Spelling List # 1 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 1 Week 1
This weeks skills:
Syllable a word part said with one breath.
Closed Syllables syllables with just one vowel, says its short sound, and ends with
at least one consonant.
Digraph contains 2 consonants but makes one sound (sh, ch, th, wh, ck)
Blend contains 2 or 3 consonants and each consonant keeps its own sound ()
The sounds/spellings of x, qu, k (c, k, ck), w (w, wh)
/k/ - Beginning sounds: c before a, o, u, k before i, e
/k/ - ending sounds: ck after short vowel, k after long vowel or consonant
Trick Words
1. you 10. west
2. your 11. when
3. they 12. whip
13. with
Word List 14. chest
4. box 15. cloth
5. next 16. shelf
6. wax 17. snap
7. quick 18. stop
8. quit 19. that
9. quiz 20. trash
Spelling List # 2 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 1 Week 2
This weeks skills: Review the sounds/spellings of x, qu, k (c, k, ck), w (w, wh)
/k/ - Beginning sounds: c before a, o, u, k before i, e
/k/ - ending sounds: ck after short vowel, k after long vowel or consonant
Review Syllable a word part said with one breath.
Review Closed Syllables syllables with just one vowel, says its short sound, and
ends with at least one consonant.
Trick Words
1. was 10. Ken
2. said 11. kept
3. one 12. kick
13. kid
Word List 14. chick
4. cap 15. clock
5. cash 16. quack
6. cob 17. snack
7. cop 18. stack
8. cup 19. thick
9. cut 20. whack
Spelling List # 3 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 2 Week 1
This weeks skills:
Bonus letters: short vowels followed by f, l, s double the letter (ff, ll, ss)
Glued sounds letter combinations that are sounded out together (all in ball)
Trick Words
1. shall 10. swell
2. full 11. thrill
3. pull 12. grass
13. mass
Word List 14. mess
4. fluff 15. press
5. off 16. ball
6. sniff 17. call
7. staff 18. fall
8. quill 19. stall
9. spill 20. wall
Spelling List # 4 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 2 Week 2
This weeks skills: Glued sounds - letter combinations that are sounded out
together:
an in fan, am in ham
ang in fang, ing in ring, ong in song, ung in lung
ank in bank, ink in pink, onk in honk, unk in junk
Trick Words
1. both 10. wing
2. talk 11. string
3. walk 12. long
13. hung
Word List 14. lung
4. ant 15. blank
5. brand 16. drink
6. slam 17. pink
7. stamp 18. honk
8. rang 19. chunk
9. clang 20. dunk
Spelling List # 5 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 3 Week 1
This weeks skills:
Closed Syllable Exceptions: Syllable has one vowel and ends with a consonant, but
the vowel says its long sound. These are 5 glued sounds:
old in cold, ild in wild, ind in find, olt in colt, ost in post
Trick Words
1. done 10. wild
2. goes 11. blind
3. pretty 12. find
13. kind
Word List 14. mind
4. bold 15. bolt
5. cold 16. colt
6. scold 17. jolt
7. sold 18. host
8. child 19. most
9. mild 20. post
Spelling List # 6 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 4 Week 1
This weeks skills:
Base word -main part of a word; suffix added to the end of a base word.
Two suffix types: vowel suffix starts with a vowel, consonant suffix starts with a
consonant
Suffixes: -s (/s/ or /z/), -es (/iz/), -ing, -ed (/d/, /t/, or /id/), -er, -est
Use -s to make words plural, meaning more than one.
