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Spelling Pattern Detectives

Grade 2 spelling practice: use the oi/oy and dge/ge patterns to spell new words, spot spelling mistakes and write words in sentences.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.2.2.d

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Single worksheet
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1 Common Core standard
Printable answer key
11 questions
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Details

Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students use the oi and oy spelling patterns to spell new words.
Students use the dge and ge spelling patterns to spell new words.
Students find spelling mistakes by checking a word against a pattern they know.

How to use

Read the pattern tips aloud and model one word from each. Then let students work alone, and have them say each word slowly before they choose the spelling.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.2.2.d

Apply learned spelling patterns to new words when writing, such as cage to badge and boy to boil.

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Spelling Pattern Detectives

Use oi, oy, dge and ge to spell new words.

oi or oy?

Use the pattern to spell each word.

The sound you hear in boy is spelled oy at the end of a word, like toy and joy. In the middle of a word, it is spelled oi, like coin and boil.

Finish each word with oi or oy.

Word bank: oi · oy

Mia put a c n in her piggy bank.
The baby laughed with j .
Dad will b l the noodles.

Worms dig tunnels in the ___. Which word is spelled correctly?