🍁 Canadian spelling
Grade 2 Spelling Words (Canadian)
A free Grade 2 spelling list using Canadian spellings: blends, digraphs, and common patterns that 7-year-olds encounter in Canadian classrooms.
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🍁 Canadian note: Grade 2 is when students first encounter words like colour and our. Starting with Canadian spellings now prevents habits that cost marks later.
The Grade 2 list
🍁 Early Canadian-spelling words
colourouryour
hourfourout
aboutaroundhouse
Blends & digraphs
shipshopchin
chopthatwith
thenwhenwhich
Everyday tricky words
wantonceevery
againgoingsome
theirtherewhere
Turn this list into test practice
Reading words on a list is very different from spelling them on a test. Put these exact words into the games, hear each one read aloud in Canadian English, and get a readiness score before test day.
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