Use -es after words ending with s, ch, sh, x, or z
Present tense: -ing words Past tense: -ed words
Comparing words: use -er to compare 2 things, use -est to compare 3 or more
things
-er words can be used to mean a person who does something
Trick Words
1. again 10. benches
2. please 11. crosses
3. animal 12. fixes
13. holding
Word List 14. testing
4. blocks 15. quicker
5. champs 16. rancher
6. frogs 17. stronger
7. lungs 18. kindest
8. pills 19. softest
9. rings 20. tallest
Spelling List # 7 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 4 Week 2
This weeks skills: Sounds of the suffix -ed (/d/, /t/, or /id/),
Trick Words
1. sure 10. filmed /d/
2. use 11. skilled /d/
3. used 12. spelled /d/
13. spilled /d/
Word List 14. blinked /t/
4. dusted /id/ 15. brushed /t/
5. ended /id/ 16. jumped /t/
6. mended /id/ 17. pressed /t/
7. rented /id/ 18. thanked /t/
8. twisted /id/ 19. winked /t/
9. drilled /d/ 20. wished /t/
Spelling List # 8 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 5 Week 1
This weeks skills: Dividing syllables - every syllable has one vowel sound
1. Divide between consonants: mas/cot
2. First syllable is a closed syllable: hab/it
3. Digraphs always stay together: jack/et
4. Keep blends together: chil/dren
Using ic or ick
1. Multi-syllable words end with ic: pub/lic
2. Short vowel, one syllable words end with ick: kick
Trick Words
1. against 10. bathmat
2. knew 11. bucket
3. know 12. jacket
13. complex
Word List 14. impress
4. himself 15. slingshot
5. misfit 16. fabric
6. upset 17. panic
7. limit 18. public
8. robin 19. click
9. solid 20. stick
Spelling List # 9 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 5 Week 2
This weeks skills: New suffixes: -ful, -less, -ment, -ness, -ish, -en, -able
Prefixes: mis- (wrong, bad), un- (not), non- (not), dis- (not), trans- (across)
Review: Two suffix types: vowel suffix starts with a vowel, consonant suffix
starts with a consonant
Trick Words
10. fondness
1. always
11. sadness
2. often
12. childish
3. once
13. selfish
Word List 14. freshen
15. quicken
4. cupful
16. expandable
5. fistful
17. fixable
6. limitless
18. disinfect
7. thankless
19. misconduct
8. investment
20. unhappy
9. shipment
Spelling List # 10 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 6 Week 1
This weeks skills: New syllable: v-e: long vowel, consonant, silent e
Long u has two sounds as in mule // and rule //
Sound of /k/ in a long vowel word; use vowel-k-e: like
/z/ sound between vowel and silent e can be either s or z
Trick Words
1. only 10. takes
2. house 11. strike
3. move 12. homeless
13. blaze
Word List 14. froze
4. statement 15. graze
5. Pete 16. maze
6. whine 17. close
7. hopeful 18. rose
8. cube 19. these
9. mule 20. those
Spelling List # 11 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 6 Week 2
This weeks skills: Two syllable words with a v-e syllable
v-e exception: ive, when the i" says its short sound
-ive: used as a suffix to create an adjective (a describing word)
Trick Words
1. right 10. bedtime
2. place 11. grapevine
3. together 12. reptile
13. athlete
Word List 14. complete
4. give 15. include
5. live 16. sunrise
6. olives 17. tadpole
7. captive 18. volume
8. active 19. incomplete
9. inventive 20. valentine
Spelling List # 12 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 7 Week 1
This weeks skills: Open syllable: syllable ends with a long vowel
y at the end of a one syllable word says // and the syllable is open
Open syllables in multi-syllable words
If there is one consonant between two vowels, usually the first syllable is open
Some multi-syllable words end with an open syllable
Trick Words
1. eight 10. cry
2. large 11. why
3. change 12. began
13. behind
Word List 14. depend
4. bingo 15. eject
5. go 16. hotel
6. menu 17. locate
7. pro 18. native
8. she 19. remind
9. solo 20. robot
Spelling List # 13 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 7 Week 2
This weeks skills: Two syllable words that end with the //, use the letter y
More prefixes: pre- (before), re- (again, back), de- (down, away from), pro- (for,
forward)
Trick Words
1. city 10. lazy
2. every 11. plenty
