2nd Grade Spelling Bee Words
New words for 2023-24
Try our NEW list of 2nd grade spelling bee words for your next classroom competition. This handy list of 100 words is the foundation for a great spelling game. Just print the words and start the bee!
Many of the words come from our list of second grade
spelling words. The remaining words are more challenging. The words are generally arranged from easiest to most difficult.
Printable version of 2nd Grade Spelling Bee Words
1. call
2. glad
3. camp
4. fast
5. drip
6. lock
7. room
8. candy
9. coat
10. back
11. feed
12. mice
13. free
14. could
15. gave
16. flag
17. hush
18. crop
19. around
20. better
21. ask
22. them
23. class
24. open
25. tune
26. away
27. shape
28. wash
29. place
30. barn
31. most
32. cannot
33. those
34. because
35. each
36. before
37. purple
38. bird
39. brother
40. under
41. work
42. hint
43. doors
44. drive
45. mittens
46. every
47. going
48. dark
49. just
50. says
51. might
52. lunch
53. eleven
54. much
55. mail
56. goes
57. tower
58. pattern
59. loud
60. rabbit
61. second
62. story
63. where
64. airplane
65. together
66. basket
67. bushes
68. zipped
69. careful
70. cherries
71. clear
72. cobweb
73. crazy
74. dragon
75. early
76. everyone
77. flavor
78. river
79. puddle
80. itself
81. janitor
82. knock
83. lucky
84. morning
85. orange
86. painter
87. recess
88. scratch
89. secret
90. until
91. picture
92. window
93. young
94. unicorn
95. toothpaste
96. dinosaur
97. accident
98. biscuit
99. mysterious
100. fascinating
You may wish to adjust our list for your specific group of students. Feel free to use additional easier words, or insert some more difficult ones.
Important Tips
1) Keep in mind your main purpose for conducting a spelling bee. (Wait! Do you know what it is?!? Is it to challenge your students to learn more words? Do you want to motivate students to compete orally? Are you trying to showcase your strong spellers? There may be many good reasons. Always keep the best interests of students in mind, especially with learners as young as second grade.
2) Help your students prepare before any spelling bee. Use some of my spelling games and practice ideas frequently.
3) Be sure to use our 2nd grade spelling bee words in sentences during the spelling bee. This is important with every word, but especially as the words become hard.
4) Be sure students understand what word you are asking them to spell. At the beginning of the spelling bee, tell students they can ask to have a word repeated.
5) Acknowledge the efforts of all spellers, and reward the winners! Check out my spelling bee certificates as well as my Zazzle store.
More Resources for 2nd Grade Spelling Bee Words
Anytime you give elementary students spelling practice, you're helping them to prepare for spelling bees! See our entire line of second grade spelling resources, or take a peek at these two:
175 Second Grade Spelling Words This word list a great resource for parents, teachers and students. Use these words for oral and written practice, for spelling games and worksheets. Second grade spelling work begins here! If this list is too easy, try my 3rd and 4th grade lists. See the blue buttons on the left.
2nd Grade Vocabulary Words : Challenge your 2nd grade students with a BIG list of 200 words to use in their speaking vocabularies. Soon, they will be reading and writing these words, too! An engaging graphic groups 100 of the words into these categories: Calendar, Animals, Science, Math, Foods, Homophone Sets, Adjectives, Verbs, People and Places. Find the complete list of words, along with teaching helps and extension activities here.
Worksheets for 2nd grade Spelling Words Fun worksheets provide age-appropriate practice with 2nd grade spelling words. Word search puzzles with frequently misspelled words, fill-in stories, and many more to choose from. Try them all!
Second Grade Writing Prompts - What will a lion say to a mouse? What's in the hole in your yard? What will you do about the panda in your pool? Assign these second grade writing prompts to your students and learn what they think! They'll be using spelling words from my second grade word list while using their imagination and writing skills.
More Spelling Bee Words & Helps
Need more words with sentences, rules, award certificates, and lots of organizational tips? Please consider purchasing our exclusive Spelling Bee Toolbox, for grades 3-5 and grades 6-8. Each one contains 600 grade-appropriate bee words, used in sentences, and all the resources you need for a successful spelling bee! Learn more.
Visit my store to see more options for spelling bee word lists without all the extra resources.
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