SPELLING LISTS FOR SECOND GRADE OPEN COURT
UNIT ONE
Unit One, Lesson One (Ant and the Three Little Figs)
Rule: PL, GL, BL
List One
List Two
1. plus
1. pleasant
2. glue
2. please
3. blink
3. player
4. plot
4. pliers
5. glad
5. glisten
6. blend
6. glitter
7. plan
7. glaze
8. block
8. blanket
9. plum
9. blizzard
10. blast
10. blessing
Unit One, Lesson Two (Come Back, Jack!)
Rule: DR, GR, TR
List One
List Two
1. drip
1. drawer
2. drum
2. driver
3. gray
3. drapes
4. grin
4. drowsy
5. tree
5. grass
6. trip
6. green
7. grow
7. group
8. truck
8. traveler
9. try
9. trickster
10. dress
10. trunk
Unit One, Lesson Three (The Library)
Rule: K, CK
List One
List Two
1. park
1. turkey
2. kick
2. steak
3. bark
3. keyhole
4. dark
4. notebook
5. stick
5. kangaroo
6. hook
6. livestock
7. track
7. package
8. book
8. locker
9. took
9. chicken
10. stack
10. tackle
Unit One, Lesson Four (Story Hour, Starring Megan!)
Rule: ST, ND
List One
List Two
1. lost
1. steadfast
2. fast
2. sandbox
3. spend
3. blender
4. hand
4. wonder
5. story
5. landfill
6. stuck
6. store
7. stand
7. sticker
8. land
8. station
9. pond
9. stage
10. just
10. stadium
Unit One, Lesson Five (Tomas and the Library Lady)
Rule: Review
List One
List Two
1. blue
1. blinker
2. blind
2. plaque
3. sock
3. glossy
4. trick
4. drench
5. pest
5. gracious
6. walk
6. trinket
7. drink
7. think
8. black
8. stubborn
9. desk
9. handle
10. check
10. attack
UNIT TWO
Unit Two, Lesson One (Mushroom in the Rain)
Rule: Short A
List One
List Two
1. dash
1. animal
2. gas
2. actress
3. jam
3. action
4. map
4. castle
5. cash
5. magical
6. path
6. tally
7. sat
7. mascot
8. ran
8. palace
9. ant
9. dangle
10. had
10. language
Unit Two, Lesson Two (The Elves and the Shoemaker)
Rule: Short E
List One
List Two
1. bell
1. business
2. fed
2. elephant
3. nest
3. federal
4. send
4. decade
5. test
5. relative
6. yet
6. electronic
7. went
7. elevator
8. then
8. recipe
9. next
9. celery
10. them
10. telephone
Unit Two, Lesson Three (The Paper Crane)
Rule: Short I
List One
List Two
1. win
1. million
2. fix
2. ignite
3. mix
3. tickle
4. pin
4. switch
5. rip
5. invention
6. zip
6. permission
7. sit
7. videotape
8. his
8. pillow
9. this
9. simple
10. lips
10. invite
Unit Two, Lesson Four (Butterfly House)
Rule: Short O
List One
List Two
1. fog
1. office
2. flop
2. wrong
3. jog
3. operate
4. off
4. soggy
5. cot
5. olive
6. spot
6. lollipop
7. soft
7. column
8. tops
8. dollar
9. drops
9. contrast
10. long
10. honor
Unit Two, Lesson Five (Corduroy)
Rule: Short U
List One
List Two
1. us
1. support
2. mud
2. mustard
3. rust
3. uncle
4. luck
4. upward
5. rug
5. trust
6. duck
6. butterfly
7. must
7. adjust
8. hug
8. luggage
9. much
9. umbrella
10. shut
10. buckle
Unit Two, Lesson Six (The Story of the Three Whales)
Rule: IN, ON, EN
List One
List Two
1. robin
1. mannequin
2. dragon
2. listen
3. chicken
3. dolphin
4. lemon
4. cinnamon
5. wagon
5. given
6. cabin
6. sudden
7. broken
7. wagon
8. seven
8. vitamin
9. open
9. tighten
10. person
10. strengthen
Unit Two, Lesson Seven (Cinderella)
Rule: Review
List One
List Two
1. have
1. fraction
2. has
2. special
3. west
3. liquid
4. bend
4. obvious
5. milk
5. multiply
6. log
6. brazen
7. got
7. citizen
8. rush
8. prison
9. rags