3. family 12. pony
13. preschool
Word List 14. prepaid
4. angry 15. reuse
5. duty 16. reset
6. empty 17. decline
7. fifty 18. degrade
8. handy 19. propel
9. jolly 20. project
Spelling List # 14 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 7 Week 3
This weeks skills: Suffixes:
-y: adding the suffix -y often makes an adjective
-ly: adding the suffix -ly often makes an adverb
-ty
Trick Words
1. night 10. promptly
2. carry 11. safely
3. something 12. wildly
13. ninety
Word List 14. sixty
4. classy 15. comprehend
5. crunchy 16. demolish
6. fluffy 17. elastic
7. lucky 18. utensil
8. windy 19. video
9. bravely 20. volcano
Spelling List # 15 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 8 Week 1
This weeks skills: r-controlled syllables: ar-car; or-horn
Multi-syllable r-controlled words
Divide after the r: par/ty
Divide words in a compound word: short/stop
or / ore or at the beginning or middle of a word; ore at the end of a word
Trick Words
1. world 10. storm
2. answer 11. chore
3. different 12. score
13. wore
Word List 14. acorn
4. charm 15. orbit
5. march 16. party
6. scarf 17. sorting
7. sharp 18. gardener
8. porch 19. reporting
9. short 20. yardstick
Spelling List # 16 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 9 Week 1
This weeks skills: r-controlled syllables /r/: er-her; ir-bird; ur-burn
Trick Words
1. picture 10. chirp
2. learn 11. first
3. earth 12. girl
13. shirt
Word List 14. squirt
4. fern 15. twirl
5. serve 16. burn
6. term 17. curl
7. verb 18. hurt
8. birch 19. surf
9. birth 20. turn
Spelling List # 17 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 9 Week 2
This weeks skills: er, ir, ur
Multi-syllable /r/ r-controlled words
/r/ at the end of a word is er
Trick Words
1. father 10. birthday
2. brother 11. dirty
3. mother 12. thirty
13. cursive
Word List 14. disturb
4. blister 15. sturdy
5. perfect 16. surprise
6. return 17. turnips
7. ruler 18. archery
8. spider 19. consider
9. temper 20. understand
Spelling List # 18 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 10 Week 1
This weeks skills: Vowel teams: 2 vowels together make one sound D syllable
// - ai in bait; ay in play
// - review sounds a in open syllable, a-consonant-e
Homophone: 2 words that sound alike but are spelled differently
Trick Words
1. great 10. mail
2. country 11. male
3. away 12. pail
13. pale
Word List 14. faint
4. plain 15. paint
5. plane 16. sprain
6. main 17. gray
7. mane 18. praying
8. tail 19. stayed
9. tale 20. stray
Spelling List # 19 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 10 Week 2
This weeks skills: Using double vowel (//) syllables in multi-syllable words
Trick Words
1. America 10. entertain
2. school 11. explain
3. thought 12. explained
13. raindrops
Word List 14. remaining
4. brain 15. delayed
5. drain 16. delaying
6. wait 17. maybe
7. clay 18. playpen
8. say 19. runway
9. complain 20. subway
Spelling List # 20 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 11 Week 1
This weeks skills:
Vowel teams (D syallable) for // - ee in jeep; ea in eat; ey in key
// review sounds: e in open syllable, e-consonant-e, and y -end of multi-syllable
word
Homophones for //
Trick Words
1. whose 10. cheek
2. won 11. queen
3. son 12. sweep
13. teeth
Word List 14. wheel
4. dear 15. feast
5. deer 16. flea
6. meat 17. squeak
7. meet 18. teach
8. weak 19. treat
9. week 20. saying
Spelling List # 21 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 11 Week 2
This weeks skills: Using double vowel (//) syllables in multi-syllable words
Trick Words
1. breakfast 10. dreamers
2. head 11. peanut
3. ready 12. repeated
13. steamy
Word List 14. teachers
4. between 15. teacups
5. fifteen 16. chimney
6. sixteen 17. donkey
7. thirteen 18. hockey
8. beaver 19. kidney
9. beneath 20. valley
Spelling List # 22 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 12 Week 1
This weeks skills: Vowel teams (D syallable) for /oi/ - oi in coin, oy in boy
Trick Words
1. favorite 10. soiled
2. early 11. spoil
3. ocean 12. tinfoil
13. destroy
Word List 14. enjoy
4. broiler 15. enjoyable
5. joining 16. enjoyed
6. joint 17. joy
7. moist 18. joyful
