DONNA CULPEPPER . . . ELA Grade 2

*At the time of this posting, I did not know that I would not be teaching Spelling, but I an leaving here for ease of access by 2nd grade parents.  Please refer to Mrs. Walker's site for dates and details.

Iris and Walter

1. drum
2. rock
3. list
4. desk
5. job
6. sad
7. chop
8. sack
9. tag
10. rib
11. mess
12. dust
13. pocket
14. lettuce
15. engine 

Exploring Space with an Astronaut

1. tune
2. page
3. nose
4. space
5. size
6. fine
7. mice
8. late
9. cube
10. blaze
11. home
12. vote
13. erase
14. confuse
15. spice

Henry and Mudge

1. stop
2. strap
3. nest
4. hand
5. brave
6. ask
7. clip
8. stream
9. mask
10. twin
11. breeze
12. state
13. browse
14. straight
15. skeleton

A Walk in the Desert

1. talk, talked, talking
2. drop, dropped, dropping
3. excite, excited, exciting
4. lift, lifted, lifting
5. hug, hugged, hugging
6. smile, smiled, smiling
7. drag, dragged, dragging
8. amaze, amazed, amazing
9. dance, danced, dancing

The Strongest One

1. bunch
2. that
3. wish
4. patch
5. when
6. what
7. math
8. them
9. shape
10. whale
11. itch
12. chase
13. whiskers
14. switch
15. shrimp

Tara and Tiree

1. part
2. hard
3. born
4. horse
5. before
6. more
7. smart
8. farm
9. porch
10. corn
11. chore
12. score
13. cardinal
14. therefore
15. morning

Ronald Morgan

1. I will = I'll
2. was not = wasn't
3. it is / it has = it's
4. he is / he has = he's
5. I am = I'm
6. did not = didn't
7. who is /who has = who's
8. she is / she has = she's
9. we will / we shall = we'll
10. is not = isn't
11. has not = hasn't
12. had not = hadn't
13. would not = wouldn't
14. should not = shouldn't
15. where is /where has = where's

Turtle's Race

1. her
2. person
3. nurse
4. dirt
5. turn
6. birth
7. serve
8. curb
9. curl
10. skirt
11. purse
12. turtle
13. hamburger
14. surface
15. perfect

Bremen Town Musicians

1. note
2. notes
3. lunch
4. lunches
5. story
6. stories
7. tune
8. tunes
9. switch
10. switches
11. baby
12. babies
13. crumb
14. crumbs
15. supply
16. supplies
17. century
18. centuries

A Turkey for Thanksgiving

1. tall
2. main
3. wait
4. say
5. away
6. play
7. raise
8. brain
9. paint
10. stay
11. today
12. tray
13. holiday
14. daily
15. raisin

Pearl and Wagner

1. read
2. feel
3. easy
4. deep
5. seat
6. party
7. wheel
8. leave
9. windy
10. sleep
11. teeth
12. team
13. wreath
14. season
15. eagle

Dear Juno

1. goat
2. hold
3. show
4. most
5. bowl
6. float
7. toast
8. ago
9. open
10. told
11. toad
12. slow
13. almost
14. throat
15. hollow

Anansi

1. basketball
2. someone
3. weekend
4. something
5. birthday
6. riverbank
7. bathtub
8. backyard
9. driveway
10. bedtime
11. raindrop
12. mailbox
13. grandparent
14. rattlesnake
15. earthquake

Rosa and Blanca

1. find
2. child
3. sky
4. bright
5. wild
6. fly
7. right
8. flight
9. spider
10. cry
11. blind
12. myself
13. frighten
14. arrival
15. identify

A Weed is a Flower

1. soon, sooner, soonest
2. hot, hotter, hottest
3. busy, busier, busiest
4. happy, happier, happiest
5. small, smaller, smallest
6. fat, fatter, fattest
7. angry, angrier, angriest
8. straight, straighter, straightest

The Quilt Story

1. ankle
2. title
3. apple
4. cable
5. able
6. bubble
7. purple
8. bundle
9. sparkle
10. giggle
11. tickle
12. bugle
13. mumble
14. scramble
15. twinkle

Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

1. put
2. cook
3. stood
4. full
5. wood
6. July
7. shook
8. push
9. pull
10. brook
11. hook
12. hood
13. pudding
14. cushion
15. footprint

Frogs

1. around
2. about
3. gown
4. sound
5. flower
6. howl
7. ground
8. pound
9. crown
10. south
11. mouse
12. downtown
13. mountain
14. boundary
15. drowsy

I Like Where I Am

1. joy
2. noise
3. royal
4. moist
5. broil
6. cowboy
7. spoil
8. joint
9. foil
10. enjoy
11. destroy
12. loyal
13. employee
14. corduroy
15. turquoise

Helen Keller

1. too
2. new
3. fruit
4. blue
5. true
6. cool
7. suit
8. spoon
9. clue
10. juice
11. drew
12. flew
13. cruise
14. nephew
15. shampoo

Firefighter!

1. cheerful
2. visitor
3. slowly
4. weekly
5. teacher
6. helper
7. hardly
8. graceful
9. yearly
10. quickly
11. fighter
12. sailor
13. gardener
14. competitor
15. extremely

One Dark Night

1. unsafe
2. preheat
3. rerun
4. disappear
5. unlock
6. retie
7. rewind
8. unpack
9. unplug
10. preschool
11. disagree
12. prehistoric
13. unfortunate
14. reunion
15. regroup

Bad Dog

1. knock
2. sigh
3. knee
4. wrong
5. write
6. climb
7. wrap
8. wren
9. gnat
10. lamb
11. comb
12. knob
13. knuckle
14. plumber
15. wrestle

Horace and Morris

1. phone
2. enough
3. stuff
4. laugh
5. puff
6. giraffe
7. graph
8. tough
9. photo
10. rough
11. cough
12. cliff
13. dolphin
14. physical
15. autograph

The Signmaker's Assistant

1. talk
2. because
3. August
4. caught
5. draw
6. walk
7. chalk
8. auto
9. taught
10. thaw
11. fault
12. launch
13. applause
14. audience
15. awkward

Just Like Josh Gibson

1. we are = we're
2. I have = I've
3. do not = don't
4. he had / he would = he'd
5. can not = can't
6. you are = you're
7. will not = won't
8. they are = they're
9. she had / she would = she'd
10. we have = we've
11. I had / I would = I'd
12. they had / they would = they'd
13. could have = could've
14. would have = would've
15. should have = should've

Red, White, and Blue

1. try, tried, trying
2. plan, planned, planning
3. like, liked, liking
4. hike, hiked, hiking
5. cry, cried, crying
6. skip, skipped, skipping
7. dance, danced, dancing
8. reply, replied, replying

 A Birthday Basket for Tia

1. mixture
2. nation
3. section
4. future
5. picture
6. action
7. caution
8. station
9. fixture
10. motion
11. nature
12. feature
13. furniture
14. adventure
15. tuition

Cowboys

1. kindness
2. careless
3. goodness
4. useless
5. fearless
6. darkness
7. sadness
8. sickness
9. helpless
10. thankless
11. fitness
12. weakness
13. awareness
14. eagerness
15. wireless

Jingle Dancer

1. midair
2. misplace
3. mislead
4. midway
5. misprint
6. midday
7. midweek
8. misbehave
9. midyear
10. mismatch
11. misdeed
12. mistake
13. midstream
14. midnight
15. misbehavior