9. forgiven
10. love
10. muffin
UNIT THREE
Unit Three, Lesson One (I See Animals Hiding)
Rule: Long A
List One
List Two
1. trail
1. mistake
2. pail
2. brave
3. wait
3. escalate
4. cane
4. fragrance
5. say
5. raisin
6. fake
6. faith
7. safe
7. vegetation
8. stay
8. label
9. way
9. vacation
10. snake
10. holiday
Unit Three, Lesson Two (They Thought They Saw Him)
Rule: Long E
List One
List Two
1. dream
1. believe
2. eve
2. reason
3. silly
3. community
4. happy
4. cheese
5. team
5. decision
6. these
6. research
7. feet
7. please
8. leaves
8. dessert
9. green
9. weasel
10. sneak
10. freedom
Unit Three, Lesson Three (Hungry Little Hare)
Rule: Long I
List One
List Two
1. tie
1. bicycle
2.cry
2. island
3. fly
3. delight
4. light
4. nighttime
5. night
5. flight
6. pie
6. cyclone
7. like
7. myself
8. hide
8. violin
9. right
9. xylophone
10. find
10. license
Unit Three, Lesson Four (How to Hide an Octopus and Other Sea Creatures)
Rule: Long O
List One
List Two
1. boat
1. ocean
2. coat
2. notice
3. poke
3. totally
4. soap
4. though
5. toe
5. frozen
6. blow
6. loathe
7. note
7. compose
8. show
8. globe
9. over
9. local
10. slowly
10. expose
Unit Three, Lesson Five (How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots)
Rule: Long U
List One
List Two
1. boot
1. chute
2. food
2. poodle
3. moon
3. cubicle
4. room
4. moonbeam
5. tune
5. flute
6. rude
6. vacuum
7. knew
7. nephew
8. too
8. musical
9. do
9. proven
10. who
10. truth
Unit Three, Lesson Six (Animal Camouflage)
Rule: Review
List One
List Two
1. rake
1. amazing
2. plate
2. alien
3. might
3. eagle
4. deep
4. youth
5. meal
5. beauty
6. shy
6. isolate
7. snow
7. diamond
8. seals
8. develop
9. costume
9. coast
10. weak
10. vocabulary
UNIT FOUR
Unit Four, Lesson One (Fossils Tell of Long Ago)
Rule: SH, WH
List One
List Two
1. clash
1. whimsical
2. flash
2. whatsoever
3. shine
3. whistle
4. shore
4. somewhere
5. why
5. whimper
6. where
6. shoulder
7. while
7. cashier
8. what
8. shiver
9. when
9. shirt
10. fresh
10. shadow
Unit Four, Lesson Two (The Dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard)
Rule: CH, TH, TCH
List One
List Two
1. chick
1. channel
2. choke
2. exchange
3. thick
3. chocolate
4. peach
4. thumbprint
5. teach
5. thistle
6. thin
6. kitchen
7. there
7. watch
8. they
8. thermometer
9. hatched
9. truthful
10. mother
10. switch
Unit Four, Lesson Three (Dinosaur Fossils)
Rule: AR
List One
List Two
1. cart
1. bargain
2. sharp
2. remark
3. farm
3. marvelous
4. smart
4. parlor
5. shark
5. carnival
6. arm
6. charge
7. yard
7. pharmacy
8. part
8. harbor
9. are
9. target
10. harden
10. charm
Unit Four, Lesson Four (Why Did the Dinosaurs Disappear?)
Rule: IR, ER, UR, OR, AUR
List One
List Two
1. girl
1. twirl
2. first
2. virtue
3. herd
3. answer
4. turn
4. matter
5. short
5. century
6. hurt
6. surgery
7. dinosaur
7. organize
8. for
8. cordial
9. more
9. tornado
10. swirl
10. forgetful
Unit Four, Lesson Five (Monster Tracks)
Rule: BR, FR
List One
List Two
1. brag
1. broil
2. bread
2. remembrance
3. brick
3. brilliant
4. free
4. browse
5. frog
5. breakfast
6. friend
6. frugal
7. brush
7. carefree
8. bright
8. fraud
9. front
9. frown
10. frisky
10. frustration
Unit Four, Lesson Six (Let’s Go Dinosaur Tracking!)