8. noisy 19. tomboy
9. points 20. toy
Spelling List # 23 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 13 Week 1
This weeks skills:
Vowel teams (D syallable) for // - oa in boat; oe in toe; ow in snow
// review sounds: o in open syllable, o-consonant-e
Trick Words
1. Monday 10. toad
2. Tuesday 11. doe
3. cousin 12. hoe
13. tiptoe
Word List 14. below
4. charcoal 15. elbow
5. cockroach 16. grow
6. railroad 17. show
7. roast 18. throat
8. shipload 19. throw
9. soak 20. window
Spelling List # 24 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 13 Week 2
This weeks skills: Using double vowel (//) syllables in multi-syllable words
Homophones for //
Trick Words
1. lose 10. loading
2. tomorrow 11. roads
3. beautiful 12. roasted
13. soaked
Word List 14. toaster
4. grown 15. follow
5. groan 16. mowed
6. toe 17. rainbows
7. tow 18. snowing
8. coasting 19. snowstorms
9. foaming 20. toes
Spelling List # 25 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 14 Week 1
This weeks skills: The sound /ou/; ou in trout; ow in plow
ou is used at the beginning or middle of a syllable, never the end
ow is usually at the end of a syllable but sometimes in the middle
Trick Words
1. Wednesday 10. pound
2. Thursday 11. scout
3. Saturday 12. south
13. bow
Word List 14. clown
4. cloud 15. cow
5. couch 16. down
6. count 17. now
7. foul 18. plow
8. loud 19. power
9. ouch 20. tower
Spelling List # 26 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 14 Week 2
This weeks skills: The sound /ou/; ou in trout; ow in plow multi-syllable words
ou is used at the beginning or middle of a syllable, never the end
ow is usually at the end of a syllable but sometimes in the middle
Trick Words
1. bought 10. outstanding
2. brought 11. shout
3. piece 12. sound
13. crown
Word List 14. flower
4. cloudy 15. frown
5. discount 16. gown
6. ground 17. powder
7. hound 18. rebound
8. outline 19. rowdy
9. outside 20. shower
Spelling List # 27 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 15 Week 1
This weeks skills: More double consonant sounds
/ou/ - ou in trout; // - ou in soup
// - oo in school; // in cook
Trick Words
1. January 10. soup
2. February 11. youth
3. July 12. boom
13. cartoon
Word List 14. igloo
4. couches 15. rooster
5. pouch 16. smooth
6. pounding 17. brook
7. shouted 18. good
8. snout 19. shook
9. group 20. understood
Spelling List # 28 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 15 Week 2
This weeks skills: More double consonant sounds
// - ue in rescue
// - ue in blue
// - ew in chew
Trick Words
1. enough 10. due *
2. special 11. glue
3. December 12. overdue
13. true
Word List 14. dew *
4. argue 15. drew
5. continue 16. grew
6. cue 17. mildew
7. rescue 18. outgrew
8. value 19. screw
9. blue 20. stew
*Homonyms
Spelling List # 29 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 16 Week 1
This weeks skills: The // sound
au in August; at the beginning or middle of a syllable
aw in saw; at the middle or end of a syllable
Trick Words
1. August 10. claw
2. laugh 11. crawl
3. daughter 12. drawn
13. hawk
Word List 14. jigsaw
4. auto 15. sawdust
5. fault 16. seesaw
6. haunt 17. squaw
7. launch 18. straw
8. launching 19. yawn
9. laundry 20. yawned
Spelling List # 30 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 17 Week 1
This weeks skills: Consonant-le syllable
The syllable only has 3 letters
The e is silent
It is the last syllable of a multi-syllable word
Trick Words
1. trouble 10. sample
2. couple 11. scribble
3. young 12. simple
13. trample
Word List 14. beagle
4. candle 15. cradle
5. gobble 16. fable
6. handle 17. maple
7. puddle 18. needle
8. purple 19. staple
9. puzzle 20. table
Spelling List # 31 Spelling Quiz Date: ______________________
FUNdations Level 2 Spelling Words
Unit 17 Week 2
This weeks skills: ck with the -le syllable
Words that end in ckle are divided between the ck and le.
Keep the ck digraph together. The le is still a consonant-le syllable.
Consonant-le words with suffixes
Word List
1. freckle 8. beagles
2. pickle 9. bugles
3. snorkel 10. fumbles
4. sparkle 11. riddles
5. tackle 12. settlement
6. tickle 13. staples
7. apples 14. turtles
