
WD fly
COMMENTS:

Week 7 Grade 2 National Reading Vocabulary 1st Quarter

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
Final-e rule dy py ry ny
ing ight
wave
dime sing right body
bone
rope king light happy
wide
bring night carry
WD sure
swing tight penny

thing height ready

WD-R giving WD high WD cry

Week 8 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 1st Quarter
c-rule ful
MONDAY THURSDAY
ew ice full “le” ending
face helpful
new nice thankful table
blew twice hopeful purple
knew R once beautiful bottle
drew people
R you WD city WD pull R little

WD few WD nickel

Week 9 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 1st Quarter
short e short i
MONDAY THURSDAY
short a send miss short o
sent print
band self thin soft
land step thick shop
glad R head R which socks
glass block
R has WD-R again WD find R wrong
WD half
WD knock
COMMENTS:

Week 10 Grade 2 National Reading Vocabulary 2nd Quarter

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
short a dy ry ny ly
short e short u
sand
lamp yet sum any
clap
grass west bump many
wrap
rest luck study
WD salt
felt stuck funny

letter hung friendly

WD question WD upon WD dry

Week 11 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 2nd Quarter
or er
MONDAY THURSDAY
ar corn ever ir ur
store person
barn forget number dirt
card forgot later third
park morning reader burn
part hurt
farm WD floor WD work during

WD dollar WD fourth

Week 12 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 2nd Quarter
ea ly dy
MONDAY THURSDAY
Final-e rule ear only ee
east lady
rake seat early seen
wife leaf slowly teeth
smile leave lately heel
stone free
page WD breakfast WD sky asleep
WD else
WD believe
COMMENTS:

Week 13 Grade 2 National Reading Vocabulary 2nd Quarter

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
Final-e rule ai ee
all aw 2 cons. rule
pile
wise wall better nail
slide
shade hall dinner sail
stole
small different street
WD sentence
draw listen wheel

crawl until cheek

WD almost WD month WD against

Week 14 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 2nd Quarter
ar er
MONDAY THURSDAY
c-rule arm under ir ur
art silver
rice bark teacher dirty
cent yard answer shirt
since start another thirteen
circle hurry
center WD quart WD brother further

WD city WD word

Week 15 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 2nd Quarter
ou oo (2)
MONDAY THURSDAY
Final-e rule loud cool ea oa
count stool
care sound afternoon ear
hose pound wood fear
size shout football soak
these load
those WD fourteen WD whose float
WD minute
WD clothes
COMMENTS:

Week 16 Grade 2 National Reading Vocabulary 2nd Quarter

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
Final-e rule oi oy
“le” ending au aw
gate
sale able caught oil
date
hide candle taught coil
plane
handle law soil
WD above
bicycle lawn soy

example crawled enjoy

WD double WD thought WD poison

Week 17 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 2nd Quarter
1 cons. rule 2 cons. rule
MONDAY THURSDAY
ly ny ry ty used winner ou
idea happen
jelly broken follow sour
sunny chosen dropped mouse
angry writer hopped ground
party hour
family WD dozen WD across around

WD fry WD bought

Week 18 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 2nd Quarter
short i Final-e rule
MONDAY THURSDAY
dy ny vy ty ship age ay (long a)
whip lake
windy gift life pay
rainy different outside hay
heavy written inside maybe
cloudy crayon
already WD build WD shoe birthday
WD o’clock
WD eighth
COMMENTS:

Week 19 Grade 2 National Reading Vocabulary 3rd Quarter

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
short a short e short i short a – o – u

cash pen ill bank
sack
catch bend bill hang
pass
passed bent kiss song
past
dress chin spot
WD woman
shell stick bunch

tenth winter stuck

WD women WD built WD front

Week 20 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 3rd Quarter
ea – (2 sounds) Final-e rule
MONDAY THURSDAY
1 cons. rule team line ai
weak shape
used please true bait
idea bread live wait
paper measure alike mail
eleven ahead alone maid
broken chain
fever WD heard WD roll chair

WD animal WD break

Week 21 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 3rd Quarter
Final-e rule or
MONDAY THURSDAY
2 cons. rule fine fork short a – o – u
mine wore
kitten brake worn pants
children change corner crack
problem grade sport lock
without wrote north strong
hundred bunch
whether WD care WD work hunt

WD across WD truth

COMMENTS:

Week 22 Grade 2 National Reading Vocabulary 3rd Quarter

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
oo oo (2) oo ew Final-e - oi

cool boot root nose
fool
tooth noon broom save
spoon
choose balloon goose phone
smooth
hook grew boil
WD lose
brook flew noise

stood threw noisy

WD loose WD through WD none

Week 23 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 3rd Quarter
ight ow (long o)
MONDAY THURSDAY
ty (ending) might owner ow ou
fight blow
forty bright grown town
sixty flight throw clown
seventy frighten thrown flower
fifty tonight shown found
ninety thousand
thirty WD knight WD known county

WD eighty WD country

Week 24 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 3rd Quarter
2 cons. rule ee ing
MONDAY THURSDAY
1 cons. rule supper feed ry ty ly
matter deep
begin husband greet hungry
began costume ring empty
begun address lying ugly
taken distance nothing library
super worry
potato WD closet WD agree probably

WD water WD beauty

COMMENTS:

Week 25 Grade 2 National Reading Vocabulary 3rd Quarter

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
ou ow short vowels c-rule er ir ur

louder gas place sir
mountain
ourselves drag price stir
bow
crowd spend pencil return
shower
spent distance either
WD young
drug receive certain

drunk practice curtain

WD quit WD chance WD danger

Week 26 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 3rd Quarter
2 cons. rule Final-e rule
MONDAY THURSDAY
1 cons. rule butter note Final-e rule
button taste
over ladder chase state
open summer chose wake
below hammer drive woke
driving sandwich safe rule
using wire
chasing WD dessert WD quite separate

WD desert WD dance

Week 27 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 3rd Quarter
2 cons. rule ee ea
MONDAY THURSDAY
ai hollow creek ful “le” (ending)
sudden creep
air silver sweet useful
brain fifth meal careful
paid mistake weak wonderful
raise discover dream needle
claim single
explain WD control WD earth trouble

WD weigh WD couple

COMMENTS:

Week 28 Grade 2 National Reading Vocabulary 4th Quarter

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
Final-e rule ar or er Final-e rule

case smart perfect mile
spoke
shine sharp perhaps base
hole
square apart chapter cage
awhile
storm interest bathe
WD whole
score interesting shake

northern understand blame

WD correct WD period WD fence

Week 29 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 4th Quarter
short e short i
MONDAY THURSDAY
short a lend lick short u
chest brick
act fresh skin rush
pack check spill crush
sack egg trick crust
slap length wrist dust
camp buzz
blanket WD seventh WD mild muddy

WD whom WD among

Week 30 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 4th Quarter
ea (2) dy ny py ty zy ly
MONDAY THURSDAY
ea clear candy “le” (ending)
cheap tiny
meal cheat puppy middle
lead pear plenty simple
lean health crazy uncle
scream heaven safely jungle
peace terrible
beneath WD fought WD finally unable

WD piece WD title

COMMENTS:

Week 31 Grade 2 National Reading Vocabulary 4th Quarter

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
ow (long o) c-rule ar er ir ur (or end) ly ry

row mice heart silly
bow
snow race power merry
pillow
arrow space pour sorry
fellow
circus thirsty truly
WD won
saucer burnt hardly

office WD mirror cherry

WD special WD bury WD laundry

Week 32 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 4th Quarter
ea oo (2)
MONDAY THURSDAY
1 cons. rule meat tool Final-e rule
treat shoot
behind steal choose rode
moment steam wool share
locate breathe hood chose
remember leader wooden awake
silent suppose
silence WD breath WD poor include

WD river WD love

Week 33 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 4th Quarter
2 cons. rule short a – ay
MONDAY THURSDAY
short a common pack ar or er ur
manner rack
nap million lamb charm
rang message clay sore
path absent pray enter
plant expect holiday exercise
patch driver
scratch WD visit WD bear church

WD capital WD wherever

COMMENTS:

Week 34 Grade 2 National Reading Vocabulary 4th Quarter

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
ar er ir ing oi ou ar/or endng=er

army wing join dollar
farther
skirt sting point collar
bother
several string voice sugar
neither
finger mouth motor
WD parents
spring proud visitor

evening amount neighbor

WD sign WD brought WD world

Week 35 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 4th Quarter
“ge” “gi” (j) Difficult Except.
MONDAY THURSDAY
ai ea cage wagon Difficult Except.
giant barrel
pair bridge monkey ton
plain danger wild diagram
afraid dangerous earth learn
bean geography continue present
cream worse
season WD guess WD fold worst
WD ocean
WD post
Week 36
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 4th Quarter
MONDAY or c-rule
short vowels THURSDAY
born rice est ending
stamp sore raced
shed cord science latest
shelf horn exercise slowest
pill shore necessary quickest
spin important excited happiest
grip nearest
WD mind WD toward WD climb toughest

COMMENTS: WD honest

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