Rule: Review
List One
List Two
1. shock
1. shingle
2. white
2. whether
3. third
3. thimble
4. reach
4. chairman
5. fifth
5. braille
6. bring
6. permission
7. formed
7. challenge
8. ever
8. fruit
9. chase
9. sherbert
10. fish
10. tornado
Unit Five, Lesson One (Molly the Brave and Me)
Rule: ING, ED
List One
List Two
1. cutting
1. happening
2. batting
2. studying
3. hitting
3. worrying
4. skipping
4. dancing
5. running
5. chasing
6. mopped
6. happened
7. swatted
7. studied
8. slipped
8. worried
9. spotted
9. danced
10. kissed
10. chased
Unit Five, Lesson Two (Dragons and Giants)
Rule: Present Tense Verbs
List One
List Two
1. give
1. compose
2. drive
2. relate
3. sing
3. welcome
4. come
4. design
5. slide
5. kneel
6. get
6. shudder
7. know
7. borrow
8. fight
8. correct
9. look
9. explain
10. tell
10. scratch
Unit Five, Lesson Three (A Hole in the Dike)
Rule: Past Tense Verbs
List One
List Two
1. gave
1. confused
2. came
2. delayed
3. sang
3. wrote
4. drove
4. thought
5. told
5. polluted
6. was
6. heard
7. were
7. dealt
8. lived
8. committed
9. looked
9. broke
10. slid
10. bought
Unit Five, Lesson Four (A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Rule: Plural Nouns
List One
List Two
1. glasses
1. catchers
2. washes
2. chapters
3. cows
3. figurines
4. cakes
4. computers
5. ducks
5. televisions
6. zebras
6. automobiles
7. buses
7. actresses
8. marches
8. suitcases
9. years
9. submarines
10. stores
10. pictures
Unit Five, Lesson Five (The Empty Pot)
Rule: Comparative Adjectives
List One
List Two
1. higher
1. thirstier
2. highest
2. thirstiest
3. slower
3. younger
4. slowest
4. youngest
5. happier
5. juicier
6. happiest
6. juiciest
7. sillier
7. rougher
8. silliest
8. roughest
9. bigger
9. busier
10. biggest
10. busiest
Unit Five, Lesson Six (Brave as a Mountain Lion)
Rule: Review
List One
List Two
1. aunts
1. defined
2. tapped
2. defining
3. met
3. watched
4. whales
4. watching
5. animals
5. examine
6. rabbits
6. travel
7. packed
7. built
8. uncles
8. barracks
9. dropping
9. narrower
10. bravest
10. narrowest
Unit Six, Lesson One (The First Americans)
Rule: RE, UN
List One
List Two
1. redo
1. rejuvenate
2. retake
2. reverse
3. rename
3. reconsider
4. retry
4. renounce
5. retest
5. retaliate
6. uneven
6. uncertain
7. unpack
7. unbelievable
8. unlock
8. unimaginable
9. unroll
9. unimportant
10. unsure
10. unproductive
Unit Six, Lesson Two (New Hope)
Rule: LESS, FUL
List One
List Two
1. useless
1. pointless
2. clueless
2. ruthless
3. jobless
3. countless
4. shapeless
4. sugarless
5. helpless
5. penniless
6. playful
6. successful
7. hopeful
7. plentiful
8. harmful
8. beautiful
9. shameful
9. meaningful
10. wonderful
10. peaceful
Unit Six, Lesson Three (A Place Called Freedom)
Rule: Compound Words
List One
List Two
1. maybe
1. motorcycle
2. inside
2. chalkboard
3. bedroom
3. newspaper
4. lunchroom
4. downstairs
5. myself
5. highway
6. nobody
6. basketball
7. sunrise
7. baseball
8. himself
8. football
9. railroad
9. earrings
10. everyone
10. driveway
Unit Six, Lesson Four (The Story of the Statue of Liberty)
Rule: Homophones
List One
List Two
1. two
1. clothes
2. to
2. close
3. see
3. wood
4. sea
4. would
5. rode
5. throne
6. road
6. thrown
7. meet
7. beet
8. meat
8. beat
9. piece
9. brake
10. peace
10. break
Unit Six, Lesson Five (The Butterfly Seeds)
Rule: Homographs
List One
List Two
1. read
1. contract
2. live
2. minute
3. dove
3. produce
4. lead
4. record
5. sow
5. separate
6. does
6. wound
7. tear
7. combine
8. wind
8. conduct
9. close
9. object
10. presents
10. progress
Unit Six, Lesson Six (A Piece of Home)
Rule: Foreign Origins
List One
List Two
1. nickel (Swedish)
1. wrangler (Spanish)
2. pretzel (German)
2. koala (Australian)
3. pinto (Spanish)
3. chimpanzee (African)
4. burro (Spanish)
4. almanac (Arabic)
5. siesta (Spanish)
5. absolute (French)
6. bronco (Spanish)
6. adolescence (French)
7. fiesta (Spanish)
7. typhoon (Chinese)
8. buffet (French)
8. freight (Dutch)
9. beret (French)
9. fajita (Spanish)
10. ballet (French)
10. platinum (Spanish)
Unit Six, Lesson Seven (Jalapeno Bagels)
Rule: Review
List One
List Two
1. fourth
1. amaretto (Italian)
2. forth
2. resume
3. eight
3. carat
4. ate
4. carrot
5. into
5. caret
6. notebook
6. reassemble
7. turnovers
7. unofficial
8. something
8. valueless
9. everything
9. doubtful
10. whatever
10. championship