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Grade 2 Spelling Worksheet
Circle the word with a long vowel sound.
Vowel: i
Vowel: e
Vowel: a
Vowel: i
Vowel: a
Vowel: i
Vowel: o
Vowel: a
Vowel: a
Vowel: o
A vowel letter can make a short sound, as in cap and kit, or a long sound that says its own name, as in cape and kite. Often the difference is a silent e at the end of the word: it makes the vowel before it say its name. Second graders know this rule when they are asked about it, but they do not always use it when they read a new word, so they may read cape as cap.
This worksheet gives ten sets of three words that all use the same vowel letter, and the child circles the one word that sounds different from the other two. On odd-numbered sheets the child finds the long vowel word, and on even-numbered sheets the short vowel word. Ask your child to say each word aloud and listen to the vowel before circling.
Common Core standard: RF.2.3.A
The vowel is a and the words are cap, tap and cape. Cap and tap have the short a sound. Cape has a silent e, so the a says its name. On a long vowel sheet, circle cape.
Circling the longest word instead of listening to the vowel sound.
Say each word. Does the vowel say its name (long) or make its short sound?
Circling the longest word instead of listening to the vowel sound.
Say each word. Does the vowel say its name (long) or make its short sound?
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